The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, Inc. (“NEABPD”, “BPD Alliance”) respects the privacy of individuals and is committed to the protection of personally identifiable information (“PII”) .

Unless otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy, PII means any information that can identify an individual directly or when paired with other information.

This Privacy Policy summarizes how we collect PII through our website (https://bpdalliance.org (the “Website”) and other sources, use the collected data to support the mission of our organization, and maintain the useful data in a responsible and appororiate manner.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to PII collected and used for our employment processes, including any information provided as part of the recruitment process.

NEABPD may use separate privacy notices or terms that are tailored to a specific use case. If you receive a privacy notice for a specific purpose, the terms of such notice will control to the extent that it differs from or conflicts with this Privacy Policy.

Please note that your access to and use of our Website is also subject to our Terms and Conditions of Use.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any privacy rights that you may have pursuant to applicable privacy laws, you may contact us:

By mail: 

National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
c/o Abby Ingber
52 White Beeches Drive, Township of Washington
NJ 07676
United States of America

By email

By phone: (201) 965-6780

DATA COLLECTION

We may collect, use, store, share, and transfer different categories of PII and non-PII, which may include:

• Identity: first name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth, and gender identifier;
• Contact: physical address, email address, and telephone number;
• Financial: bank and payment details;
• Employment: employer and employment history;
• Transaction: records of transactions in connection with services you have received from us;
• Usage: information about how you use our Website and other services
• Communications: your preferences in receiving materials regarding our services and your communication preferences; and
• Sensitive: details about your race or ethnicity, health data, and other PII that may also be considered sensitive PII pursuant to applicable law.
• Technical: data such as internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our Website.

We collect PII primarily using the following methods and technologies:

Direct Interactions. You may provide PII when you, for example:

• Contact us by email, phone, or mail, either using addresses or numbers posted on our Websites or when you contact our employees directly;
• Donate to us;
• Register for and participate in our services or events;
• Sign up to receive information from us;
• Give us feedback;
• Provide information to us; or
• Apply for volunteer opportunities with us.

Automated Interactions. As you interact with our Website, and in some emails communications we may automatically collect Technical Data. This can include your preferences (such as language and the location you are in). We may also collect information about your visits to our Website, such as the length of visits to certain pages and page interaction information. Automatic technologies we use may include web server logs, cookies, pixels, and web beacons that are described in Section F below (“Cookies and Other Tracking Mechanisms”).

• “Web server log” is a file where website activity is stored.
• “IP address” is a number assigned to your device whenever you access the Internet that allows devices and servers to recognize and communicate with each other. We may collect IP addresses, which may identify you, to conduct system administration and report aggregate information, to affiliates, partners, service providers and/or vendors to conduct website and application analysis and performance reviews.
• “Web beacons” are small strings of code that are placed on websites and in email messages, and/or online ads. They are sometimes called “clear GIFs” (Graphics Interchange Format), “GIF tags”, “Action tags”, “tracking pixels” or “pixel tags.” Web beacons are most often used in conjunction with cookies to track activity on our Website. When you visit a particular web page, web beacons notify us of your visit and for other related website statistics. When used in an email, web beacons enable us to know whether you have received or opened the email and may be used for other analytics, personalization, and advertising.
• “Cookies” are small files that are automatically stored on your computer when you visit a website.
• Additional technologies. As we adopt new technologies, we may gather additional information through these methods.

Please note that, while some web browsers may transmit “do-not-track” signals to websites with which the browser communicates, our Website does not currently respond to these signals.

Third Parties. We may receive PII about you from analytics providers such as Google, advertising networks, search information providers, and other third parties, as well as from public sources.

DATA USAGE

NEABPD and/or the service providers, vendors, and other third parties we hire to perform services on our behalf may use your PII to, for example:

• Comply with or fulfill a request that you have made;
• Send you information about our organization, including our programs;
• Operate our programs;
• Respond to a question, comment, or concern;
• Maintain our relationship with you;
• Communicate with you for fundraising purposes;
• Help us develop additional services that are likely to be of interest to you and those you care for;
• Investigate or respond to issues such as complaints or security threats and for fraud prevention;
• Conduct depersonalized and aggregate statistical studies and research related to services and the use of our Website to help us understand trends and needs;
• Exercise our legal rights;
• Respond to legal process and other government or law enforcement agency requests;
• Conduct audits (such as compliance or corporate audits);
• Improve user experience by:
  • • recognizing your device;
    • storing your preferences and settings to provide you with a personalized experience and to allow you to navigate between pages efficiency;
    • understanding the web pages of the website you have visited;
    • performing searches and analytics; and
    • assisting with security functions.
• Form a view on what we think you want or need to decide which services and materials may be relevant for you (“Marketing”); and
• Use third-party web analytics services (like Google Analytics) to collect and analyze usage trends.

Unless otherwise permitted or required by law, we will not process PII for purposes not disclosed in this Privacy Policy without your consent.

CONSUMER CHOICE

We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain PII uses, and have established the following PII control mechanisms for your use:

• Opt into Marketing. You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us and opted-in to receive that marketing.
• Opt out of Marketing. You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by following the opt-out/unsubscribe links included on any marketing message sent to you. Remember, however, that even if you opt-out of receiving these marketing communications, we may still email you in order to provide a service that you request.
• Consent to third-party marketing. We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with anyone else for marketing purposes.
• Opt out of Google Analytics. To prevent Google Analytics from using your information for analytics, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
• Opt out of Cookies. You can change your browser settings to notify you when a cookie is being set or updated, or to allow, block or delete cookies altogether. For additional information, please consult your browser’s “help” section. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience all the features of our Website features.
  • • Since web beacons are used in combination with cookies, if you disable cookies, the web beacons will only detect an anonymous website visit.

DATA SHARING

We may share your PII with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in Section D above (“How We Use Your PII”).

• Internal Parties: Individuals or groups within NEABPD for operational purposes.
• Our related organizations, affiliates, and partners (if applicable).
• External Third Parties: third parties who perform services on our behalf, such as for fundraising assistance.
• Parties as part of a business transaction: third parties to whom we may, for example transfer, or otherwise change our organization.
• Professional advisors: advisors (e.g., lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers) who, for example, may provide services.
• Government Authorities: U.S. Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies, regulators and authorities.

We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your PII for their own purposes and only permit them to process your PII for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. However, we may allow third parties to use information that has been de-identified or aggregated.

NEABPD will not sell your PII to any third parties or share it with third parties for the third party’s direct marketing purposes.

DATA SECURITY

We have put in place security measures to prevent your PII from being accidentally lost or destroyed, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed while it is under our control. In addition, we limit access to your PII to those who have a need to know.

We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach if and when we are legally required to do so.

DATA RETENTION

We only retain your PII for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes  for which we collected it. To determine the appropriate retention period for PII, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the PII, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your PII, the purposes for which we process your PII and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and applicable legal requirements.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

We are committed to collecting and processing PII of children in accordance with all applicable law. While in some instances we may collect PII about children with the consent of a parent or guardian, we do not otherwise knowingly solicit data from, or target communications to, children. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with PII, he or she should contact us as described in Section A above (“How to Contact Us”). We will take reasonable steps to delete such data from our database.

We do not knowingly collect PII from children under the age of thirteen on our Website. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of thirteen has provided PII to NEABPD through our Website, please contact us as described in Section A above (“How to Contact Us”) and we will take reasonable steps to delete it as soon as practicable.

EXTERNAL LINKS

As a convenience to visitors and users of our Website, NEABPD may offer links to other sites that we believe may offer useful information. The inclusion of a link on the NEABPD Website does not imply our endorsement of the linked site or service. This Privacy Policy is no longer applicable when you leave our site by way of link. Each of these linked sites maintains its own independent privacy policies and procedures, which you should consult before providing any of your PII.

CALIFORNIA’S SHINE THE LIGHT LAW

NEABPD does not disclose personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

NEVADA REVISED STATUTES SECTION 603A

NEABPD does not sell covered information within the meaning of applicable Nevada law.

OTHER STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

NEABPD is committed to compliance with state privacy laws and continues to monitor developments.

LAWFUL BASIS

We will only use your PII when the law allows us to do so. Most commonly, we will use your PII in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you;
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests;
• Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation; or
• We may also use your PII in the following situations, which are likely to be rare:
  • • Where we need to protect your interests (or someone else’s interests); or
    • Where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.

Note that we may process your PII for more than one lawful basis depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data.

We will only use your PII for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your PII for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your PII without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

DATA TRANSFERS

If and whenever we transfer your PII to another country, we will do so in compliance with applicable law.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

Our Website and our activities may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for NEABPD to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Please check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes. If we make any changes, the updated Privacy Policy will be posted with a revised effective date, unless another type of notice is required by applicable law. Your continued use of our Website and/or services after any such updates take effect will constitute acceptance of any changes.

PRIVACY POLICY LAST REVISED: February 2026.