Effective Date: 01/01/2025 Last Updated: 08/25/2025
At Verité, Inc. (“Verité”) we respect your privacy, and we are committed to protecting it.
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their personal information is being used online. Personal information, as the term is used in this policy, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://verite.org
Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your personal information on our website.
1.- Information We Collect
What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?
We may collect the following categories of personal information:
- Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, etc.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and usage patterns.
- Cookies and tracking data for traffic analytics purposes: Information collected via cookies or similar technologies.
When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe to a newsletter, enter information on our site, or directly provide us the information.
As set forth below, we also collect some information automatically, via cookies.
Do we use ‘cookies’?
We use cookies to enhance your experience and provide personalized services.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
2. How We Use Your Information
How do we use your information?
We may use the information, including personal information,that we collect from you for the following purposes:
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- To provide you with our services and products
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- To quickly process your transactions
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- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
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- To comply with legal obligations.
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- To improve our website and user experience
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- To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products or services
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- To notify you about changes to our website or services.
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- To administer contests or surveys
- For the purpose for which you provided it.
What are our legal bases for processing your data under GDPR?
With respect to “personal data,” defined the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) as “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person,” we may process your personal data under the following legal bases:
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- Consent: You have given explicit consent.
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- Contract: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, including, for example, if you ask us to certify that you attended a particular online training.
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- Legal Obligation: Compliance with applicable laws, including, for example, making disclosures to courts of valid jurisdiction in response to a court order.
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- Legitimate Interest: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, including our charitable purposes, including for the purposes set forth above.
3. Data Security
How do we protect your information?
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.
We use regular Malware Scanning.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
We implement a variety of security measures when you make an online payment or a donation.
All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
We implement reasonable technical, physical, and administrative safeguards to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.
If you turn cookies off, some features that make your site experience more efficient will be disabled, and such features may not function properly.
4. Your Rights
If I am a data subject under GDPR, what rights do I have?
If you are a data subject under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights:
- Access: Request access to your personal data.
- Correction: Request corrections to inaccurate data.
- Erasure: Request deletion of your data.
- Restriction: Request restriction of processing.
- Portability: Request transfer of your data.
- Objection : Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time.To exercise your rights under GDPR, contact us at verite@verite.org
How do I change or correct inaccurate personal information?
Regardless of whether you are a data subject under GDPR or have such a right under applicable law, you can change your personal information:
• By emailing us
• By logging in to your account
5. Sharing Your Information
Do we sell or share your personal information?
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.
We may share your personal information with:
- Third-party service providers and vendors. Personal information will be shared with third parties like payment processors, hosting providers, and others who assist Verité as needed to perform their services to us, under reasonable confidentiality terms.
- Regulatory authorities, law enforcement, court, etc. We may disclose personal information as required or authorized by law, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process.
- Other parties with your explicit consent.
Do I share personal information with third parties by using your website?
We do not include or offer third-party products or services on our website. In some instances, our website may include links to third-party sites, including websites of vendors and service providers who may collect your payment information. Please review the privacy policies of those websites for information about their data security.
How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
We do not allow third-party behavioral tracking. Our site may make use of Google tags, SDK use cookies, and app instance IDs to measure user interaction. While these identifiers provide information about user behavior, Google prohibits customers from sending “personally identifiable information,” which includes personal information defined by this policy, to Google Analytics. We use this information to compile non-identifying data regarding user interactions with our website.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.
7. International Data Transfers (GDPR)
Your data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). We ensure such transfers comply with GDPR using appropriate safeguards.
8. Changes to this Policy
Changes to this policy will be communicated by posting them on our website. This policy was updated most recently as of the date at the top of this document.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.
Verité
150 Main Street, Suite 43 Northampton, MA 01060
United States
Phone: + 1- 413-253-9227
You may also use the email address verite@verite.org to request that we remove you from future correspondence, to exercise data privacy rights under what you believe to be an applicable law, or to communicate with us.
