Privacy Policy
Emerge and Rise, Inc.™
Effective Date: January 1, 2026 | Last Updated: July 10, 2026
Emerge and Rise, Inc.™ ("we," "us," or "our") is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in San Antonio, Texas. This policy explains what information we collect when you visit emergeandrise.org, register for our events, or sign up for our newsletter. It also explains how we use that information, who we share it with, and what choices you have.
We do not sell your personal information. We do not share it for third-party advertising purposes. We only use it to run our programs, communicate with our community, and improve how the site works.
Please read this carefully. If you have questions, email us at info@emergeandrise.org.
1. Information We Collect
Information You Give Us Directly
When you fill out a form, register for an event, or subscribe to our newsletter, you may provide:
Name and email address
Phone number
Mailing address
Business or organization name
Payment information (for paid events, processed through Stripe via Luma)
Any other details you choose to include in a message or form submission
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically through cookies and server logs. This includes:
IP address and approximate geographic location (city/region level)
Browser type, operating system, and device type
Pages visited, time spent on each page, and how you navigated the site
Referring website or source (how you arrived at our site)
Date and time of your visit
This data is collected by us and by the third-party tools described in Section 4. Some of this data can be used to identify individuals, particularly when combined with information held by those third parties.
Information from Third Parties
We use a visitor intelligence tool (RB2B) that attempts to match website visitor IP addresses against a business contact database to identify the company and, in some cases, the individual visiting our site. This may include your name, employer, job title, and LinkedIn profile URL. If you would like to opt out of this database, you can do so at
We use a visitor intelligence tool (RB2B) that attempts to match website visitor IP addresses against a business contact database to identify the company and, in some cases, the individual visiting our site. This may include your name, employer, job title, and LinkedIn profile URL. If you want to opt out of RB2B's database, visit app.retention.com/optout.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
Operate and maintain our website
Register you for events and communicate event details
Send our newsletter and program announcements (only if you subscribed)
Respond to your questions, requests, or support needs
Understand how our site is being used so we can improve it
Detect and prevent fraud or unauthorized activity
Comply with legal obligations
We do not use your information for automated decision-making or profiling that has legal or similarly significant effects on you.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We use them, and so do several of the third-party tools embedded on our site.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential cookies: Required for the site to function. You cannot opt out of these without breaking core site functionality.
Analytics cookies: Used to track how visitors use the site (pages viewed, time spent, traffic sources). This data is aggregated and used to improve the site.
Tracking and identification cookies: Used by tools like Factors.ai and RB2B to identify and profile site visitors for business intelligence purposes.
Advertising cookies: Used by LinkedIn's Insight Tag to enable retargeting and ad audience building.
Your Cookie Choices
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies, though blocking all cookies may affect how the site works. You can also opt out of specific tools:
Google Analytics: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
LinkedIn Insight Tag: linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls
RB2B visitor database: app.retention.com/optout
Factors.ai: app.retention.com/optout
We are working toward implementing a cookie consent banner on the site that will allow you to accept or decline non-essential cookies before they are set.
4. Third-Party Services We Use
Below is a complete list of the third-party tools currently embedded on our site or used in our communications, along with what they collect and why.
Google Analytics
Website traffic analysis
IP address, browser, device, pages visited, session duration, referral source
Factors.ai
Visitor behavior analytics and account intelligence
IP address, browsing activity, geo-location, device info, and session data. May be used for targeted advertising by Factors.ai.
factors.ai/legal/privacy-policy
RB2B (Retention.com)
Website visitor identification
IP address matched to business contact database. May identify individual visitors by name, employer, and LinkedIn profile.
LinkedIn Insight Tag
Ad retargeting and audience analytics
Page views, referral source, LinkedIn member ID (if you are logged into LinkedIn)
linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Luma
Event registration and email communications
Name, email, registration details. Shared with event hosts per Luma's policy.
Mailchimp (Intuit)
Newsletter delivery
Email address, open and click tracking, device, and browser info
Each of these services operates under its own privacy policy. We are not responsible for their practices, but we have linked to their policies above so you can review them. We enter into data processing agreements with vendors where required.
5. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information to anyone, for any purpose.
We share your information only in the following circumstances:
Service providers: We share data with the third-party vendors listed in Section 4 to the extent necessary to operate our website and programs. These vendors are contractually prohibited from using your data for their own marketing purposes (where data processing agreements are in place).
Event co-hosts: If you register for a co-hosted event, the event co-host may receive your registration information.
Legal obligations: We may disclose information if required by law, court order, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Emerge and Rise, our community, or the public.
Organizational transfers: In the unlikely event of a merger, acquisition, or significant organizational change, your information may be transferred. We will provide notice before that happens.
We do not share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing or advertising purposes.
6. Your Privacy Rights
Regardless of where you live, you have the following rights with respect to the personal information we hold about you:
Right to access: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
Right to correction: You can ask us to correct inaccurate information or fill in incomplete information.
Right to deletion: You can ask us to delete your personal information. We will do so unless we have a legal obligation to retain it.
Right to restrict processing: You can ask us to pause processing your information under certain conditions.
Right to object: You can object to our processing of your information based on legitimate interests.
Right to data portability: You can request that we provide your information in a structured, machine-readable format so you can transfer it elsewhere.
Right to opt out of sale or sharing: We do not sell or share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. If that ever changes, we will update this policy and provide an opt-out mechanism before it takes effect.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@emergeandrise.org or write to us at the mailing address in Section 10. We will respond within 45 days. If we need more time, we will let you know within that initial period and may take up to 90 days total.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
Note for U.S. Residents
As of 2026, more than 20 U.S. states have enacted comprehensive consumer privacy laws, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, Oregon, Minnesota, New Jersey, and others. Most of these laws apply primarily to for-profit businesses, and as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we may fall outside their formal scope. That said, we honor data rights requests from all users regardless of where you live. To submit any privacy request, email info@emergeandrise.org with "Privacy Request" in the subject line.
7. Data Retention
We keep your information for as long as we need it to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by law. In practice:
Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe. After unsubscribing, your email remains in a suppression list to prevent accidental re-subscription.
Event registration records are retained for up to three years to support program reporting, grant compliance, and follow-up communications.
Contact form submissions are retained for up to two years.
Website analytics data (Google Analytics, Factors.ai) is subject to those services' own retention policies, typically 14 months for aggregated data.
Visitor identification data via RB2B is governed by RB2B's retention policy. You can request deletion at app.retention.com/optout.
8. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information. Our website is hosted on Squarespace, which maintains its own security infrastructure.
No method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure. While we take reasonable precautions, we cannot guarantee absolute security. If you believe your information has been compromised, contact us immediately at info@emergeandrise.org.
9. Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, contact us, and we will delete it promptly.
10. International Visitors
Emerge and Rise is based in San Antonio, Texas, and our website is operated from the United States. If you are visiting from outside the U.S., your personal information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country. By using this site, you acknowledge that transfer. We are not actively marketing to or targeting residents of the European Union, European Economic Area, or United Kingdom. However, if you are located in one of those regions and believe your data is being processed in a way that implicates your rights under the GDPR or UK GDPR, you have the right to:
Request access to the personal data we hold about you
Request correction or deletion of that data
Object to or restrict processing of your data
Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority
For Canadian visitors, our email communications are managed through Mailchimp and comply with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). You will only receive marketing emails from us if you explicitly subscribed. Every email includes an unsubscribe link. To submit any international privacy request, email info@emergeandrise.org with "International Privacy Request" in the subject line. We will respond within 30 days.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and change the "Last Updated" date at the top. If we make changes that significantly affect how we handle your information, we will notify you by email (if we have your email address) or by placing a notice on our website before the change takes effect.
Your continued use of the site after any changes means you accept the updated policy.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this policy or want to submit a privacy request, reach out through any of the following:
Email: info@emergeandrise.org
Website: emergeandrise.org/contact
Mail: Emerge and Rise, Inc. | PO Box 592663 | San Antonio, TX 78259
Phone: (210) 880-9330
Emerge and Rise, Inc.™ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Tax ID: 87-1714805. All Rights Reserved.