Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2024-04-05

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to Balance this Budget, LLC’s BalanceThisBudget.com web application and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Balance This Budget, LLC include BalanceThisBudget.com. The Balance This Budget, LLC website allows citizens and organizations to participate in budget scenarios to provide input to elected and appointed officials. By using the Balance This Budget, LLC website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Balance This Budget, LLC may collect personal information such as name and email address when requested in order to create an account and provide services to customers. Balance This Budget, LLC does not expressly solicit personal information of end users ("citizens" or "organization members") who complete surveys and budget simulations on the site. However, cities and organizations who create budget scenarios and surveys through BalanceThisBudget.com may ask participants for personally identifiable information, such as your name, which BalanceThisBudget.com will collect and present to the city or organization for reporting purposes.

Balance This Budget, LLC may also collect anonymous demographic information on behalf of cities and organizations using the site, which is not unique to you, such as your age, gender, household income, political affiliation, race and religion. We may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Balance This Budget, LLC. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Balance This Budget, LLC website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Balance This Budget, LLC's site, including through contact forms, this information may be collected and used by us for purposes of responding and providing customer service.

Balance This Budget, LLC encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Balance This Budget, LLC so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Balance This Budget, LLC is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Balance This Budget, LLC website and you use or access these websites at your own risk.

Use of your Personal Information

For those who sign up for services through BalanceThisBudget.com: Balance This Budget, LLC may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Balance This Budget, LLC does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

Balance This Budget, LLC may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, or provide customer support.

Balance This Budget, LLC may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Balance This Budget, LLC, in order to determine usage of Balance This Budget, LLC services.

Balance This Budget, LLC will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the requirements of the law or comply with legal process served on Balance This Budget, LLC or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Balance This Budget, LLC; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Balance This Budget, LLC, or the public.

Adherence to Law and Prohibited Activities

You are required to abide by all applicable laws and regulations relating to the making or posting of any statements, in any method of communication, electronic or otherwise, in connection with any bulletin board services, chat areas, blogs, news groups, forums, on-line communities, personal web pages, emails, and/or any other communication method.

Changes to this Statement

Balance This Budget, LLC will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Balance This Budget, LLC encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Balance This Budget, LLC is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Balance This Budget, LLC welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that Balance This Budget, LLC has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please contact Balance This Budget, LLC at:

Email Address: info@balancethisbudget.com

Telephone number: 314.270.2846