PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: August 31, 2026
Last Updated: August 31, 2026
The Northeast Kansas City Historical Society (“NEKCHS,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to responsibly handling the personal information you provide when visiting www.nekchs.org, becoming a member, registering for an event, making a donation, contacting us, or otherwise interacting with our organization.
This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we may collect, how we may use it, and the choices available to you.
1. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you interact with NEKCHS, we may collect information such as:
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Name
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Email address
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Mailing address
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Telephone number
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Membership information
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Event registration information
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Donation information
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Volunteer information
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Communications you send to us
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Transaction information
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Information submitted through website forms
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Technical information about your use of our website
You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse most areas of our website.
2. Membership Information
When you apply for or renew a NEKCHS membership, we may collect information necessary to maintain your membership record, communicate with you, provide membership benefits, and process applicable membership dues.
NEKCHS's fiscal membership year runs from November 1 through October 31.
3. Payments and Donations
Payments for memberships, donations, event registrations, merchandise, or other transactions may be processed through third-party payment providers.
Payment information may be submitted directly to those providers. Depending on the payment service used, NEKCHS may receive transaction details such as your name, email address, transaction amount, transaction date, and payment status without receiving your complete credit or debit card credentials.
Third-party payment providers process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
4. Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website platform or related services, including:
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IP address
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Browser type
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Device type
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Operating system
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Pages visited
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Referring website
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Approximate geographic information
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Date and time of visits
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Website interaction information
This information may be used for security, website administration, analytics, performance monitoring, and improving the visitor experience.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website and third-party services may use cookies or similar technologies to help the website function, remember preferences, analyze website traffic, improve performance, and provide embedded functionality.
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of portions of the website.
6. How We Use Information
NEKCHS may use information we collect to:
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Manage memberships.
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Process donations and payments.
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Register individuals for events.
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Communicate about programs, events, tours, membership activities, and organizational updates.
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Respond to questions and requests.
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Coordinate volunteers.
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Maintain organizational and financial records.
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Improve our website and services.
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Prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents.
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Comply with applicable legal, tax, accounting, or regulatory requirements.
7. Email Communications
If you provide your email address, NEKCHS may use it to send information relating to your membership, transaction, event registration, inquiry, or other relationship with the organization.
Where applicable, you may request to stop receiving non-essential promotional or informational emails by contacting us or using an unsubscribe option provided in the communication.
Administrative or transactional communications may still be sent when necessary.
8. Sharing of Personal Information
NEKCHS does not sell or rent your personal information.
We may share information when reasonably necessary with service providers that assist us with functions such as:
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Website hosting
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Website forms
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Payment processing
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Email communications
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Event registration
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Data storage
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Website analytics
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Technology support
We may also disclose information when required by law or when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to protect NEKCHS, our members, website visitors, or others.
9. Public Information
NEKCHS is a historical and community organization. Photographs, videos, event information, historical materials, volunteer activities, board information, or other content may sometimes be published on our website or social media channels.
If you believe personal information or an image involving you has been published inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the matter.
10. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information under our control.
However, no website, internet transmission, email system, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information electronically at your own risk.
11. Data Retention
We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, maintain membership and organizational records, comply with financial and legal obligations, resolve disputes, and protect the organization.
12. Children's Privacy
Our website is intended for a general audience and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us improperly, please contact us.
13. External Links
Our website may link to websites operated by third parties.
NEKCHS is not responsible for the privacy, security, accuracy, accessibility, or other practices of third-party websites. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing personal information.
14. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information.
You may contact NEKCHS to request that we:
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Review certain personal information associated with you.
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Correct inaccurate information.
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Update your contact information.
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Remove you from non-essential mailing lists.
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Delete certain information where appropriate and legally permissible.
Some records may need to be retained for legal, financial, tax, historical, or legitimate organizational purposes.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, organizational activities, technology, or legal requirements.
The updated version will be posted on this website with a revised “Last Updated” date.
16. Contact Us
Questions about this Privacy Policy or NEKCHS's privacy practices may be directed to:
Northeast Kansas City Historical Society
Email: nekchistoricalsociety@gmail.com
Phone: (816) 221-9245
Mailing Address: PO Box 270193, Kansas City, MO 64127