EDLI

INTRODUCTION

The Frederick Douglass Entrepreneurial Development & Leadership Institute (“EDLI” or “We”) knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.edli.org/ (our "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

On this Website; and
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.

It does not apply to information collected by:

Us offline or through any other means; or
Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our 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 About You and How We Collect It

We may collect information from and about users of our Website, including information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);

We collect this information directly from you when you provide it to us and, on occasion, from third parties, such as our business partners.

When you download or use apps created by EDLI, we may receive information about your location and your mobile device, including a unique identifier for your device. We may use this information to provide you with personalized content. Most mobile devices allow you to turn off location services.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes

information provided at the time of contacting us, uploading information to our Website or utilizing the links available on our Website. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.

Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research or marketing purposes.
Your search queries on this Website, if the search function is activated
On some pages, you can sign up for programs and/or events, and/or register to receive materials and/or information. The types of personal information collected at these pages can include:
First and Last Name
Address/City/State/ZIP
Email address
Phone numbers

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To provide research and marketing services.
To contact you regarding potential employment opportunities in which you have indicated you may be interested.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
To notify you about changes to our Website or any services we offer or provide though it.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about services or events that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please check the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users and information that does not identify any individual without restriction. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support ourbusiness and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of EDLI’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by EDLI about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our terms of other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of EDLI, its business advisors, entrepreneurs, or others.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Events. If you do not wish to have your email address/contact information used by us to promote our own or third parties' events or services, you can opt-out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data or by sending us an email stating your request to [email protected] . If we have sent you such an email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your personal information by sending us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Data Security

Keeping your information safe is important to us. EDLI maintains technical, physical, and administrative security measures designed to provide reasonable protection for your information that we collect against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration. For example, EDLI: (a) works to update our security practices to implement methods to protect your personal information, (b) reviews our security procedures carefully, (c) complies with applicable laws and security standards, and (d) trains our staff and require them to safeguard your personal information.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Linked Websites

We may provide links to other third-party websites and services that are outside our control and not covered by this privacy policy, including websites of other businesses, as well as such websites as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Google. We encourage you to review the privacy statements and policies posted on the websites you visit.

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 periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Children Under the Age of 16

Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any personal information to us through the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have inadvertently collected any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at [email protected].

Child Safety Standards

Any explicit content or child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) is strongly prohibited on our application.

Compliance with Child Safety laws & reporting

Our app complies with applicable child safety laws and regulations.

Our app ensures all content shared within the app is appropriate for a mixed audience, including children. User-generated content is moderated to prevent inappropriate material from being accessible.

Any CSAM (Child Safety Abuse Material) content will be automatically removed when flagged or reported through our moderation features or if we are directly contacted for this purpose.

We will systematically take action to report confirmed CSAM content to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
CSAM consists of any visual depiction, including but not limited to photos, videos and computer-generated imagery, involving the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Child safety point of contact

You can reach out to [email protected] if CSAM content is detected.

Privacy and Data Protection

Our app is committed to protecting user data, especially for children under 13, in compliance with applicable regulations.

The privacy policy is displayed clearly and is accessible from the app settings and our website

All data is encrypted during transmission and stored securely.

Ads and Monetization

Our app does not include ads or monetized content.

Transparency and Disclosures

Data safety: Detailed information is provided as per Google Play’s Data safety form.

Content ratings: IARC 3+, L, E, 3, 3, USK 0

Validation and updates

Regular internal testing is conducted to ensure compliance with Google Play’s child safety standards, including functionality reviews and content audits.

Policies are reviewed quarterly or as required to align with updated child safety standards.

Contact Information

If you have questions or complaints regarding this policy or practices, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by direct mail at: The Frederick Douglass Entrepreneurial Development & Leadership Institute, 222 N. Canal Street, Chicago, IL 60606, Attention: Privacy.