Privacy Policy
King County Nurses Association Privacy Policy
Updated: January 2, 2026
Thank you for visiting our website. King County Nurses Association respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
INFORMATION COLLECTED:
We collect Personally Identifiable Information of users who choose to submit their information to us. Examples of these instances include applications for grants, professional development funds and scholarships as well as nominations for awards, event registrations, donations and newsletter subscriptions. This information is used in the administration of our programs, in communications and to improve our services.
Submitted information may include essays and stories you submit about yourself or others. Some information, especially in scholarship applications, may include sensitive personal information. We treat this information with additional care and confidentiality. Submitted information is only reviewed by authorized staff, board members and reviewers involved in the selections process. After award selection, we may publish general information about our award recipients in public facing publications. Recipients are responsible for notifying us of any submitted information they do not want included in our public facing publications.
We do not sell your personal information.
We do not share your personal information with any third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
We may share information only with:
- Authorized staff, board members or reviewers involved in program administration.
- Trusted service providers needed to operate our programs
- Government agencies, if required by law.
THIRD PARTY SERVICES:
We use third-party platforms to help operate our programs such as Eventbrite for event registrations and event payments, PayPal for collection of scholarship donations and RQ Platform for scholarship applications. These services process information according to their own privacy policies. Payment information is handled directly by these providers and is not stored on our website.
DATA SECURITY:
We take reasonable steps to protect your information, including limiting access to authorized individuals, using secure tools and systems for data storage and handling sensitive application materials with care. No system is 100% secure, but we work to protect your information responsibly.
COOKIES:
To provide you with the best possible experience on our website, we use cookies and similar technologies. This policy explains what these technologies are, how we use them, and your choices regarding them.
What are Cookies? Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
How We Use Cookies: We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functioning of our website and enable you to navigate our site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like logging into your account, cannot be provided.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages. This helps us to improve the performance and design of our website. We may use third-party analytics providers to assist us with this.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
- Targeting and Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may share this information with third-party advertising partners.
Third-Party Cookies: Please note that third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties for information about their cookies and practices.
You have the right to control and manage cookies.
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the "options," "preferences," or "privacy" menu of your browser. You can use these settings to view, delete, and prevent the setting of cookies. Please note that blocking all cookies may impact your ability to access certain parts of our website.
- Specific Cookie Controls: Where applicable, we may provide specific mechanisms on our website for you to manage your preferences for certain categories of cookies.
Updates to this Privacy Policy: We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please check this page periodically for updates. The date of the latest revision will be indicated at the top of the policy.
Contact Us:
If you have any questions, please contact us at:
King County Nurses Association
4649 Sunnyside Ave N, #352
Seattle, WA 98103
206-545-0603
