Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is very important to us. The READ Center respects your concerns about maintaining strict privacy. Any information that you disclose to us is kept in confidence.

When you visit our website, we do not capture personally identifiable information. Our Internet service provider collects information about the date and time when our website was accessed and, if you linked to our website from another website, it records the Internet address of the website from which you linked to our site. This information is collected to measure the number of visitors to our site and the addresses of the websites from which our visitors come. The Internet service provider does not record the email address and other personally identifiable information of persons who view our website.

We record personally identifiable information (name, email address, mailing address, city, state, zip code, and phone number) from those who voluntarily provide it. We accept donations through the mail and through Stripe. Stripe will ask you for some of this information and, if you send us a check, that check includes your account information. If you provide personally identifiable information to us, we keep the information confidential. We will only release your personally identifiable information if you have given explicit consent.

Our privacy policy only applies to information collected by The READ Center. If you link to another website from our website, you should read the privacy policy of the new website.

We do not sell, rent, share, or otherwise disclose personally identifiable information with third parties. Mailchimp, a third-party email marketing service, is used to manage our mailing lists. Mailchimp does not have direct access to our recipient lists and will not contact or share this information.  More information is available on Mailchimp’s Privacy Policy.

The READ Center processes payments through Stripe, an online payment processing platform. More information about Stripe is availabe on their website and in their privacy policy.

If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please call us at 804-288-9930 or email us at frontdesk@readcenter.org.

SMS Consent Policies

Opt-In Policy: Client checks our website which states CALL or TEXT or verbally agrees to receive messages from our business during their intake, either in-person or over the phone.

Opt-Out Policy: Client can verbally state they no longer wish to receive SMS communication, can email us at frontdesk@readcenter.org or text us using the single word “STOP”.

Help Message: Contact us at https://readcenter.org/contact/ or call us at 804-288-9930.

Call to Action

“Call or Text Today 804-288-9930” is listed on the header of our website.

Content & Consent

Content shared by The Read Center is “conversational” & “informational”.

Message and Data rates may apply.

If you observe our website and send us a text message we will respond under your implied consent.

Messages sent with your express consent are gathered via intake form, verbally via phone call or by contacting us on our website via web service form https://readcenter.org/contact/ 

Privacy Policy