Privacy Policy

We at Avenue Scholars (“We,” “Us”, or “Avenue Scholars”) respect Your privacy. This Privacy Policy is designed to explain how We collect, use, share, and protect the personal information You provide to Us when You access or otherwise interact with Us in Our website. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We will alert You to any changes to this Policy by changing the “last updated” date at the top of this Policy. Any changes become effective immediately upon publication on Our website, and You waive specific notice of any changes to the Policy by continuing to use and access Our site(s). We encourage You to review this Privacy Policy periodically, when You use Our website for any purpose. You are deemed to have accepted any changes to any revised Privacy Policy by Your continued use of Our website after the revised Privacy Policy is posted.

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT

We collect a variety of information from You when You visit Our website. By accepting this Privacy Policy, You are specifically consenting to Our collection of the data described below, to Our use of the data, to the processing of this data, and to Our sharing of the data with third-party processors as needed for Our legitimate business interests. The information We collect may include:

• Personal Data: information that can be used to identify You specifically, including Your name, address, email address, telephone number, or demographic information like Your age, gender, or hometown. You consent to giving Us this information by providing it to Us voluntarily. Your decision to disclose this data is entirely voluntary. You are under no obligation to provide this information, but Your refusal may prevent You from accessing certain benefits from or services on Our website.

Please Note that Avenue Scholars does not share any phone numbers or the consent you give for Us to use said phone numbers with any third-party providers.

• Derivative Data: Derivative data is information that Our servers automatically collect about You when You access Our website, such as Your IP address, browser type, the dates and times that You access Our website, and the specific pages You view. If You are using a mobile application, Our servers may collect information about Your device name and type, Your phone number, Your country of origin, and other interactions with Our application. Derivative data may also include data collected by third-party service providers, such as advertising and analytics providers, and may include cookies, log data, or web beacons. 

• Financial Data: Financial data is data that is related to Your payment method, such as credit card or bank transfer details. We collect (or utilize third party providers to collect) financial data in order to allow You to donate or access goods or services from time to time.. We store limited financial data. Most financial data is transferred to Our payment processors, Qgiv by Bloomerang, and You should review these processors’ Privacy Policies to determine how they use, disclose, and protect Your financial data.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Your information allows Us to offer You certain products and services, including the use of Our website, to fulfill Our obligations to You, and to customize Your interaction with Our company and Our website. We generally store Your data and transmit it to a third party for processing. However, to the extent We process Your data, We do so to serve Our legitimate business interests (such as providing You with the opportunity to interact with Our website or mobile app).

 Specifically, We may use the information and data described above to:

1. Create and administer Your account, if any; and
2. Correspond with You; and
3. Process payments or refunds; and
4. Request feedback from You; and
5. Resolve disputes and troubleshoot any problems; and
6. Compile anonymous statistical data for Our own use or for a third party’s use; and
7. Assist law enforcement as necessary; and
8. Prevent fraudulent activity on Our website or mobile app; and
9. Analyze trends to improve Our website and offerings.

GROUNDS FOR USING AND PROCESSING YOUR DATA

Avenue Scholars may collect, use, and process Your information based on the following grounds:

• Legitimate Business Interests: We may use and process Your data for Our legitimate business interests, which include, among other things, communicating with You and improving Our website; We may use Your data, or permit selected third parties to use Your data, based on Your consent to Our use and sharing of that data. You may withdraw Your consent at any time, but doing so may affect Your ability to use Our website or other offerings; and as required by law, as We may also use or process Your data as required for Us to comply with legal obligations. 

• Disclosure of Information: We may share Your information with third parties in certain situations.  In particular, We may share Your data with third-party processors as needed to serve Our legitimate business interests, which include administration of Our website, administration of Your account, communicating with You, identifying trends, and protecting the security of Our company and website. The legal basis for Our disclosure of Your data is both Your Consent to this Privacy Policy and Our own right to protect and promote Our legitimate business interests. 

• To Protect Our Company: We may use Your information to protect Our company, including to investigate and remedy any violations of Our rights or policies. We may also disclose Your information as reasonably necessary to acquire and maintain insurance coverage, manage risks, obtain financial or legal advice, or to exercise or defend against legal claims.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Our website may include hyperlinks to other websites not controlled by Us. We suggest You exercise caution when clicking on a hyperlink. Although We use reasonable care in including a hyperlink on Our own web page, We do not regularly monitor the websites of these third parties and are not responsible for any damage or consequences You suffer by using these hyperlinks. We are not bound by the Privacy Policies of any third-party website that You access by a hyperlink, nor are they bound by ours. We encourage You to read the Policies of those third-party websites before interacting with them or making purchases, if applicable. They may collect different information and by different methods than We do. 

COOKIES

We use cookies — small text files sent to Us by Your computer — and web beacons to store certain information. We may use cookies to authenticate Your identity, to determine if You are logged onto Our website, for personalization, for security, for targeted advertising, or for analysis of the performance of Our website and services. 

PROCESSING YOUR INFORMATION

For the most part, We do not process Your information in-house, but give it to third-party processors for processing. For example, when a payment processor takes Your payment information, they are a third-party processor. They process Your payment and remit the funds to Us. So in many instances, it will be necessary for Us to transmit Your information to a third-party processor, as We do not have the capability to perform these functions. More detail on third-party processing is detailed below. However, We may, from time to time, process Your data internally. The legal basis for this processing is both Your consent to the processing, Our need to conduct Our legitimate business interests, and to comply with legal obligations. 

DATA RETENTION

We retain personal data as long as it is needed to conduct Our legitimate business purposes or to comply with Our legal obligations, or until You ask Us to delete Your data. For example, We will retain certain personal information indefinitely for the purposes of maintaining Your account, unless and until You delete Your account. Data that We gather for a specific and particular purpose, such as assisting law enforcement or analyzing trends, will be kept for no longer than is necessary for that particular purpose. Data that is no longer needed by Us for any of the purposes listed above will be permanently deleted.  

We will honor Your request to delete Your data, as described more fully below, unless We are required by law to retain access to the data. However, note that We cannot control the retention policies of third parties. If You wish to have any third parties, including those to whom We’ve transmitted Your data, delete that data, You will need to contact those third parties directly. You may request from Us a list of all third parties to whom We have transmitted Your data.

We may retain usage data (that is, data that is gathered by Our company or third-party analytics companies for the purpose of analyzing the use of Our website) as needed for internal analysis purposes. This type of data is usually retained for a shorter period of time than personal data, unless the data is necessary to improve the security or functionality of Our website or offerings, or We are legally obligated to retain the data for a longer period of time.

SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We take reasonable steps to protect Your personal data and keep Your information secure. We use recognized online secure payment providers and implement generally accepted standards of security to protect against personal data loss or misuse. However, no security measure is foolproof, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against interception or misuse. We cannot guarantee complete security of any information You transmit to Us.

By consent to this Privacy Policy, You acknowledge that Your personal data may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of Your data by other parties.

We will notify You promptly of any known breach of Our security systems or Your data which might expose You to serious risk.

CHILDREN

This website or mobile app is not designed for use by children under age 13, and We do not knowingly solicit personal data from anyone under age 13. If You are under age 13, do not access or use Our website or related products or services. If You become aware that We have collected data of anyone under the age of 13, please contact Us so that We may delete that data.