Last updated June 22, 2026 This Privacy Notice for Chicano Elegance Foundation ("we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/orshare ("process") your personal information when you use our services("Services"), including when you: Visit our website at https://www.chicanoelegance.com or any websiteof ours that links to this Privacy Notice Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing orevents Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help youunderstand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for makingdecisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us atelvira@chicanoelegance.com.
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTSThis summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process?When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with Chicano Elegance Foundation and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Click here to learn more.
Do we process any sensitive personal information?We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we receive any information from third parties?We do not receive any information from third parties.
How do we process your information?We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Click here to learn more.
In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information?We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. Click here to learn more.
How do we keep your information safe?We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Click here to learn more.
What are your rights?Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Click here to learn more.
How do you exercise your rights?The easiest way to exercise your rights is by filling out our data subject request form available here: https://www.chicanoelegance.com/privacy-request. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to learn more about what Chicano Elegance Foundation does with any information we collect?Click here to review the notice in full.
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us. We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products andServices, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwisewhen you contact us. Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that wecollect depends on the context of your interactions with us and theServices, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.The personal information we collect may include the following: names email addresses Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information. All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, andaccurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personalinformation.2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer ourServices, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including: To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order. To send administrative information to you. We may process your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protectyour rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests. If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require usto explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personalinformation. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to processyour personal information: Consent. We may process your information if you have given uspermission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for aspecific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Learnmore about withdrawing your consent. Legal Obligations.We may process your information where webelieve it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency,exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information asevidence in litigation in which we are involved. Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believeit is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of athird party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safetyof any person. If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you. We may process your information if you have given us specific permission(i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specificpurpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicablelaw to process your information without your consent, including, forexample: If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consentcannot be obtained in a timely way For investigations and fraud detection and prevention For business transactions provided certain conditions are met If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection isnecessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicatingwith next of kin If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is,or may be victim of financial abuse If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent wouldcompromise the availability or the accuracy of the information andthe collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating abreach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada ora province If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, courtorder, or rules of the court relating to the production of records If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment,business, or profession and the collection is consistent with thepurposes for which the information was produced If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes If the information is publicly available and is specified by theregulations We may disclose de-identified information for approved research orstatistics projects, subject to ethics oversight and confidentiality commitments
6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill thepurposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law. We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessaryfor the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retentionperiod is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or otherlegal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keepingyour personal information for longer than the period of time in whichusers have an account with us.7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system oforganizational and technical security measures. We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical andorganizational security measures designed to protect the security of anypersonal information we process. However, despite our safeguards andefforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over theInternet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100%secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals,or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat oursecurity and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify yourinformation. Although we will do our best to protect your personalinformation, transmission of personal information to and from ourServices is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent's use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at elvira@chicanoelegance.com9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom(UK), Switzerland, and Canada , you have rights that allow you greateraccess to and control over your personal information. You may review,change, or terminate your account at any time, depending on your country,province, or state of residence. In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you havecertain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include theright (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information,(ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of yourpersonal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. If a decision that produces legal orsimilarly significant effects is made solely by automated means, we willinform you, explain the main factors, and offer a simple way to requesthuman review. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right toobject to the processing of your personal information. You can make such arequest by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicabledata protection laws. If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfullyprocessing your personal information, you also have the right to complainto your Member State data protection authority or UK data protectionauthority. If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal DataProtection and Information Commissioner.Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to processyour personal information, which may be express and/or implied consentdepending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw yourconsent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time bycontacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of theprocessing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will itaffect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance onlawful processing grounds other than consent. Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You canunsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at anytime by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, or bycontacting us using the details provided in the section 'HOW CAN YOUCONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?' below. You will then be removedfrom the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you —for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary forthe administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests,or for other non-marketing purposes. Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to acceptcookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set yourbrowser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to removecookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services ofour Services.
For further information, please see our Cookie Notice: https://www.chicanoelegance.com/cookie-policy. If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at elvira@chicanoelegance.com.
10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.11. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
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If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut,Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island,Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have the right to requestaccess to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you and how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, get a copyof, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. Moreinformation is provided below. Categories of Personal Information We Collect The table below shows the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve (12) months. The table includes illustrative examples of each category and does not reflect the personal informationwe collect from you. For a comprehensive inventory of all personalinformation we process, please refer to the section "WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?"| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
| A. Identifiers | Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name | YES |
| B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records statute | Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information | NO |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law | Gender, age, date of birth, race and ethnicity, national origin, marital status, and other demographic data | NO |
| D. Commercial information | Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information | NO |
| E. Biometric information | Fingerprints and voiceprints | NO |
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phoneor mail in the context of: Receiving help through our customer support channels; Participation in customer surveys or contests; and Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to yourinquiries. We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed toprovide the Services or for: Category A - As long as the user has an account with us
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes,such as for undertaking internal research for technological developmentand demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personalinformation. We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to thirdparties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12)months. We will not sell or share personal information in the futurebelonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers. Your Rights You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However,these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline yourrequest as permitted by law. These rights include: Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data Right to access your personal data Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data Right to request the deletion of your personal data Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously sharedwith us Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising (or sharing as defined under California'sprivacy law) , the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance ofdecisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects("profiling")
Depending upon the state where you live, you may also have the followingrights: Right to access the categories of personal data being processed (aspermitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Minnesota) Right to obtain a list of the categories of third parties to which wehave disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law,including the privacy law in California, Delaware, and Maryland) Right to obtain a list of specific third parties to which we havedisclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, includingthe privacy law in Minnesota and Oregon) Right to obtain a list of third parties to which we have sold personaldata (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law inConnecticut) Right to review, understand, question, and depending on where youlive, correct how personal data has been profiled (as permitted byapplicable law, including the privacy law in Connecticut andMinnesota) Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal data (aspermitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California) Right to opt out of the collection of sensitive data and personal datacollected through the operation of a voice or facial recognitionfeature (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law inFlorida) How to Exercise Your Rights To exercise these rights, you can contact us by submitting a data subjectaccess request,by emailing us at elvira@chicanoelegance.com, or byreferring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny arequest from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they havebeen validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with applicablelaws. Request Verification Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity todetermine you are the same person about whom we have the informationin our system. We will only use personal information provided in yourrequest to verify your identity or authority to make the request. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained byus, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposesof verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.
If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need tocollect additional information to verify your identity before processing yourrequest and the agent will need to provide a written and signed permissionfrom you to submit such request on your behalf. Appeals Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take actionregarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at elvira@chicanoelegance.com. We will inform you in writing of any actiontaken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, youmay submit a complaint to your state attorney general. California "Shine The Light" Law California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtainfrom us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties withwhich we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make sucha request, please submit your request in writing to us by using the contactdetails provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?"
12. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws. We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.13. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at elvira@chicanoelegance.comor contact us by post at: Chicano Elegance Foundation 7418 Remmet Ave Canoga Park, CA 91303 United States
14. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please fill out and submit a data subject access request.There are many discussions about the real meaning of what it is to be Chicano. Many Latin American/Indigena people