Choosing Empowerment LLC ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, Choosing Empowerment and use our services, including all programs and services offered by Choosing Empowerment LLC. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or use our services.
1. Information We Collect
Personal Data
We may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, phone number, home address, date of birth, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, and ethnicity, when you interact with us through our website, apply for programs, or participate in our services.
Educational and Professional Data
Information regarding your educational background, work experience, resume/CV, references, and any other information you provide in your application for our programs, such as the Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges Internship Program.
Health and Wellness Data
Health-related information and any disclosures you make regarding your mental and emotional well-being, which are collected to ensure we provide appropriate support during your engagement with our services.
Derivative Data
Information our servers automatically collect when you access our website or online portals related to our programs and services, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the website.
2. Use of Your Information
We use the information we collect in the following ways:
- To provide, operate, and maintain our website and services.
- To process and evaluate your application for our programs.
- To communicate with you regarding your application status and participation in our programs and services.
- To provide support, training, and supervision during your engagement with our services.
- To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
- To improve, personalize, and expand our programs, services, and website.
3. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
- With Partner Organizations: We may share your information with our partner organizations, such as Ledora Yerks-Birdlow of Motivate Wellness Center, for the purposes of facilitating your participation in our programs.
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
- By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal processes, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
- Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
4. Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other types of misuse.
5. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- The right to access - You have the right to request copies of your personal information.
- The right to rectification - You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure - You have the right to request that we erase your personal information, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing - You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing - You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability - You have the right to request that we transfer the information that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our provided contact information.
6. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
7. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Privacy Officer:
Shawnnell Batiste, M.A., LPC
Choosing Empowerment, LLC
P. O. Box 1871
Leander, TX 78646
Telephone: +1 (504) 217-7342