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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 3, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Arizona Talks Foundation ("we," "our," or "us") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit our website at arizonatalks.org (the "Service").

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

  • Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, organization, and mailing address when you register for events, contact us, or subscribe to our newsletter
  • Event Registration: Information related to event registration, ticket purchases, and attendance
  • Membership Information: Details related to your membership status and preferences
  • Payment Information: Payment card details processed through our payment processor (we do not store full card numbers)
  • Form Submissions: Information you submit through contact forms, newsletter signups, and other forms on our website

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Service, we automatically collect certain information, including:

  • Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent on pages, clickstream data, and navigation patterns
  • Device Information: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device identifiers
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies (see our Cookie Notice)

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service
  • To process event registrations and ticket purchases
  • To manage membership accounts and provide member benefits
  • To send newsletters, event updates, and communications
  • To respond to inquiries and provide customer support
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security threats
  • To comply with legal obligations
  • To improve our Service and user experience

3. Third-Party Services and Data Sharing

3.1 Service Providers (Subprocessors)

We use service providers to operate and secure our Service, process payments, deliver content, and prevent fraud. These providers process personal information only on our instructions and subject to appropriate safeguards:

  • Hosting, Content Delivery, and Security Provider: Cloudflare provides hosting, content delivery, and security services. Cloudflare processes IP addresses and request data to operate and secure our Service. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.
  • Payment Processor: Stripe processes payments on our behalf. Stripe collects payment card information and transaction data. See Stripe's Privacy Policy.

3.2 Third-Party Services

We embed content from third-party services that may collect information:

  • YouTube: We embed YouTube videos on our Service. When you interact with embedded videos, YouTube may collect usage data according to their privacy practices. See YouTube's Privacy Policy.

3.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or government regulation, or to protect our rights, property, or safety.

4. Your Privacy Rights (CPRA/CCPA/GDPR)

If you are a California resident or subject to GDPR, you have the following rights:

4.1 Right to Know

You have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell. You may request details about:

  • The categories of personal information we have collected
  • The sources from which we collected your personal information
  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information
  • The categories of third parties with whom we share your personal information

4.2 Right to Access

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.

4.3 Right to Deletion

You have the right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., legal compliance, fraud prevention).

4.4 Right to Correct

You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information.

4.5 Right to Opt-Out

You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. We do not sell personal information, but you may opt-out of non-essential cookies through our cookie preferences.

4.6 Right to Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information, including encryption in transit, secure storage practices, access controls, and regular security assessments. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

7. International Data Transfers

Your information may be processed and stored in the United States or other jurisdictions. By using our Service, you consent to the transfer of your information to jurisdictions that may have different data protection laws than your own.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us immediately.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date."

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us: