Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 11, 2026

Jewish Young Community (JYC) respects your privacy. This policy explains what information may be collected when you use jycnewjersey.com, join our email list, contact us, register for an event, make a donation, or otherwise interact with JYC online.

Who we are

Jewish Young Community (JYC) is a New Jersey community for Jewish young adults. For privacy questions or requests, contact us at jycnewjersey@gmail.com.

Information you provide

• Contact details, such as your first and last name, email address, phone number, and the contents of messages you send us.
• Event information you submit when registering, including information requested by the registration provider for that event.
• Donation and payment information submitted through the payment or donation service named on the relevant page. JYC does not receive or store your complete payment-card number.
• Any dietary, accessibility, accommodation, or other information you choose to share when asking us about an event.

Information collected automatically

Our website and service providers may collect basic technical and usage information, such as your browser type, device type, approximate location derived from your IP address, pages viewed, referral source, and security-related activity. Cookies and similar technologies may be used to operate, protect, and understand use of the website.

How we use information

• To respond to questions and requests.
• To send updates you requested and manage email subscriptions.
• To organize events, communicate event details, and administer registrations.
• To process and maintain records of donations or other transactions.
• To protect, troubleshoot, measure, and improve our website and programs.
• To meet applicable legal, accounting, or safety obligations.

Service providers and sharing

JYC uses service providers to operate parts of its website and programs. Depending on what you choose to do, these may include WordPress and website hosting, Mailchimp for email communications, OneTable or another event-registration service, and the donation or payment service identified on the relevant page. Those services process information under their own terms and privacy policies.

We do not sell or rent personal information. We may share information with authorized volunteers, event partners, venues, or service providers when reasonably needed to deliver the service you requested, protect JYC and its community, or comply with law.

Email choices

You may unsubscribe from marketing or community-update emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the message. We may still send necessary administrative messages about an event or transaction you requested.

Data retention and security

We retain information only as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described above, including administrative, safety, accounting, and legal needs. We use reasonable safeguards, but no online service can guarantee absolute security.

Third-party websites

Our website links to services operated by others. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, and JYC is not responsible for the content or practices of third-party websites.

Your choices and requests

You may ask us to review, correct, or delete personal information you previously provided to JYC. Some information may need to be retained where reasonably necessary for legal, accounting, fraud-prevention, safety, or recordkeeping purposes. Email jycnewjersey@gmail.com with your request.

Photos, testimonials, messaging and retention

• Photos and testimonials: JYC will publish an identifiable posed photo or submitted testimonial only with affirmative permission for that use. When official event photography is planned, JYC will provide notice in the event details or at the event. Use the private accommodation form before an event if you need help avoiding photography. Cellphone and camera use is not permitted at synagogue-based Shabbat events.
• WhatsApp: Direct messages share your phone number and the profile details allowed by your settings with the JYC account. In a WhatsApp group, your phone number and permitted profile details may be visible to other group participants.
• Email: Marketing subscription records remain in Mailchimp until you unsubscribe or request deletion, subject to any limited suppression record needed to honor that request.
• Event records: Local named check-in exports are removed after the 48-hour event closeout. JYC may retain aggregate, non-named reporting totals. Registration, payment, donation and third-party messaging providers retain their own records under their policies.

To withdraw future website permission, ask a privacy question, or request access, correction or deletion, email jycnewjersey@gmail.com.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as our website, programs, or service providers change. The “Last updated” date at the top identifies the current version.

Contact

Jewish Young Community (JYC)
Email: jycnewjersey@gmail.com
Phone: (862) 217-4942

Post-event feedback and testimonial permission

Private event feedback is stored in a restricted WordPress record for up to 12 months and is never published by default. Referral source, self-reported first/return attendance, rating, private contact permission, and public testimonial permission are separate fields. Authorized administrators may export de-identified evidence fields for planning. If you separately permit a public testimonial, JYC reviews the approved text and attribution before use. Email jycnewjersey@gmail.com to withdraw future testimonial use or request deletion.