Privacy Policy

Waypoint Governance respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how Waypoint Governance collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you visit this website, submit a form, or contact us.

This website is intended to introduce Waypoint Governance, the Compass Governance Framework, and On Course: The Compass Governance Framework for Nonprofit Boards.

At launch, this website does not include e-commerce, appointment scheduling, newsletters, membership accounts, online courses, custom assessments, chatbots, or functioning AI applications.

By using this website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Who We Are

Waypoint Governance is the home of the Compass Governance Framework, a practical way for nonprofit boards to understand changing conditions, ask better questions, and keep their organizations on course.

For privacy-related questions, please contact:

Waypoint Governance

Email: info@waypointgovernance.com

Website: www.waypointgovernance.com

Information We Collect

Waypoint Governance may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you complete a contact form, send an email, or otherwise communicate with us.

This information may include your name, organization, role, email address, phone number, preferred timeframe, and any message or inquiry you choose to submit.

Please do not submit confidential, sensitive, privileged, or highly personal information through the website contact form.

Website Usage Information

When you visit this website, certain technical information may be collected automatically through Squarespace, browser tools, cookies, analytics tools, server logs, or similar technologies.

This may include your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited, date and time of visit, referring website, approximate location, and general website activity.

This information is used to operate the website, understand general visitor activity, improve website performance, identify technical issues, and maintain security.

Cookies

This website may use cookies or similar technologies to support basic website functionality, improve visitor experience, analyze site performance, and understand general usage patterns.

Cookies are small files placed on your device by a website or service provider. Some cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. Others may help with analytics, performance, or user experience.

You can adjust your browser settings to refuse or delete cookies. If you disable cookies, some parts of the website may not function as intended.

How We Use Information

Waypoint Governance may use personal information to respond to inquiries, communicate about the Compass Governance Framework, respond to questions about On Course, review speaking or educational inquiries, explore partnership opportunities, maintain website functionality, improve website content, protect website security, prevent spam or misuse, and comply with legal or administrative obligations.

Waypoint Governance does not sell personal information.

Contact Forms and Email Communication

When you submit a form on this website, the information you provide may be transmitted through Squarespace or related website services and delivered to Waypoint Governance by email or through website form-submission tools.

By submitting a contact form, you consent to Waypoint Governance using the information you provide to review your inquiry and respond to you.

Submitting a contact form does not create a client, consulting, advisory, fiduciary, legal, or confidential relationship with Waypoint Governance.

No Newsletter or Email List at Launch

Waypoint Governance does not currently use a newsletter or email-list strategy. Ongoing articles and updates will be shared primarily through LinkedIn or other public channels.

If Waypoint Governance later offers an email list, newsletter, event update, resource download, or subscription-based communication, additional consent language may be added at the point of collection, and this Privacy Policy may be updated.

Book Links and External Purchase Platforms

This website may include information about On Course: The Compass Governance Framework for Nonprofit Boards and may link to external websites where the book can be viewed, purchased, ordered, or promoted.

If you click a book-purchase link or visit an external retailer, publisher, distributor, or payment platform, you will leave the Waypoint Governance website.

Any information you provide to a third-party website will be governed by that third party’s own privacy policy, terms, and practices.

Waypoint Governance does not control how external retailers, publishers, payment processors, or distribution platforms collect, use, store, or protect your information.

LinkedIn and Social Media

This website may link to LinkedIn or other social media platforms.

If you click a social media link or interact with Waypoint Governance through a social platform, that platform may collect information according to its own privacy policy.

Waypoint Governance may view public engagement information on social platforms, such as comments, reactions, shares, follows, or messages, depending on the platform’s settings and your privacy choices.

Analytics and Website Performance

Waypoint Governance may use analytics or performance tools provided by Squarespace or other approved service providers to understand website traffic and improve user experience.

These tools may collect information such as pages visited, browser type, device type, approximate location, referral source, and general interaction data.

Analytics information is generally used to understand what content visitors find useful, whether pages are functioning properly, and how the website can be improved.

Squarespace and Website Hosting

This website is built and hosted using Squarespace.

Squarespace may process information necessary to operate, host, secure, and deliver the website. Information submitted through forms or collected through website functionality may be processed by Squarespace and related service providers.

Squarespace’s handling of information is governed by its own privacy and security practices.

When Information May Be Shared

Waypoint Governance may share personal information only when reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

This may include sharing information with website hosting providers, email and communication service providers, analytics or security providers, professional advisors, technical support providers, or legal and regulatory authorities when required or permitted by law.

Waypoint Governance does not sell personal information and does not intentionally disclose personal information for unrelated third-party marketing.

Service Providers

Waypoint Governance may use third-party service providers to help operate the website, deliver communications, maintain security, review inquiries, or support administrative functions.

These providers may have access to personal information only as needed to perform their services. Waypoint Governance expects service providers to handle information responsibly and use reasonable safeguards.

International Processing and Storage

Some website platforms, hosting providers, analytics tools, email services, or other service providers may process or store information outside your province, state, or country.

As a result, personal information may be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction where it is processed or stored.

How Long We Keep Information

Waypoint Governance keeps personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Contact form submissions, emails, and related communications may be retained for a reasonable period to respond to inquiries, maintain business records, manage follow-up, resolve disputes, or comply with legal and administrative obligations.

When personal information is no longer reasonably needed, Waypoint Governance will take reasonable steps to delete, anonymize, or securely retain it in accordance with applicable requirements and practical business needs.

Security

Waypoint Governance uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or loss.

These safeguards may include secure website hosting, HTTPS, access controls, password protection, trusted service providers, limited administrative access, and careful handling of form submissions.

No website, email system, internet transmission, or digital storage method is completely secure. Waypoint Governance cannot guarantee absolute security, but it will take reasonable steps to protect the information it collects.

Your Privacy Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to ask whether Waypoint Governance holds personal information about you, request access to personal information associated with you, request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information, ask that certain information be deleted where appropriate, withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, ask questions about how your information is handled, or raise a privacy concern.

To make a privacy request, contact:

info@waypointgovernance.com

Waypoint Governance may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests. Some information may need to be retained where required or permitted by law, for security, recordkeeping, dispute resolution, or legitimate business purposes.

Accuracy of Information

Waypoint Governance relies on visitors to provide accurate and up-to-date information when submitting forms or communicating by email.

If you believe information you provided is inaccurate or outdated, you may contact Waypoint Governance to request a correction.

Children’s Privacy

This website is intended for nonprofit board members, executives, governance practitioners, institutional leaders, and other adult visitors interested in governance, organizational leadership, and related topics.

Waypoint Governance does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the website, please contact Waypoint Governance so the information can be reviewed and, where appropriate, deleted.

Sensitive Information

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the website contact form.

Sensitive information may include financial account details, government identification numbers, medical information, confidential employment records, privileged legal information, proprietary organizational materials, or information about third parties that you are not authorized to share.

If a future engagement requires confidential information, Waypoint Governance will address appropriate confidentiality, privacy, and information-handling terms separately.

Confidentiality of Framework and Client-Provided Materials

Waypoint Governance respects the confidentiality and intellectual property of materials shared with it.

Visitors and organizations should not submit confidential framework materials, proprietary organizational documents, board records, assessment materials, or unpublished information through general website forms unless Waypoint Governance has agreed in advance to receive and handle such materials.

Intellectual Property and Website Content

The content on this website, including references to Waypoint Governance, the Compass Governance Framework, On Course, related model names, written materials, and other brand or framework materials, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or other intellectual-property rights.

This Privacy Policy does not grant any license or permission to copy, reproduce, distribute, adapt, disclose, or use Waypoint Governance materials except as permitted by law or expressly authorized by Waypoint Governance.

External Links

This website may contain links to third-party websites, including LinkedIn, book retailers, publishers, partner organizations, resources, or other external platforms.

Waypoint Governance is not responsible for the content, privacy practices, security, or policies of third-party websites.

You should review the privacy policies and terms of any external website you visit.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers may send “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no uniform industry standard for responding to these signals, this website may not respond to them in a specific way.

You can manage cookies, tracking preferences, and privacy settings through your browser or device settings.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Waypoint Governance may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in website functionality, legal requirements, business practices, service providers, or privacy practices.

When updates are made, the Effective Date at the top of this page will be revised.

Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

Contact

If you have questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information, please contact:

Waypoint Governance

info@waypointgovernance.com

Website: www.waypointgovernance.com