Effective Date: August 10, 2026

PRIVACY POLICY

BRIDGED, Inc. ("BRIDGED," "we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have regarding your information.

Information We Collect

When you interact with BRIDGED through our website, event registrations, exhibitor registrations, donations, forms, or communications, we may collect personal information including:

  • Name

  • Mailing address

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Organization or employer (when applicable)

  • Information you voluntarily provide about yourself or your family, including disability-related information when relevant to our programs, services, or event participation

  • Payment information for exhibitor registrations and donations

Payment Information: BRIDGED does not store your credit card information. Payments for exhibitor registrations are securely processed through Stripe, and online donations are securely processed through Zeffy. Please review their respective Privacy Policies to learn how they collect and process payment information.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information you provide to:

  • Register you for events, trainings, programs, and exhibitor participation

  • Process exhibitor registration payments and charitable donations

  • Communicate about BRIDGED programs, services, events, and opportunities

  • Respond to inquiries and requests

  • Improve our programs and website

  • Support grant applications, grant reporting, and program evaluation

  • Meet legal, financial, and reporting obligations

We only collect information that is reasonably necessary to carry out our mission, administer our programs and services, comply with legal and financial obligations, and fulfill applicable grant requirements.

BRIDGED does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

We may share limited information with trusted service providers who help us operate our organization, including our website hosting provider, payment processors, email communication platforms, and other technology vendors. These providers receive only the information necessary to perform their services and are expected to protect your information in accordance with applicable privacy and security standards.

We may also disclose information when required by law or to protect the rights, safety, or property of BRIDGED or others.

Third-Party Services

To operate our website and programs, BRIDGED uses trusted third-party service providers, including website hosting, online forms, payment processing, email communications, and online fundraising platforms. These providers may collect or process information on our behalf solely to provide the services we request.

This includes services such as:

  • Squarespace (website hosting and online forms)

  • Stripe (exhibitor registration payments)

  • Zeffy (online donations)

  • Mailchimp (email communications), if applicable

These providers maintain their own privacy and security practices. We encourage you to review their privacy policies for more information.

Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect the personal information we collect from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. While no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, we strive to use industry-standard security practices.

Cookies and Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies. This may include your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referring website, and the date and time of your visit.

We use this information to:

  • Operate and maintain our website

  • Understand how visitors use our website

  • Improve website performance and user experience

  • Monitor website security

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of our communications and outreach efforts

You may choose to disable cookies through your browser settings; however, doing so may affect the functionality of certain features of our website.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including event partners, service providers, and community resources. BRIDGED is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of these external websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit before providing personal information.

Email Communications

If you provide your email address, we may send you information about BRIDGED programs, events, resources, fundraising efforts, and organizational updates. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.

Children's Information

BRIDGED may collect information about children when voluntarily provided by a parent, guardian, or caregiver as part of participation in programs, trainings, events, or services. We collect only the information necessary to administer these activities and treat this information with appropriate care and confidentiality.

Information about children may also be used, when appropriate, for grant applications, grant reporting, program evaluation, and measuring the effectiveness of BRIDGED's programs and services. Whenever possible, this information is reported in aggregate or de-identified form and is not used to personally identify individual children.

Your Choices

You may request to:

  • Review the personal information we have about you

  • Update or correct your information

  • Request deletion of your information where appropriate

  • Opt out of future marketing communications

To make a request, please contact us using the information below.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

BRIDGED may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is used, please contact:

BRIDGED, Inc.

Info@BridgedSC.org