Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy for VAN (Vocation Action Network)
Effective Date: March 1, 2026
At VAN (Vocation Action Network), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, www.vocationactionnetwork.com, and interact with our services.
By accessing or using our website, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not access the website.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Register for an account: This may include your name, email address, password, and vocational interests.
- Sign up for newsletters or email updates: We collect your email address.
- Make a donation: We may collect your name, email address, mailing address, and payment information (processed securely by a third-party payment processor – we do not store full credit card details).
- Participate in surveys, polls, or forms: We collect the information you provide in your responses.
- Contact us directly: We collect your name, email address, and the content of your message.
- Apply for programs or opportunities: This may include more detailed personal information relevant to the application process.
We may also collect certain information automatically when you visit our website, including:
- Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and dates/times of access.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to track activity on our website and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website and services.
- Personalize your experience on our website.
- Send you newsletters, updates, and promotional communications related to vocational opportunities and VAN’s mission (you can opt-out at any time).
- Process your donations and provide receipts.
- Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
- Improve our website, programs, and services.
- Analyze usage trends and gather demographic information for internal purposes.
- Prevent fraudulent transactions and monitor against theft.
- Comply with legal obligations.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf (e.g., payment processors, website hosting, email delivery services, analytics providers). These service providers are obligated to protect your information.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
- To Protect Our Rights: We may disclose your information when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal information may be transferred.
4. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
5. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to Access: You may request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You may request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to Be Forgotten”): You may request the deletion of your personal information under certain circumstances.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You may request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You may request to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object to Processing: You may object to the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
6. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every site you visit.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of [e.g., 13 or 16, depending on applicable law]. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children without parental consent. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
VAN (Vocation Action Network)
North American Territorial Office 800-532-7478
10 Mansell Court E. Suite 100 Roswell, GA 30076