This Privacy Policy for Roughrider Scholarship Fund (RSF) describes:

• The personal information we collect and how we use it,
• With whom we share your information,
• The measures we take to protect the security of your personal information, and
• How you can communicate with us about your rights and choices.

INFORMATION RSF COLLECTS AND HOW WE USE IT

• Your Contact Information is used to provide information to you about your RSF application, educational programs, networking, job opportunities, any additional information you may need to supply, and your status as a scholarship applicant. Contact Information includes your name, address, phone number, email address, and your parent or guardian’s employer/company/organization name, and job title.  

COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

This website may be enabled with one or more add-on Google services, such as Google Analytics or another Google service. As such, this website will collect information consistent with the terms of Google’s Privacy Policy which could include but is not limited to the collection of device-specific information, log information, location information, and cookie-related information as described in the Google Privacy Policy. Because this website is enabled with one or more add-on Google services, Google will have access to and may use Google Services Collected Information that is collected by this website and may use such information to improve Google’s services. RSF will use such information, to the extent available such as by way of Google Analytics, to better understand the use of the website and topics of interest to RSF members and site visitors and may adjust our marketing practices to better target information based on such information and usage.

Our website is intended for scholarship applicants attending Center High School in Center, Texas. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without the consent by the holder of parental responsibility. If you are under 13, you are prohibited from providing information to RSF through this website without verifiable parental consent. In the event we learn that we collected personal information from anyone under the age of 13, we will delete that information and only recollect the information after receiving parental consent. If you believe that we might have collected personal information from anyone under the age of 13, please contact us using the contact information below.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE SHARE

We do not disclose your personal information except as described in this Privacy Policy or as we disclose to you at the time the data is collected. RSF will share your personal information in certain situations:

• Medical Emergency. RSF will disclose your personal information to medical professionals in an emergency when you are attending an RSF-sponsored event or when RSF otherwise has reasonably presumed responsibility to do so.
• Necessity. RSF will disclose your personal information as necessary to protect your vital interest, protect the vital interest of another person, protect public safety, respond to government requests, and report information as required by law.

YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

You have rights regarding the personal information we maintain about you. We also offer you choices about what personal information we collect from you, how we use that information, and how we communicate with you.

You have the right to:

• Obtain confirmation that we hold personal information about you;
• Request access to and receive information about the personal information we maintain about you;
• Receive copies of the personal information we maintain about you;
• Update and correct inaccuracies in your personal information;
• Have the processing of your personal information restricted or object to the processing of your personal information; and
• Have the information blocked or deleted, as appropriate.

To exercise these rights, please contact us as set forth below. You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us. We will apply your choices going forward.

INFORMATION SECURITY

We are committed to ensuring the privacy of your personal information and have established safeguards to help protect such information. For example, to protect your privacy, RSF uses passwords to help verify authorized user identity before granting access anywhere your personal information is stored. Though we strive to ensure the security of your information on our systems, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable and data transmission over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

WEBSITE LINKS

In order to provide certain services and goods at our website, we contract with other companies and individuals. These additional services and goods may include links to other websites from our website. RSF’s privacy practices may not be applicable at any third-party sites. When you leave the RSF website, we have no control regarding what information may be collected about you, nor do we control what third parties might do with the information. It is important that you review any privacy policies on third-party sites carefully before you use any services or programs offered.

CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

From time to time, RSF may revise its Privacy Policy to address changing technology, security measures and website functionality. We will send all email subscribers an alert and/or post a prominent notice on relevant websites to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Policy and indicate when it was updated.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, or if you would like us to update the information or preferences you provided to us, please contact us at info@roughriderscholarship.org

Updated 4 Feb 2024

This Privacy Policy applies to residents of countries outside the European Union (EU).