The Chemical Educational Foundation (“CEF,” “we,” “us” and “our”) respects individual privacy and values the confidence of our volunteers, organizers, participants, and supporters of our community. This Privacy Policy sets out the privacy principles that we follow with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of information that you may provide through this CEF website (https://www.chemed.org), and any other website or mobile application that we own or control and which posts or links to this Privacy Policy. Please read this entire Privacy Policy before using this website or submitting information to CEF through this website. By using the CEF website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
If you have questions or complaints regarding our Privacy Policy or practices, please contact us by any of the methods described below. If you do not agree with our policies, your choice is to not use the CEF website or provide CEF with your information.
COLLECTED INFORMATION
When users join CEF as volunteers, organizers, participate in CEF events, subscribe to CEF publications, or otherwise contact CEF by email or the website’s designated contact section, in order for CEF to respond, users may be asked to provide personal information from which you can be identified, such as your name, date of birth, postal and e-mail address, and phone number. CEF only collects personal information you voluntarily submit to CEF.
Users may use the Website without registering, but registration must occur in order to use any of the personalized web services. The registration form requires specific contact information, including name and e-mail address, as well as other information that may assist CEF in providing better programs and services for participants. The customer contact information is used to learn more about our users and to contact users when necessary. Unique identifiers (such as user IDs and passwords) are collected to verify the user’s identity and for use as account numbers in our record system.
For any donations or other payment transactions on our website, CEF will use third-party services for payment processing. CEF will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policy. CEF currently uses Donorperfect as a third-party service provider for financial transactions and payment services to CEF. Donorperfect privacy policy can be viewed at https://www.donorperfect.com/company/privacy-policy/.
COOKIES
The CEF website uses cookies and other tracking technologies for the purposes explained below. When you visit our website, we assign your computer one or more “cookies.” A cookie is a small text file that contains information that can later be read by us to facilitate your access to our website and personalize your online experience. We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies.
Specifically, we use session-based cookies in order to store language and other country specific preferences such as support contact information. CEF may also utilize cookies in order to track internal metrics of site usage. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file.
CEF may also use web beacons, clear gif technology, action tags or other technologies to collect aggregate website visitation data by tracking how users navigate to and through the website. We may also use this technology to track the delivery of HTML email messages. Web beacons cannot be declined when delivered using a regular web page, but they can be refused when delivered by email. If you do not wish to receive web beacons by email, you will need to disable HTML images or select text only for emails received with your email software.
CEF may also track activity on our website using log files stored on our servers, and collect information, including IP addresses, browser types and versions, geographic information, pages viewed and devices used to interact with the website. We may use this information to personalize your experience and to administer our website. CEF may use a web analytics service, such as Google Analytics, to record and analyze your activity on this website. We use Google Analytics, to track website usage and activity, and to collect technical information about your internet connection and usage details about your interactions with the website, such as clickstream information to, through, and from our website (including date and time), items that you view or search for, page response times, download errors, length of your visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), or methods used to browse away from a page.
For more information, see YOUR CHOICES; COMMUNICATIONS FROM CEF.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To present our website and its contents to you.
- To provide you with information, products, features, programs, events, or services that you have requested from us, and to provide any related notices to you.
- To communicate with you and to respond to questions you send us.
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
- To notify you about material changes to our Privacy Policy.
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
SHARING AND DISCLOSING INFORMATION
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy: (a) to our vendors and service providers we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose to them; (b) for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information, and (c) to enforce or apply any agreement between you and CEF. Notwithstanding the foregoing, CEF may disclose your personal information as required by law or as needed in legal proceedings when CEF believes in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
In addition, in the event of a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of our assets to a third party, we may also disclose your personal information to the third parties concerned or their professional advisors. In the event of such a transaction, the personal information held by CEF may be among the assets transferred to the buyer.
PRIVACY OF CHILDREN
Our website is not intended for minors under 18 years of age, including children age 13 and under. No under the age of 18 may provide any personal information to or on the website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a person under the age of 18, without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a minor under the age of 18, please contact us at Comments@CEFinSTEM.org. SECURITY MEASURES
We use commercially reasonable administrative, physical, and technical measures designed to protect your personal data from accidental loss or destruction and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
When you submit information to CEF through our website, you should be aware that your information is transmitted across the Internet and that no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. Although we take reasonable security measures to protect your information when we receive it, you also need to ensure you take appropriate steps to protect your information. Any information that you transfer to us is done at your own risk.
YOUR CHOICES; COMMUNICATIONS FROM CEF
Users who register with the website have the option of receiving electronic communication from CEF about items of interest, and users can change their mind at any time by contacting us. If you no longer wish to receive CEF’s promotional communications electronically, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each electronic communication or by contacting us at 703-527-6223 or Comments@CEFinSTEM.org.
In addition, you may set preferences with specific services.
Google Analytics: Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. On behalf of CEF, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and other information relating to website activity and internet use. For more information about Google Analytics, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. For more information on the types of cookies utilized by Google Analytics, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US. You can opt-out of Google’s collection and processing of data generated by your use of the Services by going to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Note that Google’s opt-out mechanism is specific to Google activities and does not affect the activities of other ad networks or analytics providers that we may use.
There are several ways to manage cookies. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The help feature on most browsers provide information on how to accept cookies, disable cookies, or to notify you when receiving a new cookie. Please note, however, that many of the cookies we use are “strictly necessary” cookies. By blocking or deleting them, you will not be able to access certain features of the website. For more information about cookies and how to block them, please visit allaboutcookies.org.
The opt-out pages offered by the Network Advertising Initiative and the DAA’s AboutAds program also offer a means to opt out of a number of advertising cookies. Please visit the Network Advertising Initiative and the DAA’s AboutAds program to learn more. Note that opting out does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising. It does mean that the company or companies from which you opted out will no longer deliver ads tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns. Opting out through the above methods will cause one or more opt-out cookies to be set on your browser or device, to indicate that you have opted out. Note that opt-outs are browser-specific, so opting out on one browser will not affect a second browser or device that you use. For the same reason, if you buy a new device, change browsers or clear all cookies, you’ll need to perform this opt-out task again.
INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE ACCESS AND CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFERS
If you are visiting the CEF website from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and CEF is based.
In addition, information that CEF collects may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which CEF operates to enable the use of the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You agree to such cross-border transfers of personal information.
How We Retain Your Personal Data
We keep the categories of personal data described in this policy for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described or for as otherwise legally permitted or required, such as maintaining the Services, operating our organization, complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and for safety, security, and fraud prevention. This means that we consider our legal and business obligations, potential risks of harm, and nature of the information when deciding how long to retain personal data. At the end of the retention period, personal data will be deleted, destroyed, or deidentified.
ACCESS AND CORRECTION/NOTICE TO ALL USERS
If your personal information changes, or if you no longer desire communications or information from CEF, you may correct, update, amend, or deactivate it by making the change by contacting us at 703-527-6223 or Comments@CEFinSTEM.org
You may request a copy of the information CEF holds about you so you can correct or amend information that may be inaccurate or incomplete by writing to Comments@CEFinSTEM.org. In addition, we will ask you to provide sufficient evidence of your identity for your own protection so we can ensure that information is being released to the correct person. We will respond to your request to access within 30 days.
To request the deletion of your information, please contact us by writing to Comments@CEFinSTEM.org In some cases, our business requirements and legal obligations may prevent us from being able to delete your information. If we are unable to delete your information we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
The CEF website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our website, you should note that we do not have any control over that other websites. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the web site in question.
SOCIAL MEDIA WIDGETS
The CEF website includes social media features, such as the Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube buttons that run on our website. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our website, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
AMENDMENTS/UPDATES
CEF may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will update you by means of a notice on this webite prior to the changes taking effect. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices and this Privacy Policy. The date the Privacy Policy was last updated is identified at the bottom of the page.
CONTACT
If you have questions, comments, and/or complaints regarding CEF’s Privacy Policy or how we collect, transmit, and process data please contact us by writing to Comments@CEFinSTEM.org
Effective Date: November 2025
