Privacy Policy
CHESSA respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This policy explains how we collect, use, and share your data when you interact with our website or services.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our website. By accessing or using this website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Information We Collect
We may collect:
- Name, email, phone number, mailing address
- Payment details (via GrowthZone or QuickBooks)
- Employer/organization info
- Event registration details and newsletter preferences
Collected through:
- Website forms
- GrowthZone MemberHub
- Newsletter signups and event registrations
Use of Your Information
We use your data to:
- To present our website and its content to you
- Process memberships, event registrations, and payments
- Provide member services
- Communicate news and policy updates
- Improve our offerings
- In any other way we may describe when you provide information
- For any other purpose with your consent
Sharing of Information
We do not sell your data. We may share limited information:
- With trusted service providers (GrowthZone, QuickBooks)
- With event sponsors (e.g., attendee lists)
- As required by law
Cookies and Tracking
Our website may use cookies or tracking technologies to enhance user experience and gather usage analytics. (Please contact us for more information or refer to your browser settings.)
Data Security
We use reasonable measures to secure your data and limit access to authorized parties only.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our website and this privacy policy to check for any changes
Your Rights
State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information.
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia provide (now or in the future) their state residents with rights to:
- Confirm whether we process their personal information.
- Access and delete certain personal information.
- Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah).
- Data portability.
- Opt-out of personal data processing for:
- targeted advertising (excluding Iowa);
- sales; or
- profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (excluding Iowa and Utah).
- Either limit (opt-out of) or require consent to process sensitive personal data.
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state. You can request access to or deletion of your personal data by contacting us at director@chessa.org.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.