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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 11, 2026

The Tampa Bay Area Committee on Foreign Relations ("we", "us", "our") operates the website https://tampabaycfr.org (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").

This page explains our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices available to you regarding this data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Definitions

  • Service: Service means the website https://tampabaycfr.org operated by the Tampa Bay Area Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Personal Data: Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those data and other information in our possession or which may come into our possession).
  • Usage Data: Usage Data is collected automatically and is generated either by the use of the Service or by the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Cookies: Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
  • Data Controller: Data Controller means the natural or legal person (alone, or jointly or in common with other persons) who determines the purposes and means of processing personal data. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your personal data.
  • Service Providers: Service Provider refers to any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of several Service Providers in order to process your data more efficiently.
  • Data Subject (or User): Data Subject means any living person who uses our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Collection and use of data

We collect several types of data for different purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Personal Data

When you use our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personal Data may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First and last name
  • Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to send you event announcements, Committee news and other information that may be of interest to you.

You can choose not to receive any communications from us, or to receive only certain communications, by clicking on the unsubscribe link or by following the instructions in any email we send, or by contacting us.

Usage Data

We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as the Internet Protocol address (IP address) of your computer, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the date and time of your visit, the time spent on these pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking and cookie data

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate our Service and to measure how it is used (see "Analytics" below).

Cookies are small data files that may include an anonymous unique identifier. They are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

You can instruct your browser, in its settings, to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some parts of our Service may not work properly.

Examples of cookies we use:

  • Session cookies, to operate our Service.
  • Preference cookies, to remember your preferences and settings.
  • Security cookies, for security purposes.
  • Analytics cookies (Google Analytics), to understand how visitors use the Service.

Use of data

We use the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to use the interactive features of our Service
  • To provide support and answer your questions
  • To collect analytics that allow us to improve our Service
  • To monitor the use of our Service
  • To detect, prevent and solve technical problems
  • To inform you about the events and activities of the Committee, unless you have indicated that you do not wish to receive such information

Legal basis for processing personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect them.

We may process your Personal Data:

  • Because we need to perform a contract with you (for example, your membership or an event registration)
  • Because you gave us permission
  • Because we have a legitimate interest in carrying out this processing and your rights do not override this legitimate interest
  • For payment processing purposes
  • To comply with the law

Data retention

We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or when we are legally required to retain it for longer.

Data transfer

Information about you, including your Personal Data, may be transferred to and stored on computers located outside your state, province or country, where data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there.

By accepting this Privacy Policy and then submitting this information, you consent to this transfer.

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and your Personal Data will not be transferred to any organization or country unless adequate controls are in place, in particular with regard to the security of your data.

Disclosure of data

Disclosure to law enforcement

In certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests from public authorities (for example, a court or a government agency).

Legal requirements

We may disclose your Personal Data if we believe in good faith that this is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend our rights or property
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Data security

The security of your data is important to us. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We intend to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, modify, or delete your Personal Data or to limit its use.

If you would like to know what Personal Data we hold about you, or want it removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or delete the information we hold about you. Please contact us and we will assist you.
  • The right of rectification. You have the right to have your data corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
  • The right to restriction. You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your Personal Data.
  • The right to data portability. You have the right to receive a copy of the information we hold about you in a commonly used, structured and machine-readable format.
  • The right to withdraw consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your Personal Data.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Service providers

We may use third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

  • Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data may be shared with other Google services. You can prevent your activity on the Service from being made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on . For more information on Google's privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy Policy.

Payments

We may offer paid services as part of the Service (for example, membership dues and event registrations). In such cases, we use a third-party payment processor.

We do not collect or store your payment card data. This data is provided directly to the payment processor, which uses your personal data in accordance with its own privacy policy. Payment processors adhere to the PCI-DSS standard managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, a joint effort of brands such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. The payment processor we work with is:

Links to other sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that we do not operate. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly recommend that you 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.

Children's privacy

Our Service is not directed to anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email: co*****@*********fr.org

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