Effective Date: September 7, 2023

This Privacy Policy explains how the Shenandoah Valley Small Business Development Center collects, uses, and discloses personal information about our clients, prospective clients, and visitors to our website at www.valleysbdc.org.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Information collected directly from you: We may collect personal information directly from you, for example through a web form, during registration for an event, or on an application for participation in a program, or when you contact us for client support. Personal information we collect directly from you may include first and last name, address, email address, and phone number.

Information collected from your device: Our website may use technologies such as cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other similar technologies to automatically collect certain information from your device including, for example, your IP address, date and time of your visit, browser and operating system information, referring website address, and other information about how you interact with the website.

Our website may also use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your user experience. Our email campaigns may also use tracking technologies such as web beacons, pixels and other similar technologies to automatically collect certain information such as your IP address, browser type and version, and email engagement statistics.