Privacy Policy

BEST Coalition Privacy Policy In accordance with the Fair Information Practice Principles created by the FTC, we make full disclosure on the use of any personal data collected at our website. This site and any accompanying emails from BEST may contain links to other sites. BEST is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites and we strongly recommend you review their policies.

NOTICE We want to provide you with clear and conspicuous notice of what information is collected and how it will be used.

Your E-mail Address will be used only for the delivery of BEST Communications (mainly workshops, tax site locations, and volunteer notices). It will never be shared, traded, or sold to any third party under any circumstances.

Your Mailing Address will never be shared with anyone. BEST contact address will be made publicly available on the BEST website.

Other Personal Information: From time to time we will ask you questions about things you do and places you go, mostly in regards to the BEST workshops that you may attend. Collection of this information is completely voluntary. We want to know these things about you so we can provide you with better service and the most relevant content possible. This information will be shared with others in its aggregate only. For example, we may disclose to a potential workshop facilitator for their workshop that 30 people who have attended our workshops in the past are interested in a specific topic, but your individual identity will never be revealed.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE USED We collect personal information at your discretion so we can provide you with a better website experience. The more we know about you, the more relevant the information and special notice we can deliver. Our site does not utilize cookies for personalization or tracking purposes. Our website does utilize cookies to track which pages are viewed or downloaded, however no personal information is ever collected.

REASONABLE ACCESS We want our customers to have access to the information collected on them and have a reasonable opportunity to correct any errors or delete the data. BEST subscribers may contact BEST at 434.793.5627 at anytime to update or remove any information that we have collected about you.

ADEQUATE SECURITY We insure the proper handling of consumer information to prevent unauthorized access or identity theft. We do this by taking every reasonable means to insure your information can not be accessed by anyone except BEST staff. All user information sits behind a firewall, and no one except the network administrator has the ability to access it internally. Representatives of BEST have reviewed this privacy statement and must adhere to these privacy standards. They understand the importance of high levels of security and discretion in all functions that deal with consumer information.