Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Rights of Passage (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you subscribe to our SMS/text messaging service. By providing your mobile phone number and opting in to receive text messages, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

When you opt in to our SMS messaging service, we collect the following information:

• Your mobile phone number
• Your name (if provided)
• Your consent to receive text messages
• The date and time of your opt-in

We do not collect sensitive personal information such as financial data, health information, or government identification numbers through our SMS service.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information solely to send you text messages related to event reminders, program updates, meeting notifications, and organizational communications.

Your phone number will not be shared, sold, or rented to third parties for marketing purposes.

We may share your information only with our SMS service provider (Twilio) as necessary to deliver messages, or if required by law or legal process.

4. Data Retention

We retain your phone number and consent records for as long as you remain subscribed to our messaging service.

If you opt out, we will retain a record of your opt-out request to ensure we do not send you future messages.

Consent records may be retained for up to 5 years for compliance purposes.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our SMS service provider maintains industry-standard security certifications and encryption protocols.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Opt out of receiving text messages at any time by replying STOP to any message
• Request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information by contacting us
• Request a copy of the data we hold about you

To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the information provided in Section 8.

7. Third-Party Services

We use Twilio as our SMS messaging platform. Twilio processes your phone number to deliver messages on our behalf.

Twilio’s privacy practices are governed by their own privacy policy, available at twilio.com/legal/privacy.

We do not share your information with any other third parties for their own marketing purposes.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data rights, or want to request deletion of your information, please contact us at:

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by text message or by posting the updated policy on our website. Your continued participation in our SMS program after such notice constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.