Privacy Policy
Last Updated: October 2026
YKP Connect is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to respecting the privacy of individuals who visit our website, participate in our programs and events, or communicate with our organization.
This Privacy Policy explains how YKP Connect (“YKP Connect,” “YKP,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) may collect, use, and share information through our website and related online activities.
Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you choose to provide when you interact with YKP Connect. Depending on your interaction with us, this information may include:
Name and contact information
Professional or organizational affiliation
Professional background or area of study
Information submitted through contact, mentorship, volunteer, partnership, or other inquiry forms
Information provided when subscribing to communications
Information associated with participation in programs or events
Other information you voluntarily provide to YKP Connect
We encourage you not to submit sensitive personal information unless it is specifically requested and necessary for your interaction with YKP Connect.
Our website may also collect technical and usage information through Squarespace and technologies used to operate and understand activity on the website. Depending on site settings, this can include information about a visitor's browser, device, network, IP address, referring pages, pages visited, and interactions with the website. Squarespace documents that its analytics can collect these types of visitor and usage data. Squarespace Support
How We Use Information
YKP Connect may use information collected through our website to:
Respond to inquiries and requests
Communicate about YKP programs, events, and community initiatives
Review mentorship requests and facilitate potential connections
Respond to volunteer, mentor, partnership, or sponsorship inquiries
Manage organizational communications and newsletter subscriptions
Support participation in YKP activities
Understand website usage and improve our website and communications
Maintain appropriate organizational and administrative records
Comply with applicable legal requirements
We seek to collect and use information that is relevant to YKP Connect's activities and the purpose for which the information was provided.
Mentorship Requests
Individuals requesting mentorship through YKP Office Hours may provide information about their professional background, interests, goals, and the type of guidance they are seeking.
YKP Connect reviews this information for the purpose of evaluating a request and identifying potential areas of alignment with available mentors. Information relevant to a potential mentorship connection may be shared as reasonably necessary to facilitate that connection.
Submitting a mentorship request does not guarantee a mentor connection. Connections are subject to mentor availability, areas of alignment, and YKP Connect's ability to facilitate an appropriate introduction.
YKP Office Hours is intended for general educational and professional development purposes and should not be considered professional, legal, financial, medical, or other licensed advice.
Forms and Third-Party Services
YKP Connect may use third-party services to support forms, event registration, communications, donations, and other website or organizational functions.
When you choose to interact with a third-party platform, information you provide may be processed according to that provider's own privacy practices and terms.
Our website may also contain links to websites or services operated by third parties. YKP Connect does not control the privacy practices or content of independent third-party websites.
Events
Registration for some YKP Connect events may take place through third-party event platforms.
Information submitted directly to an event-registration provider is also subject to that provider's privacy practices. YKP Connect may receive registration or participant information from an event platform when necessary to administer or communicate about an event.
Images and Media
YKP Connect uses a combination of photography from YKP events and activities, licensed stock photography, and AI-generated imagery across this website and other organizational communications.
Event photography may include participants, volunteers, speakers, partners, and other individuals present at YKP activities. YKP may use event photography in connection with its website, social media, newsletters, and other organizational communications, subject to applicable permissions and usage rights.
Stock images are used under applicable licenses from third-party providers, including Adobe Stock and Unsplash. AI-generated images may also be used for illustrative purposes and do not depict actual YKP events, participants, programs, or outcomes unless otherwise identified.
Questions or concerns regarding an image appearing on the YKP Connect website may be submitted through our Contact page.
Donations
YKP Connect may use third-party services to facilitate online donations.
Payment information submitted directly through a third-party payment processor is handled according to that provider's privacy and security practices. YKP Connect may receive information associated with a donation for appropriate administrative, acknowledgment, and record-keeping purposes.
Email Communications
Individuals may choose to receive newsletters, event announcements, program information, and other updates from YKP Connect.
Recipients may unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter communications using the unsubscribe option provided in those communications.
Communications necessary to respond to an inquiry or administer an activity in which you have chosen to participate may be handled separately from optional promotional communications.
Cookies and Website Analytics
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace uses necessary cookies to operate its websites and may use analytics and performance cookies depending on the site's configuration and a visitor's cookie preferences. Squarespace provides site owners with controls for analytics cookies and cookie-consent banners. Squarespace Support
YKP Connect may use website analytics to better understand general site traffic and how visitors interact with the website.
Third-party services incorporated into the website may use their own cookies or similar technologies. Those technologies are governed by the practices of the applicable providers.
Where available, visitors can use website cookie controls or browser settings to manage certain cookie preferences.
How Information May Be Shared
YKP Connect may share information with service providers or platforms when reasonably necessary to operate our website, communicate with our community, administer programs or events, process donations, facilitate mentorship connections, or carry out other organizational activities.
Information may also be disclosed when required by applicable law, legal process, or a lawful request from an appropriate authority.
YKP Connect does not intend to disclose personal information for purposes unrelated to its organizational activities without an appropriate reason or authorization.
Data Retention
YKP Connect retains personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, legitimate organizational and administrative needs, applicable record-keeping requirements, or legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
Your Privacy Requests
You may contact YKP Connect with questions or requests regarding personal information you have provided to us, including requests to update or correct that information.
Where applicable law provides additional privacy rights, YKP Connect will address qualifying requests in accordance with applicable requirements.
Children’s Privacy
YKP Connect's website and the programs and activities described on this website are directed toward young professionals and other adults engaging with the organization.
YKP Connect does not intentionally use this website to solicit personal information from children under 13.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
YKP Connect may update this Privacy Policy as our website, programs, technology, or information practices change.
The current version will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
Contact YKP Connect
Questions about this Privacy Policy or YKP Connect's privacy practices may be submitted through our Contact page.
YKP Connect
501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization