Last Updated On Dec 10, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes the policies of The Rivendell Center on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that we collect when you use our website ( https://rivendellcenternyc.org/ ). (the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Service.
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to the Service choose to interact with the Service in ways that require us to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, visitors who choose to submit a contact form provide their name and email address.
How We Use Your Information
We will use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes:
1. To Respond to Inquiries
When you fill out a contact form on our website, we use the information you submit—such as your name, email address, phone number, and any message you provide—to respond to your questions, provide customer support, or communicate about services you’ve requested.
2. To Provide and Improve Our Services
We may use the information you share to operate, maintain, and improve our website and services, including troubleshooting issues, analyzing performance, and enhancing the user experience.
3. For Email Marketing (With Your Consent)
If you choose to subscribe to our email list, we use your email address to send you newsletters, updates, promotions, or other marketing communications. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any email we send.
4. To Manage Administrative Communications
We may use your information to send important notices, such as updates to our policies, service notifications, or administrative messages.
5. To Comply With Legal Obligations
We may use your information as necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or enforceable governmental requests.
6. To Understand Website Usage
We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors use our website so we can improve performance and user experience. Analytics tools may collect information such as your IP address, pages viewed, and time spent on the site. (See our “Cookies & Tracking Technologies” section for more details.)
Retention Of Your Information
We keep your information only for as long as necessary to provide our services, meet legal requirements, and fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. When information is no longer needed, we delete or anonymize it.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Rivendell Center uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of the website, and their website access preferences. Rivendell Center visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using our website, with the drawback that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to The Rivendell Center's use of cookies.
Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, which pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming here. Google may also collect your IP address, device identifiers, and other usage data.
Google uses this data to track and examine the use of our website, prepare reports on website activity, and share this data with other Google services. Google may use the data collected to personalize its own advertising and to provide aggregated insights to us.
You can learn more about how Google uses data by visiting:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You can opt out of Google Analytics by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
Security
The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
Links to External Sites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy policy and other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service that may be accessible via a link on the Service. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Your Rights
Depending on the laws of your state or country, you may have certain rights regarding the personal information we collect about you. These may include the right to access, correct, or delete your information, as well as the right to opt out of certain data uses, such as email marketing. You can exercise these rights at any time by contacting us using the information provided below.
If you have any questions about the Privacy Policy, please contact us via email.