Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 2026
Steel Valley Accelerator, also known as Steel Valley Enterprise Zone Corporation (“Steel Valley Accelerator,” “SVA,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share information when you visit SteelValleyAccelerator.com, submit a form, register for an event, subscribe to communications, apply for a program, make a donation, or otherwise interact with Steel Valley Accelerator.
1. Information
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:
- Your name
- Business or organization name
- Email address
- Mailing address
- Telephone number
- Event registration information
- Donation or sponsorship information
- Information submitted through contact, grant, loan, volunteer, property, event, or program forms
- Communications you send to Steel Valley Accelerator
- Any documents or additional information you choose to provide
Some applications may request financial, business, property, employment, or project information necessary to evaluate eligibility for a Steel Valley Accelerator program.
When you visit our website, certain technical information may also be collected automatically, including:
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser and device type
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Referring website
- Date and time of visits
- General geographic location
- Website interactions and traffic patterns
2. How We Use Information
Steel Valley Accelerator may use the information we collect to:
- Respond to questions and requests
- Provide business assistance and community resources
- Review applications for grants, loans, programs, or other assistance
- Process event registrations, donations, sponsorships, and volunteer inquiries
- Communicate about programs, events, opportunities, and organizational news
- Maintain relationships with businesses, donors, sponsors, partners, and community members
- Improve our website, programs, communications, and services
- Measure website traffic and engagement
- Protect our website and prevent fraud, misuse, or security threats
- Comply with legal, regulatory, contractual, and recordkeeping obligations
We seek to collect only the information reasonably needed to operate our programs and fulfill our mission. The Federal Trade Commission recommends that organizations understand what personal information they hold, retain only what they need, protect it appropriately, dispose of it securely, and prepare for possible security incidents.
3. Email Communications
When you subscribe to our newsletter, register for an event, submit a form, or otherwise request information, we may use your email address to send relevant communications.
Our emails may include:
- Community and business news
- Upcoming events
- Program announcements
- Grant and loan opportunities
- Volunteer or sponsorship opportunities
- Organizational updates
You may unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the message. We may still send administrative or transactional communications related to an application, registration, donation, or direct request.
4. Cookies and Analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate properly, remember preferences, understand website usage, and improve the visitor experience.
We may use analytics services such as Google Analytics or tools provided through Google Site Kit. These services may collect information about how visitors use the website, including visited pages, approximate location, browser type, device type, and referral source.
You may manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features operate.
Where required, visitors should be informed about the cookies a website uses and the purpose of those cookies. Nonessential tracking may also require user consent in certain jurisdictions.
5. Donations, Tickets, and Payments
Steel Valley Accelerator may use third-party services to process donations, ticket purchases, event registrations, sponsorships, or other payments.
Payment information is generally submitted directly to the third-party payment processor and is governed by that provider’s privacy policy and security practices. Steel Valley Accelerator may receive transaction details such as your name, contact information, donation or payment amount, event registration, and transaction status.
We do not intend to directly store complete credit- or debit-card numbers through our website.
6. Third-Party Service Providers
We may share information with trusted vendors and service providers that help us operate our website and programs, including providers of:
- Website hosting
- Website analytics
- Email marketing
- Contact and application forms
- Event registration and ticketing
- Donation and payment processing
- Cloud storage
- Customer relationship management
- Information technology and cybersecurity
- Professional, financial, or legal services
These providers may access information only as reasonably necessary to provide services to Steel Valley Accelerator and are subject to their own privacy and security practices.
7. Program Applications and Community Partnerships
Information submitted through a loan, grant, property, business-assistance, sponsorship, or community program application may be reviewed by authorized Steel Valley Accelerator staff, board members, program committees, financial partners, municipalities, consultants, funders, or other participating organizations when reasonably necessary to evaluate or administer the program.
We will not publicly disclose sensitive application information unless:
- You have authorized the disclosure;
- Disclosure is necessary to administer the program;
- The information is already publicly available;
- Disclosure is required by a funder, government program, contract, or law; or
- The disclosure concerns a publicly announced award, partnership, project, or recipient.
Applicants should avoid submitting highly sensitive information through a general website contact form. When additional confidential documentation is required, Steel Valley Accelerator may provide separate submission instructions.
8. Information Sharing
Steel Valley Accelerator does not sell or rent personal information for commercial marketing purposes.
We may disclose information:
- To vendors assisting with our operations
- To partners involved in a program or service you requested
- With your consent or at your direction
- To comply with a law, subpoena, court order, grant requirement, or government request
- To protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Steel Valley Accelerator, website visitors, applicants, or others
- In connection with an organizational restructuring, transfer, or similar transaction
- In aggregated or de-identified form that does not reasonably identify an individual
9. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, electronic transmission, or data-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors should use care when transmitting sensitive information electronically.
Pennsylvania law establishes notification requirements for certain breaches involving residents’ personal information.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Fulfill the purpose for which it was collected
- Administer programs and services
- Maintain appropriate organizational and financial records
- Meet grant, tax, audit, legal, or contractual requirements
- Resolve disputes
- Enforce agreements
- Protect the organization and its stakeholders
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the program involved.
11. Your Choices and Requests
You may contact us to:
- Request access to personal information we maintain about you
- Ask us to correct inaccurate information
- Request deletion of information, when appropriate
- Withdraw consent for certain communications
- Ask questions about how your information is used
Certain information may need to be retained to satisfy legal, tax, grant, contractual, audit, or legitimate organizational requirements.
Clear privacy notices should explain how information is used and how individuals may raise concerns or withdraw consent when consent is the basis for processing.
12. Children’s Privacy
Our website and services are intended for a general audience and are not directed primarily toward children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate parental or legal consent. Anyone who believes a child has submitted personal information to us may contact us so that we can review and, when appropriate, remove it.
13. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to outside websites, event platforms, donation services, social-media platforms, businesses, government agencies, community organizations, and other resources.
Steel Valley Accelerator does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, accuracy, or content practices of third-party websites. Visitors should review the privacy policies of those services before submitting information.
14. Photographs, Video, and Events
Steel Valley Accelerator may photograph, record, or otherwise document public events, programs, meetings, and community activities for educational, promotional, archival, and reporting purposes. We may also share or reference publicly available photographs, videos, or other media from businesses, community organizations, partners, news outlets, or social media, when appropriate and in accordance with applicable laws and platform terms.
When appropriate, event notices, registration forms, or media releases may include additional information regarding photography and recording. If you have concerns regarding the use of your likeness, copyrighted material, or other media associated with Steel Valley Accelerator, please contact us. We will review all reasonable requests and work in good faith to address any concerns whenever appropriate.
15. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, programs, technology, or legal obligations change.
The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. Continued use of the website after a revision indicates acknowledgment of the updated policy.
16. Contact Us
Questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
Steel Valley Accelerator
(aka Steel Valley Enterprise Zone Corporation)
PO Box 168
Homestead, PA 15120
Email: info@steelvalleyaccelerator.com