Privacy Policy

The Council for Court Excellence is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to the pursuit of an equitable and accessible justice system in the District of Columbia. This Privacy Policy describes what personal information the Council for Court Excellence (“we”, “our”, “us”, or “CCE”) receives about you, including when and how we collect it; how we use it; with whom we may share it; and what privacy rights and choices you may have.

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Personal Information We Receive

CCE receives personal information when you interact and communicate with us electronically and in- person; through our website; when you sign up to volunteer with us; and when you provide a donation to support our work (collectively referred to as the “Services”). In general, the type of personal information we receive will depend on how you choose to interact with us and the Services we provide.

The categories of Personal Information that we may collect are outlined below:

• Contact Information. We may collect contact information such as your name, professional affiliation, pronouns, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
• Inquiry Information. We collect information when you communicate with us, including when you contact us through our various online, phone, or volunteer channels for information or assistance.
• Device Information. We may collect information about the computers, phones, and other devices used when interacting with our Services, including browser type, version, IP address (which may be used to infer general location at a city or county level), cookie ID, and other
  similar tracking technologies.
• Activity and Usage Information. We collect information regarding your use of our Services, including your referrer URL (which is the URL for the website that you were viewing prior to visiting the website), how you were directed to the Services, which specific pages you accessed, how long you view each page, and the time and date you access our Services.
• Financial Information. If you donate to the Council for Court Excellence, we use a third- party payment service provider to collect and process payment information to process your transaction.

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How We Use Personal Information

We use Personal Information for the following purposes:

• Conducting Operations. We use Personal Information to provide our Services and fulfill our mission, including providing you with information, resources, or membership.
• Communicating with You. To communicate with you, including sending emails, newsletters, or additional content to market our Services; event registrations and campaign sign-ons; responding to your questions and comments; and to update you about our Services.
• Fundraising. We use Personal Information to process donations, including to verify identity and/or contact you for the purpose of raising money for CCE, to determine the effectiveness of fundraising campaigns and mission activities, and to send you a receipt and/or thank you
  for your donation.
• Data Analytics. We use Personal Information to conduct data analytics so that we can better understand the individuals we serve, better communicate with you, and improve our Services.

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How We Share Personal Information

CCE does not sell any Personal Information to any third parties. We may share the above categories of Personal Information with the following third parties to provide our Services:

• Third Party Service Providers. We share Personal Information, as needed, with third-parties that provide operational services on our behalf, such as website hosting, information technology and infrastructure, data analytics, email delivery, credit card processing, order fulfillment, or auditing or other services. These third parties may not use Personal Information for any other purposes.
• Marketing, Advertising, and Analytics Partners. We may use third-party marketing, advertising, and analytics providers to provide statistics and analysis about how people are using our Services and to provide advertising and marketing for our Services, and to conduct
  charitable sales promotions. These third-party partners may receive information about your interactions with our Services through third-party cookies. For information about how to opt out of our use of third-party cookies that share data with these partners, see “Your Privacy
  Rights.”
• Other Uses or Disclosures of Personal Information. We may also use and disclose your Personal Information as we believe to be necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law, to respond to requests from public and government authorities, to cooperate with law enforcement, or for other legal reasons.

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Your Privacy Rights

Under some U.S. state laws, residents may have a right to:

• Right of Access and/or Portability. Subject to certain limitations, you can request that we disclose the categories and/or specific pieces of Personal Information that we collect, use, disclose, and may sell, and, in some circumstances, have that data provided to you so that you
  can provide or “port” that data to another provider.
• Right to Opt Out. We do not sell your Personal Information. Like many companies, however, we may use advertising and analytics services that are intended to analyze your interactions with our Services, based on information obtained from cookies or other trackers, including for delivering advertising to you (such as interest-based, targeted, or cross-context behavioral advertising). You can request to opt out of targeted advertising.
• Right to Correction. You can request that we correct the Personal Information that we have collected from you under certain circumstances.
• Right to Deletion. You can request that we delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions such as to complete a transaction for you, to exercise our rights, or to comply with a legal obligation.

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How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise your applicable rights, please contact us at office@courtexcellence.org. Please note that, before we process your request, we may ask that you provide us with additional information to verify your identity. We reserve the right to deny your request if we cannot verify your identity or an exemption applies.

Data Security

We are committed to using reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures designed to secure the information to protect Personal Information within our organization. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet nor any data storage system is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information on our or third-party sites.

How to contact us

If you have questions about our Privacy Policy, you can contact us at office@courtexcellence.org

Updates to this Privacy Policy

Since we will continue to implement new technologies and improve our services and features, we reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time, consistent with applicable law. When changes are made, we will update the date here Privacy Policy. [Last updated: February 19, 2025]