Privacy Policy

Last updated August 12, 2026

This Privacy Notice for Stormzo LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share (“process”) your personal information when you use our services (“Services”), including when you:

Visit our website at https://stormzo.app, or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
Use Stormzo. Stormzo is a networking platform for fraternity and sorority chapters that connects active members and alumni. It provides a member directory, jobs and referrals, mentorship, events, messaging, a member map, a photo gallery, and donations. Chapters subscribe to the service, and each chapter’s data is kept private to that chapter.
Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at info@stormzo.org.

Summary of Key Points

This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice. You can find more detail in the sections below.

What personal information do we process? We process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the features you use.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We may collect limited information from public databases, marketing partners, and other outside sources.
How do we process your information? To provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law.
When and with whom do we share information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific categories of third parties.
How do we keep your information safe? We use organizational and technical measures to protect your information, though no system is 100% secure.
What are your rights? Depending on where you live, applicable privacy law may give you certain rights over your personal information.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way is by visiting https://stormzo.app/contact, or by contacting us.

1. What Information Do We Collect?

Personal information you disclose to us. In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us. We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you register on the Services, express an interest in our products and Services, participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise contact us. This may include:

names
phone numbers
email addresses
job titles
billing addresses
debit/credit card numbers
contact or authentication data
passwords
graduation or class year, city or location, company or employer, profile photos, bio and profile details, messages and posts

Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.

Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number and its security code. All payment data is handled and stored by Stripe. You may review their privacy notice at https://stripe.com/privacy.

Information automatically collected. In Short: Some information — such as your IP address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services. This includes log and usage data (IP address, device information, browser type, activity in the Services) and device data. We also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

Information collected from other sources. To enhance our ability to provide relevant services and update our records, we may obtain limited information about you from public databases, marketing partners, and other outside sources, such as mailing addresses, job titles, and email addresses.

2. How Do We Process Your Information?

In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law.

To facilitate account creation and authentication.
To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user.
To respond to user inquiries and offer support.
To send administrative information to you.
To fulfill and manage your orders, payments, and donations.
To enable user-to-user communications.
To request feedback.
To protect our Services, including fraud prevention.
To evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.
To identify usage trends.
To comply with our legal obligations.

3. What Legal Bases Do We Rely On to Process Your Information?

In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason to do so under applicable law.

If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you. We may process your information if you have given us permission (express consent) to use it for a specific purpose, or where permission can be inferred (implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time. In some exceptional cases we may be legally permitted to process your information without your consent, such as for investigations and fraud prevention, business transactions, or where required by law.

4. When and With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information?

In Short: We may share information in specific situations and with the following categories of third parties.

Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third parties who perform services for us and require access to do that work. We have contracts in place designed to safeguard your personal information. The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are:

Cloud Computing Services
Communication & Collaboration Tools
Data Storage Service Providers
Payment Processors
User Account Registration & Authentication Services
Website Hosting Service Providers

We may also need to share your personal information in these situations:

Business Transfers. In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
Other Users. When you share personal information or interact with public areas of the Services, other users can view your profile, activity, and content, and communicate with you within the Services.

5. Do We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information. We use cookies and similar technologies to maintain the security of our Services and your account, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions. Most web browsers accept cookies by default; you can usually set your browser to remove or reject cookies, though this may affect certain features of our Services.

6. How Long Do We Keep Your Information?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law. No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will delete or anonymize it, or securely store and isolate it if deletion is not immediately possible.

7. How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures. We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never defeat our security. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

8. Do We Collect Information From Minors?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18, or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to their use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users under 18 has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under 18, please contact us at info@stormzo.org.

9. What Are Your Privacy Rights?

In Short: Depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions such as Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information.

You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time. In some regions you have rights including: to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information; to request rectification or erasure; to restrict processing; to data portability; and not to be subject to automated decision-making. To make a request, contact us using the details in “How Can You Contact Us About This Notice?” below.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time by contacting us.

Account Information: To review or change your account information, log in to your account settings, or contact us. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases, though we may retain some information to prevent fraud, troubleshoot, assist investigations, or comply with legal requirements.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at info@stormzo.org.

10. Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature. Because no uniform technology standard for recognizing DNT signals has been finalized, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals. If a standard is adopted in the future, we will inform you in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.

11. Do United States Residents Have Specific Privacy Rights?

In Short: If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have the right to request access to and details about the personal information we maintain about you, correct inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal information, and to withdraw your consent. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law.

Categories of personal information we collect. In the past twelve (12) months we have collected: identifiers; personal information under the California Customer Records statute; commercial information; internet or other network activity; audio/electronic/visual information; and professional or employment-related information. We do not collect protected classification characteristics, biometric information, geolocation data, education information, inferences, or sensitive personal information.

We have not sold or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We may disclose personal information to our service providers pursuant to a written contract. Using your information for our own internal business purposes is not considered “selling” of your personal information.

Your rights. Depending on your state, you may have the right to know whether we process your data, access it, correct inaccuracies, request deletion, obtain a copy, non-discrimination for exercising your rights, and to opt out of processing for targeted advertising, sale, or profiling. To exercise these rights, contact us by visiting https://stormzo.app/contact or by emailing info@stormzo.org. If we decline to act on your request, you may appeal by emailing info@stormzo.org.

California “Shine The Light” Law. California residents may request, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, contact us using the details below.

12. Chapter Data Separation

Stormzo is organized by chapter. Your profile, messages, and activity are visible only within your own chapter, and each chapter’s data is kept separate and walled off from other chapters. Chapter administrators can view and manage member and roster information for their own chapter only.

13. Do We Make Updates to This Notice?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Last updated” date. If we make material changes, we may notify you by prominently posting a notice or by directly sending you a notification.

14. How Can You Contact Us About This Notice?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact our Data Protection Officer, Destyn Storm Zarate, by email at info@stormzo.org, or by post to:

Stormzo LLC
Elmwood Park, NJ
United States

15. How Can You Review, Update, or Delete the Data We Collect From You?

Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit https://stormzo.app/contact.