The ACEF website is the sole owner of the information collected on this site.

We will not sell, share, or rent this information to third parties, except as stated in this policy.

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

When you make donations on the ACEF website, we collect personal data such as name, email, and delivery address. This information is only used for sending promotions, confirming and fulfilling your orders. Credit card numbers are never stored and are processed on the bank’s servers.

IP ADDRESS

When you browse our website, we automatically receive your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address to gather information that helps us understand your browser and operating system. We use IP addresses for analysis, site administration, user tracking, and demographic information solely for our website’s use. We may link IP addresses to personally identifiable information for security purposes during the checkout process. We do not distribute or share IP information linked to personal information with any third party. Your IP address may be registered by external pages during the payment process with external providers.

DIGITAL MARKETING

With your permission, we may send you emails about our updates. If we request your personal information for secondary marketing purposes, we will ask for your express consent or provide you with the opportunity to decline.

PAYMENT INFORMATION

Most of the information collected during the checkout process is used to process orders. When placing an order, you will select the payment method. For online credit card payments, you will provide your credit card number, expiration date, and verification code. In certain cases, additional legal documentation may be requested for payment verification and security purposes. This information is used for billing purposes and to fulfill your order. Your phone and/or email may be used to contact you for order confirmation and processing. To process your credit card information securely, we submit your personal information to the bank for authorization and payment approval.

SECURITY

We take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Credit card information is encrypted using secure socket layer (SSL) technology.

THIRD-PARTY ENGAGEMENT

We may engage third-party companies to perform functions on our behalf, marketing assistance, email communication, customer service, data analysis, and credit card processing. These third parties have limited access to your personal information and are not permitted to use it for other purposes.

APPLICABLE LAW

ACEF reserves the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law or when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, comply with a court order or legal process on our website.

By using this ACEF site, you confirm that you are of legal age in the United States of America and have given us consent to allow any minor dependents under your care to use this site.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. Changes and clarifications will be effective immediately upon posting on the website. If there are material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, so you are aware of the information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances.