PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: September 1, 2025


Albert & Wick’s Traveling Makerspace respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you choose to share with us.


This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect through our website, how we use it, when we may share it, and the choices available to you.


By using this website or submitting information through our online forms, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.


1. About Albert & Wick’s Traveling Makerspace

Albert & Wick’s Traveling Makerspace is a Nebraska nonprofit organization focused on strengthening communities through hands-on learning, Senior Advisor guidance, practical skills, community partnerships, and opportunities that help individuals and families maintain their homes and build greater confidence and self-sufficiency.


This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Albert & Wick’s website and related online forms and communications.


2. Information We May Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with us.


Information You Provide Directly


You may choose to provide information such as:

  • Your name
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Mailing addressOrganization or business name
  • Information submitted through contact or inquiry forms
  • Program or event registration information
  • Project or home-maintenance inquiry information
  • Partnership or sponsorship inquiries
  • Newsletter sign-up information
  • Community participation or supporter information
  • Donation-related information
  • Questions, comments, messages, or other information you choose to provide


We ask that you not submit sensitive personal information through a general website contact form unless it is specifically requested and necessary for a particular program or service.


3. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website platform or service providers.


This may include:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address
  • Browser type
  • Device type
  • Operating system
  • Approximate geographic location
  • Pages visited
  • Time and date of visits
  • Referring website
  • Links clicked
  • General website usage and interaction information

This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, analytics tools, log files, or similar technologies.


We generally use this information to understand how people use our website, improve its performance, maintain security, and improve our outreach and communications.


4. How We Use Your Information

Albert & Wick’s may use the information we collect to:

  • Respond to questions and inquiries
  • Communicate with individuals interested in our mission
  • Process program or event registrations
  • Review requests for assistance or participation
  • Communicate with community participants, Senior Advisors, supporters, sponsors, donors, and partner organizations
  • Provide information about upcoming programs, events, projects, or opportunities
  • Send newsletters or organizational updates when requested
  • Coordinate community projects or activities
  • Process or acknowledge donations and sponsorships
  • Maintain records related to our nonprofit activities
  • Improve our website, programs, and communications
  • Protect the security and integrity of our website
  • Prevent misuse, fraud, or unlawful activity
  • Meet legal, financial, insurance, reporting, or regulatory obligations


We do not sell your personal information.


5. Email and Other Communications

If you provide your email address, we may use it to respond to your inquiry or communicate with you regarding programs, events, projects, partnerships, sponsorships, or other Albert & Wick’s activities.


If you subscribe to newsletters or promotional communications, you may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in the message or by contacting us.


Operational or transactional communications may still be sent when necessary, such as confirmations, responses to inquiries, program information, or other communications related to an existing request or relationship.


6. Text Messages and Telephone Communications

If you provide a telephone number, Albert & Wick’s may use it to communicate with you about an inquiry, program, event, project, or other matter you initiated or agreed to receive information about.


We will not sell or rent your telephone number for third-party marketing purposes.


If Albert & Wick’s later implements recurring text-message communications or SMS marketing, additional consent language and opt-out instructions may be provided where required.


7. Donations and Payment Information

Albert & Wick’s may use third-party providers to process donations, sponsorship payments, registrations, or other transactions.


Payment information such as credit card numbers may be collected and processed directly by the applicable payment processor rather than by Albert & Wick’s.


Albert & Wick’s may receive limited transaction information such as:

  • Donor or payer name
  • Contact information
  • Transaction amount
  • Transaction date
  • Donation designation
  • Confirmation or transaction number


We do not intentionally store full payment-card information on our website.


Third-party payment processors have their own privacy policies and security practices.


8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate properly, remember preferences, analyze website traffic, improve user experience, and understand how visitors interact with the site.


Cookies are small data files placed on your device by a website or service provider.


Depending on your browser and our website configuration, you may be able to manage or disable certain cookies through your browser settings or a website cookie-preference tool.


Disabling cookies may affect some website features or functionality.


9. Website Analytics

Albert & Wick’s may use website analytics services to understand general website usage, visitor traffic, popular content, and how visitors find and interact with our site.


Analytics information is generally used in an aggregated or statistical manner to help improve our website and outreach.


Third-party analytics providers may collect information according to their own privacy policies.


10. How We Share Information

Albert & Wick’s does not sell personal information.


We may share information when reasonably necessary with:

  • Website hosting and technology providers
  • Email or communication platforms
  • Payment processors
  • Event or registration providers
  • Professional advisors
  • Contractors or service providers assisting the organization
  • Senior Advisors or authorized representatives involved in responding to a program or project inquiry
  • Partner organizations when collaboration is necessary and appropriate
  • Government agencies, law enforcement, courts, or regulatory authorities when legally required


We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety, rights, property, or legal interests of Albert & Wick’s, our participants, our partners, or others.


Service providers receiving personal information are expected to use it only for the services they provide or as otherwise permitted by law.


11. Project and Community Partnership Information

Some Albert & Wick’s programs may involve collaboration with community organizations, Senior Advisors, businesses, sponsors, educational institutions, service organizations, or other partners.


When you submit information related to a program or project, relevant information may be shared with individuals or organizations reasonably involved in evaluating, coordinating, or delivering that particular opportunity.


We seek to limit such sharing to information reasonably necessary for the applicable purpose.


Submitting an inquiry does not guarantee that information will be shared with a partner or that a project will be accepted.


12. Information Concerning Minors

Certain Albert & Wick’s programs or activities may involve minors.


Albert & Wick’s does not knowingly use its general website to solicit personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.


When information about a minor is required for a specific program, event, or activity, we may require a parent or legal guardian to provide or authorize the information.


Additional privacy notices, permission forms, media releases, or participation documents may apply to youth programs.


If a parent or guardian believes that a child has submitted personal information to us improperly, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.


13. Photos, Videos, and Media

Albert & Wick’s may take photographs or recordings at public events, workshops, community activities, or projects.


Additional consent or release forms may be used when appropriate, particularly for minors or circumstances where individual permission is required.


Photographs or video may be used for nonprofit communications, educational materials, social media, grant reporting, fundraising, community outreach, or promotion of Albert & Wick’s programs and mission.


If you have concerns about the use of an identifiable photograph or recording, please contact us.


14. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, payment processors, registration services, sponsors, partner organizations, or other external resources.


Albert & Wick’s does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites.


When you leave our website, the privacy policy of the third-party provider will govern information collected through that service.


We encourage you to review those policies before providing personal information.


15. Data Security

Albert & Wick’s takes reasonable administrative, organizational, and technical measures intended to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.


However, no website, electronic transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.


For this reason, you should use care when submitting personal or sensitive information online.


16. Data Retention

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Respond to inquiries
  • Administer programs and activities
  • Maintain nonprofit records
  • Meet accounting or tax requirements
  • Maintain donor or sponsorship records
  • Fulfill grant or reporting obligations
  • Resolve disputes
  • Meet insurance requirements
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Protect the legitimate interests of Albert & Wick’s


Information that is no longer reasonably needed may be deleted, anonymized, or securely archived in accordance with our organizational practices.


17. Your Choices and Privacy Requests

You may contact Albert & Wick’s to:

  • Ask what personal information you have provided to us
  • Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Request deletion of certain information
  • Ask to stop receiving newsletters or promotional communications
  • Ask questions about how your information is being used


Some information may need to be retained when required by law, accounting requirements, grant obligations, insurance requirements, contractual responsibilities, or legitimate organizational recordkeeping needs.


18. Do Not Sell Personal Information

Albert & Wick’s Traveling Makerspace does not sell or rent personal information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.


We also do not exchange personal information for monetary compensation.


19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Albert & Wick’s may update this Privacy Policy as our website, programs, technology, or legal requirements change.


When material changes are made, the updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.


We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.


20. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact Albert & Wick’s Traveling Makerspace using the contact form or contact information provided on our website.


Albert & Wick’s Traveling Makerspace
Wahoo, Nebraska, United States

Website: AlbertWick.com

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