PRIVACY POLICY

 Updated January 1, 2025

SoCal Bendo Group, Inc. considers your privacy and security a  top priority. As such we wanted to provide you important information on  our  policies. What information do we collect? 

• We  collect personally identifiable information to identify our site  visitors, to respond to e-mail, to register and confirm registrations for any services requested and to otherwise augment our users access to and  experience with the website.
• When registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name or e-mail address.
• GoDaddy  and Google, as third party vendors, use cookies on our site. Google's  use of the cookie enables it to enhance your website experience based  on your visit to the site and other sites on the  Internet.

What Do We Use Your Information For.

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:  

• To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs).
• To improve our website. We continually strive to improve our website based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
• To improve your website experience which helps us to more  effectively respond to your requests and needs.
• Your  information, whether public or private, will NOT be sold, exchanged,  transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever,  without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering  confirmation of a donation made or program service registration.
• To  send periodic emails. The email address you provide for may be used to  send you information and updates pertaining to a donation or program  service, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, and  related program service information, etc.
• Note:  If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future  emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the  bottom of  each email.

How Do We Protect Your Information.

We implement a variety of industry standard security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. 

 Do We Use Cookies.

Yes. We use two different types of cookies, session cookies - that  track  how visitors move through our site during a particular visit, and  persistent cookies - small files that a site or its service  provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you   allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to  recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. 

We use these cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in  the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist  us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business. We use certain features of  Google Analytics. SoCal Bendo Group, Inc. and Google use of cookies such as the Google Analytics cookie to inform and optimize your site visit based on your past visits to the SoCal Bendo website. This means that  vendors, including Google, may display SoCal Bendo promotional material on other sites you visit across the Internet. 

Can I opt-out of SCPFC Newsletters or Other Mailings.

You may opt-out or unsubscribe from the SoCal Bendo newsletter, email or mailing. To unsubscribe, please notify us by e-mail at unsubscribe@socalbendogroup.com or write to us at  the address listed in on our contact page.

Do We Disclose any Information to Outside Parties.

We do NOT sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This includes trusted third party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, and we require these parties to agree to  keep your information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. 

Do We Use Third-party Software for E-commerce Transactions.

We use a leading cloud-based business management software service that complies with the Payment Card Industry’s (PCI) Security Standards, with strong security standards to protect credit card numbers, for SoCal Bendo's online transactions.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance.

Because  we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We  therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. As part of the California Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our site may request us to remove all  personal information from our information system. 

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance.

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, programs and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.  

Online Privacy Policy Only.

This  online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and does not include information collected offline.

Your Consent.

By continuing to use our website, you consent to our website privacy policy.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy.

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

If you are a California resident, we have also provided the California Privacy Policy.