Privacy
Policy.

01

Who we are

This website is operated by the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society (RIBHS). Our website address is riblackheritage.org.

RIBHS is located at 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Building 8, Providence, Rhode Island 02908.

02

Information we collect

Information you provide

We may receive information that you choose to provide when you contact RIBHS, join our mailing list, register for a program or event, make a donation, submit a comment, or otherwise communicate with us. Depending on the service, this may include your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, message, registration details, and donation information.

Donations and payments

Online donations may be processed through the secure donation form and payment providers selected for the transaction. Information submitted during a transaction may be handled by those providers and is also subject to their privacy policies and terms.

Comments and media

If comments are enabled, the site may collect the information shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent, to support moderation and spam detection. If the site allows image uploads, avoid including embedded location data such as EXIF GPS information.

03

Cookies, analytics, and embedded content

The website may use essential cookies to support login sessions, saved preferences, security, and form functionality. RIBHS may use limited analytics or server logs to understand how visitors use the website and to maintain its security and performance.

Pages may include embedded content from services such as YouTube, social networks, calendars, or forms. Embedded content behaves as though you visited the provider's website directly. Those providers may collect data or use cookies according to their own policies.

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How information is used and shared

RIBHS may use information to respond to inquiries, process donations, administer programs and events, send requested updates, maintain site security, comply with legal obligations, and improve our services.

Information may be shared with service providers that help operate the website, process donations, manage email communications, host events, prevent spam, or provide technical support. RIBHS does not sell personal information.

05

Retention and your choices

Information is retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to maintain organizational records, or to meet legal, accounting, security, and reporting obligations.

You may ask for access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information that RIBHS holds about you. Some information may need to be retained for administrative, legal, security, archival, or recordkeeping purposes.

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How we protect information

RIBHS uses reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information. No website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.