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Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Last updated: December 08, 2024
The Summit STEM Fellowship (SSF) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information in compliance with applicable laws. By submitting your application or participating in our program, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please discontinue your use of our website and refrain from providing any personal information.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Athena Education Circle LLC, 131 Continental Dr, Suite 305, Newark, 19713, as well as all employees and affiliates of the Company.
You means the individual accessing or using the service or website.
Website refers to the Summit STEM Fellowship website, accessible from https://www.summitstemfellowship.org/
Service refers to the website and any services provided as described on the website.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Acceptance of Risk
By accessing our website, using our products, or utilizing our services in any capacity, you confirm your continued agreement to this Privacy Policy. You also acknowledge and accept that no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be entirely secure, regardless of the measures taken. Furthermore, you agree and understand that we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us, and you transmit such information at your own risk.
Your User Risk
You have several rights regarding your personal data, including the following:
The right to be informed about how your personal data is processed
The right to access your personal data
The right to update or correct inaccuracies in your personal data
The right to object to or restrict the processing of your personal data
The right to request the cessation of processing and deletion of your personal data
The right to block the processing of personal data that violates applicable laws
The right to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States or the relevant data protection authority in your jurisdiction
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in this Privacy Policy: info@summitstemfellowship.org.
Data Collected
While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the service. Usage Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website. The technologies we use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our service may use cookies.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
Enhancing your overall experience on our platform.
Keeping you informed about your application and its status.
Delivering updates and promotional messages, including through email.
Processing and completing your transactions.
Offering cusomter support and assistance.
Notifying you of updates to the website or related products and services.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the Personal Data that we have collected about you. You may contact us at anytime to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.
Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Children's Privacy
Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information.
Links to Other Websites
Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:
By email: info@summitstemfellowship.org
By visiting this page on our website: https://www.summitstemfellowship.org/contact
Last updated: December 08, 2024
The Summit STEM Fellowship (SSF) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information in compliance with applicable laws. By submitting your application or participating in our program, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please discontinue your use of our website and refrain from providing any personal information.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Athena Education Circle LLC, 131 Continental Dr, Suite 305, Newark, 19713, as well as all employees and affiliates of the Company.
You means the individual accessing or using the service or website.
Website refers to the Summit STEM Fellowship website, accessible from https://www.summitstemfellowship.org/
Service refers to the website and any services provided as described on the website.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Acceptance of Risk
By accessing our website, using our products, or utilizing our services in any capacity, you confirm your continued agreement to this Privacy Policy. You also acknowledge and accept that no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be entirely secure, regardless of the measures taken. Furthermore, you agree and understand that we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us, and you transmit such information at your own risk.
Your User Risk
You have several rights regarding your personal data, including the following:
The right to be informed about how your personal data is processed
The right to access your personal data
The right to update or correct inaccuracies in your personal data
The right to object to or restrict the processing of your personal data
The right to request the cessation of processing and deletion of your personal data
The right to block the processing of personal data that violates applicable laws
The right to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States or the relevant data protection authority in your jurisdiction
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in this Privacy Policy: info@summitstemfellowship.org.
Data Collected
While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the service. Usage Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website. The technologies we use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our service may use cookies.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
Enhancing your overall experience on our platform.
Keeping you informed about your application and its status.
Delivering updates and promotional messages, including through email.
Processing and completing your transactions.
Offering cusomter support and assistance.
Notifying you of updates to the website or related products and services.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the Personal Data that we have collected about you. You may contact us at anytime to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.
Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Children's Privacy
Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information.
Links to Other Websites
Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:
By email: info@summitstemfellowship.org
By visiting this page on our website: https://www.summitstemfellowship.org/contact
Privacy Policy
Last updated: December 08, 2024
The Summit STEM Fellowship (SSF) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information in compliance with applicable laws. By submitting your application or participating in our program, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please discontinue your use of our website and refrain from providing any personal information.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Athena Education Circle LLC, 131 Continental Dr, Suite 305, Newark, 19713, as well as all employees and affiliates of the Company.
You means the individual accessing or using the service or website.
Website refers to the Summit STEM Fellowship website, accessible from https://www.summitstemfellowship.org/
Service refers to the website and any services provided as described on the website.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Acceptance of Risk
By accessing our website, using our products, or utilizing our services in any capacity, you confirm your continued agreement to this Privacy Policy. You also acknowledge and accept that no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be entirely secure, regardless of the measures taken. Furthermore, you agree and understand that we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us, and you transmit such information at your own risk.
Your User Risk
You have several rights regarding your personal data, including the following:
The right to be informed about how your personal data is processed
The right to access your personal data
The right to update or correct inaccuracies in your personal data
The right to object to or restrict the processing of your personal data
The right to request the cessation of processing and deletion of your personal data
The right to block the processing of personal data that violates applicable laws
The right to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States or the relevant data protection authority in your jurisdiction
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in this Privacy Policy: info@summitstemfellowship.org.
Data Collected
While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the service. Usage Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website. The technologies we use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our service may use cookies.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
Enhancing your overall experience on our platform.
Keeping you informed about your application and its status.
Delivering updates and promotional messages, including through email.
Processing and completing your transactions.
Offering cusomter support and assistance.
Notifying you of updates to the website or related products and services.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the Personal Data that we have collected about you. You may contact us at anytime to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.
Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Children's Privacy
Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information.
Links to Other Websites
Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:
By email: info@summitstemfellowship.org
By visiting this page on our website: https://www.summitstemfellowship.org/contact
The Summit STEM Fellowship (SSF) empowers the next generation of leaders in STEM. Our mission is to equip students with the skills they need to need to thrive in high school, college, and beyond.
© 2025 Summit STEM Fellowship. All rights reserved.
The Summit STEM Fellowship (SSF) empowers the next generation of leaders in STEM. Our mission is to equip students with the skills they need to need to thrive in high school, college, and beyond.
© 2025 Summit STEM Fellowship. All rights reserved.
© 2025 Summit STEM Fellowship. All rights reserved.