Privacy Policy

These terms and conditions were last modified on December 20, 2024.

Who is Community Knights, Inc?

Community Knights, Inc. (CK) is a not-for-profit organization providing services in support of the disabled community of the Virginia Peninsula region. Our staff and volunteers provide services directly to individuals with disabilities to build inclusivity in the community. CK also hosts regular fundraisers, including ongoing Bingo and donor-based fundraisers, in support of our mission.

Purpose

This privacy policy covers the privacy practices of Community Knights, Inc. (CK) with respect to information that is transmitted electronically to CK through this website. The policy addresses the following items:

How CK collects and uses information.
With whom CK may share information.
The choices available to you, as a website visitor, regarding the collection, use and sharing of information.
The security procedures CK has in place for information under our control.

By visiting this website and/or using the website’s services, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy. As we update and expand our services, this privacy policy may change. Be sure to check back to this page from time to time.

This website, located at www.communityknights.org, including any services and features available on or through the website, is published and maintained by the organization. CK is referred to in this privacy policy as “we,” “us,” “our,” or other similar pronouns.

Types of Information Collected

CK does not collect information from you unless you expressly volunteer the information. Types of information include first name, surname, postal address, email address, and mobile or landline numbers. This includes instances when you:

Register for an event, make a donation, purchase or download a CK product or service.
Request information (electronically) about CK’s products and services, subscribe to newsletters, or enter a promotional contest.
Use or participate in various services or features made available on the website, including, for example and without limitation, blogs and other user communities.
Submit an interest form or application regarding engagement opportunities with CK.
Request contact with a CK representative.
Provide CK with comments, questions or feedback about CK products and services or your website experience.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data submitted and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and protect against spam submissions.

Method of Information Collection

CK does not collect information from you unless you expressly volunteer the information. This includes instances when you:

Register for an event, make a donation, purchase or download a CK product or service.
Request information (electronically) about CK’s products and services, subscribe to newsletters, submit an interest to volunteer, or enter a promotional contest.
Submit an interest form or application regarding engagement opportunities with CK.
Use or participate in various services or features made available on the website, including, for example and without limitation, blogs and other user communities.
Request contact with a CK representative.
Provide CK with comments, questions or feedback about CK products and services or your website experience.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

If you submit information on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you engage with the site again. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you visit, we will also set up several cookies to save your information and your screen display choices. Cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.

If you edit or publish a submission, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Purpose of Data Collection

CK does not sell, rent, give away or loan personal information in its possession to any third party; information is stored in applications utilized for the operation of our business such as Bloomerang, GiveButter, USA Bingo, RingCentral, GoogleSuite, WordPress, Gravity Forms, or other operationally-required programs. Organizations with access to personal information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this privacy policy.
Among other things, we may use your personal information to:

Respond to your requests and inquiries.
Provide you with services and features offered on or through the website.
Communicate timely information and special offers (such as in emails, mailings and the like) about products, services, and events, sponsored by us and others, that we think might interest you.
Anonymize information for data aggregation so that it does not directly identify you. We may use anonymized information for purposes that include research, data analysis, and service improvements.

You may choose not to receive such information by emailing webmaster@communityknights.org. Please understand that if you choose not to receive promotional correspondence from us, we may still contact you in connection with your relationship, activities, transactions and communications with us.

Data Security Measures

This website takes reasonable precautions to protect information submitted to CK through its website. However, because the internet is an open global communications vehicle, we cannot guarantee that information, during transmission or while stored on our system or otherwise in our care, will be safe from intrusion by others, such as hackers.

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Content on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.) or link to another website. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. Following a link to another website departs the CK website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

In the unlikely event that we believe the security of your personal information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development. If a notification is appropriate, we would do so as promptly as possible under the circumstances. If we have your e-mail address, we may notify you by e-mail. You consent to our use of e-mail as a means of such notification. If you prefer we use another method to notify you in this situation, please email webmaster@communityknights.org with the information.

Data Sharing

Community Knights, Inc. does not share any personal information to third parties or affiliates unless expressly stated at the time of the collection; if this occurs, it will be clear who is receiving the information and what information they are receiving.

Community Knights, Inc. does not sell any personal information to third parties or affiliates.

Community Knights, Inc. does not sell or share any SMS consent or personal information to third parties or affiliates for SMS marketing purposes.

User Rights

We provide you the ability to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use and sharing of your information. Please be aware that if you do not allow us to collect personal information from you, we may not be able to deliver certain experiences, products, and services to you. In accordance with applicable law, your controls and choices may include:

Correcting, updating or deactivating your registration;
Choosing or changing your choices for subscriptions, newsletters, and alerts;
Choosing whether to receive from us offers and promotions for our products and services, or products and services that we think may be of interest to you;
Requesting removal of your personal information from a public forum on one of our sites or applications; and
Requesting access to the personal information we hold about you and that we amend or delete it.

You may exercise these controls and choices in various ways, including as outlined above or by following instructions provided in communications sent to you. If you have questions about the specific personal information about you that we process or retain, and your rights regarding that personal information, please email webmaster@communityknights.org.

Terms of Service for SMS Communications

Information obtained as part of the SMS consent process will not be shared with third parties. If you have consented to receive text messages from CK, you may receive text messages related to volunteer interests, donations, volunteer or job application status, or updates for assigned volunteer or job roles.

Message and data rates may apply.
You can opt-out at any time by texting “STOP” to the CK number you were communicating with
For assistance, text “HELP” to the CK number you were communicating with or email webmaster@communityknights.org

Contact Information

For any inquiries or concerns regarding your privacy, please email webmaster@communityknights.org or call (757) 301-5250 ext. 710.