Privacy

Effective Date: September 2026

Safe Community Project respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us.

This Privacy Policy describes how Safe Community Project may collect, use, maintain, disclose, and protect information when you visit www.safecommunityproject.org, communicate with us, register for programs or events, subscribe to communications, make a donation or payment, submit information through an online form, or otherwise interact with our digital services.

Safe Community Project is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation and a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Information We May Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Safe Community Project and the services you use.

Information You Provide to Us

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

Name;
Email address;
Mailing address;
Telephone number;
Organization, agency, department, or professional affiliation;
Information submitted when registering for an event, program, training course, newsletter, or other service;
Information included in inquiries, contact forms, surveys, applications, or correspondence;
Donation, purchase, registration, or transaction information;
Account information when an account is required for a particular service; and
Other information you choose to provide to us.

We encourage you not to provide sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for the particular service or communication.

Payment Information

When payments, purchases, donations, or registrations are available through one of our websites, payment transactions may be processed by third-party payment processors or financial-service providers.

Safe Community Project may receive information concerning the transaction, such as your name, contact information, amount paid, transaction status, and the program, product, or service associated with the transaction.

Payment-card information may be collected and processed directly by the applicable payment processor. Safe Community Project does not intend to retain complete payment-card information unless specifically required for an authorized business purpose and handled through an appropriate secure system.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our websites, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our web servers, hosting providers, security systems, analytics services, or other technologies.

This information may include:

Internet Protocol (IP) address;
Browser type;
Device type;
Operating system;
Date and time of access;
Pages visited;
Referring website or source;
General geographic information derived from an IP address;
Website interactions and navigation patterns; and
Information used to detect malicious, fraudulent, or unauthorized activity.

We may use this information to operate, secure, maintain, understand, and improve our websites and digital services.

How We Use Information

Safe Community Project may use information we collect to:

Respond to questions, requests, and inquiries;
Provide requested programs, services, training, educational materials, or information;
Process registrations, purchases, payments, or donations;
Communicate regarding events, programs, projects, services, or accounts;
Distribute newsletters and other communications requested by subscribers;
Administer relationships with community members, partners, agencies, contractors, donors, volunteers, and other stakeholders;
Improve our websites, programs, educational resources, and digital services;
Understand how visitors use our websites;
Maintain the security and integrity of our systems;
Detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, misuse, security threats, or other unlawful activity;
Maintain records required for administrative, financial, grant, contractual, or legal purposes;
Comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, contractual obligations, or governmental requirements; and
Carry out Safe Community Project’s nonprofit and public-safety mission.

We may also use aggregated or de-identified information for research, evaluation, planning, reporting, program improvement, and other legitimate organizational purposes where the information does not reasonably identify an individual.

Email and Other Communications

If you subscribe to a Safe Community Project newsletter, mailing list, event notification, or similar communication, we may use the contact information you provide to send those communications.

You may unsubscribe from nonessential marketing or informational email communications by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the message, where available.

Unsubscribing from general communications may not prevent us from sending transactional, administrative, safety-related, account-related, or other communications necessary to fulfill a request or maintain an existing relationship.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Safe Community Project websites may use cookies and similar technologies to operate website features, remember preferences, maintain security, understand website usage, support forms or transactions, and improve the visitor experience.

Cookies are small data files stored on or associated with your browser or device. Some cookies are necessary for website functionality, while others may support analytics or third-party services.

Your browser may allow you to block, delete, or restrict cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect the operation or availability of some website features.

Analytics and Third-Party Technologies

We may use third-party services to assist with website hosting, analytics, email distribution, forms, video delivery, payment processing, event registration, security, content delivery, or other operational functions.

Those providers may collect or process information as necessary to provide their services to us. Their handling of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies and contractual obligations.

Some third-party services embedded in or linked from our websites may use cookies or similar technologies. Safe Community Project does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites or services.

Online Tracking and Browser Signals

Web browsers and privacy tools may provide mechanisms that communicate preferences concerning online tracking.

The technologies used by Safe Community Project and its service providers may not respond uniformly to every browser-based “Do Not Track” signal because there is no single universally implemented standard governing those signals.

Where applicable law requires recognition of a legally valid opt-out preference signal or similar privacy mechanism, Safe Community Project will endeavor to honor such requirements to the extent they apply to our activities and technologies.

Third-party services operating on our websites may have their own practices regarding browser signals, cookies, analytics, and tracking technologies.

Sharing of Information

Safe Community Project does not sell personal information for monetary compensation.

We may disclose information to organizations or individuals that assist us in operating our organization and providing services, including:

Website hosting and technology providers;
Payment processors;
Email and communications providers;
Registration and event-management services;
Professional advisers, accountants, auditors, and attorneys;
Contractors and consultants;
Security and fraud-prevention providers; and
Other service providers performing functions on our behalf.

These providers may receive information only as reasonably necessary to perform their services or as otherwise permitted by law and applicable agreements.

We may also disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

Comply with applicable law or legal process;
Respond to a lawful governmental or law-enforcement request;
Protect the rights, safety, property, or security of Safe Community Project, our personnel, our partners, website visitors, or others;
Investigate fraud, security incidents, misuse, or unlawful activity; or
Enforce applicable agreements or policies.

If Safe Community Project undergoes a significant organizational restructuring, merger, transfer of operations, or similar transaction, information may be transferred as reasonably necessary in connection with that transaction and subject to applicable law.

Public Agencies and Program Partners

Safe Community Project frequently collaborates with fire departments, governmental agencies, educational institutions, community organizations, nonprofit organizations, and other public-safety partners.

Participation in a particular program, event, assessment, training activity, grant-funded project, or collaborative initiative may involve information-sharing requirements specific to that activity.

When appropriate, additional notices, consent forms, program agreements, or privacy information may be provided separately for those activities.

Links to Other Websites

Our websites may contain links to websites, applications, resources, or services operated by third parties.

A link from a Safe Community Project website does not mean that Safe Community Project controls or is responsible for the privacy, security, accessibility, accuracy, or practices of the linked service.

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

Social Media and Video Platforms

Safe Community Project maintains a presence on social media, video, podcast, and other third-party digital platforms.

When you interact with Safe Community Project through those platforms, information may be collected by both Safe Community Project and the platform provider. Your use of those services is also governed by the privacy policies and terms of the applicable platform.

Information Security

Safe Community Project uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

These measures may include access controls, secure hosting, encryption technologies, system updates, security monitoring, backups, authentication controls, and other safeguards appropriate to the nature of our systems and information.

No method of electronic transmission, storage, or Internet-based communication can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or maintained by us.

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, maintain appropriate organizational records, satisfy contractual or grant requirements, comply with legal and financial obligations, resolve disputes, maintain security, and enforce agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the program or activity involved.

When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, destroy, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it consistent with our operational requirements and applicable law.

Children’s Privacy

Safe Community Project provides educational and public-safety programming that may benefit children, families, schools, and youth organizations.

Our general public websites are not intended to solicit personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate authorization or another lawful basis.

Programs specifically involving children or students may operate under separate procedures, agreements, school or agency relationships, parental or guardian permissions, or other safeguards appropriate to the program.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to us through a website inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the matter.

Your Privacy Choices and Requests

Depending upon your relationship with Safe Community Project and applicable law, you may request that we review, correct, update, or delete certain personal information associated with you.

Not every request can necessarily be fulfilled. We may need to retain information to comply with legal, financial, grant, contractual, security, or recordkeeping requirements, and we may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.

To submit a privacy-related request, please contact us using the information below.

California Privacy

Safe Community Project is a California nonprofit organization. Various California privacy laws apply differently depending upon the nature of an organization and its activities.

To the extent a particular California privacy right applies to information maintained by Safe Community Project, we will endeavor to respond to valid requests and fulfill applicable legal obligations.

Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any privacy right available to an individual under applicable law.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Safe Community Project may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our programs, technologies, websites, services, legal requirements, or information practices.

When we make changes, we will revise the effective or updated date displayed on this page. Material changes may also be communicated through other reasonable means when appropriate.

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact Us

Questions, concerns, or requests concerning this Privacy Policy or Safe Community Project’s handling of personal information may be directed to:

Safe Community Project

1048 Irvine Avenue, #440
Newport Beach, CA 92660

Email: info@safecommunityproject.org

Please include sufficient information for us to understand and respond to your request.

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