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Privacy Policy

 

Our Commitment to Privacy

2.18.25

We respect your right to privacy. This privacy policy describes how Boone County Community Trust and its affiliates (referred to as “Boone County Community Trust,” “our,” “we” or “us” in this policy) collect, use, share and protect your personal information, what choices you have relating to your personal information and how you can contact us.

 

Please read our privacy policy carefully. By using our platforms and services, you consent, where required, to the use and sharing of the information we collect and receive as described below.

 

Information We Collect

We collect information about you in various ways and from various sources. For example, you may provide information directly to us, we may collect certain information about you automatically through your use of our website or we may obtain information about you from other sources.

 

Information Collected Directly From You

You can provide personal information directly to us through web forms or other means. This includes but is not limited to

  • Name
  • Address
  • Phone number
  • Email address

 

Information We Derive or Collect Automatically

When you visit or use our website, we may use cookies or other technologies to collect information about your computer or device, and your internet or other electronic network activity.

 

The types of information we may collect in this way includes but is not limited to:

  • Device type (such as desktop, tablet or mobile device)
  • Browser type (such as Google Chrome)
  • IP address, device ID or similar information
  • Geographic location
  • The way you use our website and interact with our content, such as the links you click and the pages you visit

 

Information From Third Parties and Other Sources

In some cases, we may receive personal data about you from other sources. This includes affiliates, business partners, social media platforms, data aggregators, publicly available sources and marketing platforms. You can share information with us from social media platforms. This information is provided to us through third-party services, like Facebook, based on your sharing preferences.

 

How and Why We Use Your Information

We may use all data we collect (in combination with other information we or third-party service providers may have) in the following ways:

  • Personal Information — We use personal information to contact you directly based on your inquiry or request. Personal information may be shared with service providers as needed to fulfill your request, respond to your inquiry or contact you about our services. Your personal information will never be sold to a third party.
  • Social Media Data — We use data collected from social media platforms to better understand the people who are using our website. The social media data we collect is anonymized. We do not connect personal information to the data we collect from social media platforms.
  • Demographic, Geographic and Device Data — We use demographic, geographic and device data to better understand the people who are using our website. The demographic, geographic and device data we collect is anonymized and aggregated.
  • Browsing and Interaction Data — We use cookie tracking to better understand the type of content our users browse around the web and how our users interact with our content. Browsing and interaction data is anonymized. We do not connect browsing and interaction data to personal information.
  • Other Purposes — To fulfill any other purposes for which you provide it, for any purpose that is reasonably necessary to or compatible with the original purpose for which we collected the personal data as disclosed to you, and complying with applicable laws.

 

How We Disclose and Share Information

We may share the information we collect about you or that you provide to us with the following entities for business purposes:

  • Service providers — We may share information with companies that provide services on our behalf, such as Central Trust Company, marketing agencies and email databases.
  • Third parties who deploy cookies and similar technologies — Third parties use a variety of cookies and similar technologies to collect information on our website for the business purposes described above, including providing analytics services to us and providing advertising elsewhere.
  • Social media platforms — We may provide data to social media platforms like Meta to help us create custom audiences for advertising purposes. This data is turned into random codes using a secure method called hashing. Meta compares these hashed codes with their own data to build custom audiences. Whether or not a match is found, the data is deleted promptly after the match process is complete.
  • Other Purposes — Any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the personal data or for any other purpose we deem necessary, including to protect the health or safety of others.

 

Cookies and Pixels

We use tracking cookies and pixels to collect data. Cookies are small files that are stored in your browser. Pixels are small files that deliver data to third parties when loaded. Cookies and pixels allow us to collect data about the way users interact with content. They also allow us to serve remarketing and interest-based ads to users across the web.

 

If you would like to exercise your privacy rights and control your cookies by customizing your preferences, visit .

 

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under the age of 13. No one under the age of 13 is permitted to provide us with personal information. If you’re a parent or guardian and you believe we have collected your child’s information, you can contact us on our contact page found here.

 

Protection of Personal Information

We use a variety of technical, administrative and organizational security measures, including encryption and authentication tools in certain circumstances, that are intended to protect your personal information. Please be aware that despite our efforts, no data security measures can guarantee security. You can help keep your data safe by taking reasonable steps to protect your personal information against unauthorized disclosure or misuse.

 

Retention of Information

We retain your personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this privacy policy or disclosed to you at the time of collection, unless otherwise required or permitted by law.

How to Control Your Privacy Rights and Choices

You have the right to opt out of cookies. Many websites employ these common tracking technologies. You can opt out of cookies at your discretion by clicking .

 

You can learn more about your choices for opting out of interest-based advertising by visiting https://optout.networkadvertising.org/.

 

You always have the right to review and update the information that you previously provided to us. You may contact us as described in the “How to Contact Us” section below in order to arrange this.

 

Non-U.S. Visitors

This website is intended for use by residents of the United States only. If you are located outside of the United States and you contact us, please be advised that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States and that by submitting information you explicitly authorize this transfer and the processing of this information within the United States.

 

Third-Party Links

This website and our social media posts may contain links that will take you to a third-party website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites and services, and you should consult the other third-party websites’ and services’ privacy policies in order to better understand their privacy practices.

 

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Applicable law and our practices change over time. If we decide to update our privacy policy, we will post the changes on this web page. When changes are made, the date at the top of the page will also be changed.

 

How to Contact Us

We welcome questions, comments and concerns about our privacy policy and privacy practices.

If you wish to provide feedback or if you have questions or concerns or wish to exercise your rights related to your personal information, you can contact us on our contact page found here.