Privacy Policy

Welcome to the South Georgia Coordinated Entry (“we”, “us”, “our”) website. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy explains:

• What information we collect
• How we use that information
• With whom we may share it
• How cookies and similar tracking technologies are used
• Your choices concerning your information
• How this policy may change
• Contact information

1. Information We Collect

We may collect several types of information, including:

• Personal information you voluntarily provide (e.g. name, email address, phone number, physical address) when you register for services, contact us, fill out forms, or interact with our site.
• Technical and usage information such as IP address, browser type and version, pages you visit, time and date of visits, referring/exit pages, and other analytics data.
• Cookies and tracking technologies (see Section 4 below).

We collect information when you:

• Register for or apply for services
• Submit forms or communications
• Use or navigate our website

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use your information for:

• Providing, maintaining, and improving our services and website
• Communicating with you (e.g. responding to inquiries, sending updates)
• Analytics and aggregate reporting
• Security, fraud prevention, and ensuring the proper functioning of our site
• Compliance with legal obligations

We will not use your information for purposes incompatible with this policy, unless we notify you and get your consent (if required by law).

3. Third-Party Sharing & Advertising

Advertising Vendors & Google

We use third-party vendors, including Google, to serve ads on our site. These vendors may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your browsing activity across sites (i.e. “personalized advertising”). As required by Google’s policy:

• We declare that third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites.
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to users based on visits to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting your Ads Settings at Google. Alternatively, users can opt out of a third party’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting
  aboutads.info.

4. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We and our third-party partners (including Google) use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your interaction with our website. These technologies enable us to:

• Recognize your device
• Log and analyze site usage
• Tailor content and ads
• Support security measures

You can manage or disable cookies through browser settings. However, disabling cookies may limit your ability to use certain parts of the site.

To opt out of personalized advertising, you may:

• Visit Google’s Ads Settings
• Visit aboutads.info to manage preferences for many third-party vendors

5. Your Choices & Rights

Depending on applicable laws, you may have rights such as:

• Accessing, correcting, updating, or deleting your personal information
• Withdrawing consent (if processing is based on consent)
• Objecting to or restricting some processing
• Porting your data (where applicable)
• Opting out of marketing emails

To exercise these rights, please contact us via the contact details below. We will honor your request unless we have a legal obligation or compelling legitimate interest to retain certain data.

If you have opted out of certain tracking or personalized ads, please note that some features or ad targeting may no longer function optimally.

6. Data Retention & Security

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, or to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce policies.

We take reasonable and appropriate measures to protect personal data from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. However, no internet or electronic transmission is 100% secure.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date. If we make material changes, we will provide a more prominent notice (e.g. via email or site banner).

8. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or to exercise your data rights, please contact:

South Georgia Coordinated Entry
912-955-4673