Privacy Policy & Terms and Conditions

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (referred to as the “CCL,” “us,” “we,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy, which is part of our Terms and Conditions, describes the information we collect through our website www.curatorialleadership.org (the “Site”), how we use and share it, and how you can make choices about our use of that information.

Please note that this Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time, so please check back regularly. By using the Site after we have posted an updated Privacy Policy, you agree to that updated Privacy Policy.

By accessing the Site, you consent to our collection, use, and sharing of information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Site.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us

You may browse the Site without submitting any personal information. Personal information generally means information that can identify you. We may collect personal information, such as your name, email address and phone number, when you voluntarily provide it to us (“Personal Information”). Below are the most common ways in which you may provide your Personal Information through the Site:

• When you submit it through our Contact Us or other web forms
• When you contact us by email to subscribe to CCL’s newsletter or request information or assistance
• When you create an account and apply online to one of our Programs, where you also may have the option of voluntarily providing certain demographic information that is not required
• When you donate to us (we do not receive your payment details, which are collected and processed through our Service Providers).
• In conjunction with any other place on the Site where you knowingly volunteer Personal Information

Information Automatically Collected

We may also automatically collect certain information about users when you interact with the Site. We or our third-party service providers and vendors such as Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics (each, a “Service Provider,” and together with all other third-party providers and consultants who we use to provide services through the Site, the “Service Providers”), may collect some of this information through cookies (further described below) or similar technologies. These technologies are used for anonymous tracking across web sessions on the Site.

The information automatically collected may include the IP address of the device you use to access the Site, the browser type, the time and date of visits to the Site, the website that referred or linked you to the Site, the landing page, search terms, web pages viewed, time spent on a web page, and links clicked. We may use this information to analyze how visitors use our Site so we can improve the quality of the information and services we provide. We do not use information automatically collected by the Site to identify visitors individually except in circumstances where we may deem it necessary in connection with legal process or to protect our rights or the rights of a third party as further described below. We do not use cookies or similar technologies for advertising, cross-context behavioral advertising or to track you across websites so this Site does not respond differently when it receives “Do Not Track” or similar universal opt-out signals. Please review Google Analytics’ terms of use and privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites to learn more about how it may collect and use information.

Cookies

You are not required to accept cookies from the Site. Our Site uses strictly necessary cookies that are essential for it to function properly and performance cookies that we used to understand how visitors interact with our Site. Should you wish to opt-out of the performance cookies, please select the appropriate option on our cookie banner. Your web browser also allows you to disable cookies or delete existing cookies. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain features on the Site. To find out more about cookies (and how to adjust your browser settings), visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

How We Use Your Information

We or our Service Providers may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

For the purposes for which you provided it

• To respond to inquiries from you and communicate with you
• To ensure and improve the quality of our Site
• To notify you about substantive changes to our privacy practices
• To detect, investigate, and protect against any activities that may violate our policies or the law and to establish, defend against, or enforce any related claims
• To comply with applicable laws

How We Share Your Information

We do not rent or sell Personal Information to any third parties.

We may share your Personal Information with our Service Providers that help us operate and provide services in connection with the Site. These individuals and entities may have access to Personal Information only as needed to perform their functions.

We also reserve the right to disclose and use Personal Information and other information in special circumstances, including to enforce this Privacy Policy or any other part of our Terms and Conditions, to comply with legal process or law enforcement, to address actual or suspected illegal  activity, to protect our property or rights, to protect the rights and safety of anyone, or for other reasons we determine in good faith are necessary, appropriate, or required by law.  If we ever merge with, are acquired by, or otherwise consolidate with another organization, Personal Information may be transferred along with our other assets.

Third-Party Web Sites

The Site may contain links to third-party web sites (“Third-Party Sites”). Third-Party Sites may collect information about you when you interact with them through links on our Site. If you follow any link to a Third-Party Site, you should review those sites’ privacy policies to find out how they protect your privacy. We are not responsible for Third-Party Sites or their privacy practices.

Record Retention

We will keep your Personal Information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and for the uses set forth in this Privacy Policy, or where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so, or as otherwise prescribed by law, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements.

Security

We use reasonable technical, administrative and physical controls to safeguard your Personal Information. All traffic on the Site is encrypted with an SSL Certificate, including transmission of Personal Information to the Site. Of course no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so you provide your Personal Information at your own risk.

Location of Servers

Our Site is intended for use solely within the United States. We are located in the United States, and therefore Personal Information collected through the Site will be collected, processed and stored in the United States. We make no representation that any of the services or information provided through the Site is available or appropriate for use in other locations. If you use our Site from outside the United States, Personal Information that we collect from or about you will be transferred to and stored on servers inside the United States. Except as may be set forth to the contrary by applicable laws, by using the Site and providing your Personal Information to us, you consent to this transfer and to the collection, storage, processing and use of your Personal Information in the United States.

Your Choices Regarding Our Use of Your Personal Information

You may have certain rights to manage your Personal Information depending on where you live. Depending on your jurisdiction, the following rights may apply, subject to specific statutory limitations and applicability thresholds:

Right to Know and Access. The right to know and access the Personal Information we have collected about you.

Right to Data Portability. The right to receive a copy of the Personal Information described above in a portable format.

Right to Correct. The right to correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information in certain circumstances.

Right to Delete. The right to request that we delete your Personal Information. Please note that server logs used to maintain safety, prevent illegal activity and fix errors are routinely exempt from this right to delete under many comprehensive state privacy laws.

Right to Opt-Out of “Sales” and/or “Shares” for Targeted Advertising. We do not sell or share your personal information for targeted advertising purposes and therefore do not offer this right.

Right of No Retaliation or Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under any applicable privacy laws.

Right to Appeal. If these rights apply to you in your jurisdiction and we decline to take action on your privacy request, you may have the right to appeal our decision. You may initiate an appeal by replying directly to our decision notification email or by submitting an inquiry to info@cclcurators.org. We will respond to your appeal within forty-five (45) days or as required by applicable law, including an explanation of our decision and information on how to contact your state Attorney General if you remain unsatisfied.

To exercise these rights (to the extent that they are applicable to you), email info@cclcurators.org; we will provide a timely response, in accordance with applicable law. To respond to your request we may need to verify your identity or the authority of your authorized agent to make the request.

Children

The Site is directed at a general audience and is not targeted to children. We do not knowingly collect information from or about children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child under 18 may have provided Personal Information through the Site please contact info@cclcurators.org.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice to you. If we make substantial material changes to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you. We may update this Privacy Policy by posting a new version on this webpage.

Questions

For any questions you may have about this Privacy Policy or our data practices please email info@cclcurators.org.

Last Updated: November 10, 2026

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) set forth the terms and conditions of your use of The Center for Curatorial Leadership’s (referred to as “CCL,” “us,” “we,” or “our”) website www.curatorialleadership.org (the “Site”). We may modify these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on our Site, or if we determine appropriate, by providing other notice.

Please read these Terms carefully from time to time because your agreement to these Terms and use of the Site and your continued use of the Site after modified Terms have been posted indicates your consent and agreement to be bound by and comply with these Terms. We recommend checking back on this web page regularly if you use the Site. If you do not agree to these Terms, do  not access or use the Site.

Copyright & Trademark

All of the content featured or displayed on the Site (“Content”), including, but not limited to text, photographs, and other materials are protected by copyright law and owned or administered by CCL, its licensors, and/or third-party Content providers.

You may make reproductions of Content solely for personal, non-commercial educational and research purposes, subject to these Terms and provided that you do not modify the Content or remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices from the Content. Otherwise, you may not reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly display, perform, download or modify (including but not limited to removing or separating any accompanying text or material from any images or graphics) any of the Content in any manner without prior written permission from CCL or the entity(ies) or individual(s) it designates to you for purposes of granting or withholding the relevant permission(s). To request such permission for works to which we own or administer permissions, please contact info@cclcurators.org.

For purposes of clarity, commercial use of any of the Content without prior written permission is strictly prohibited. Commercial use includes but is not limited to promotional or advertising use, social media use, and use in publications and on merchandise.

CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP, THE CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP LOGO, CCL and other trademarks used on the Site are trademarks owned by CCL or its licensors (“Our Trademarks”). You may not use Our Trademarks without prior written authorization from us or our licensors, as applicable. You may not use metatags or any other “hidden text” that incorporates Our Trademarks, marks confusingly similar to Our Trademarks, or our name. The Site may contain the trademarks of third parties and you acknowledge and agree that the appearance of such trademarks on the Site does not give you, expressly or implicitly, any right or license to use such trademarks.

Conduct on Site

You agree that you are solely responsible for maintaining the security of the login credentials for any account that you sign up for through the Site and for all of the activities that occur under such account(s). Any instructions or actions submitted through those login credentials will be binding on the account owner. You will immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your login credentials or any security breach.

You agree not to use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms,  including attempting to or actually: (i) undertaking or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, federal or international law or regulation; (ii) interfering with the operation or integrity of the Site or circumventing any Site security; (iii) imposing an unreasonable load on the Site’s infrastructure or infecting the Site with viruses, worms or other malicious elements; (iv) collecting or scraping data about other users or harvesting data from the Site using robots, spiders, scripts, software or any manual or automatic device, tool or process to populate databases or collect Content, data or information for any purpose; (v) providing false or misleading information; (vi) “deep linking,” “framing” or “mirroring” any Content; (vii) using the Content or any user data for the development of any software program, model, algorithm or artificial intelligence (“AI”) tool, including but not limited to training, fine tuning or otherwise using the Content or user data in connection with the development or operation of a machine learning or AI system; or (viii) uploading any unlawful, threatening, misleading or false information or material that infringes any intellectual property or other right or that constitutes unsolicited advertising or other forms of solicitation such as “spam,” “junk mail” or “pyramid schemes.” We expressly reserve Content from the text and data mining exception in accordance with article 4(3) of the European Union Digital Single Market Directive 2019/790.

Privacy

These Terms incorporate by reference the Privacy Policy above. Please read the Privacy Policy carefully as you agree to its terms when you use the Site.

Links to Third-Party Websites

The Site may contain links to web sites controlled by third parties (“Third-Party Websites”).  We are not responsible for Third-Party Websites or their content, activities or privacy practices.  Any information you share or actions you take on Third-Party Websites are governed by those websites’ terms of use and privacy statements, which you should review carefully to learn about their practices.  The inclusion of links on our Site does not imply our endorsement of Third-Party Websites, their content, or any associated organization or activity.  We make no representation or warranty whatsoever about the nature of Third-Party Websites and if you decide to access any other websites linked to or from the Site, you do so entirely at your own risk.

Disclaimers

THE SITE, CONTENT, AND LINKS AVAILABLE THROUGH IT ARE AVAILABLE “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT AND LINKS AVAILABLE THROUGH IT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.  THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS AND INACCURACIES IN CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THE SITE.  WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THE SITE OR CONTENT OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEB SITES.  WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS ON THE SITE AND IN ITS CONTENT.  IF YOU RELY ON THE SITE AND ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, YOU DO SO ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW, CCL DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE AND ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (EVEN IF THAT PURPOSE HAS BEEN DISCLOSED).

ALTHOUGH CCL INTENDS TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, “TROJAN HORSES,” OR OTHER MALICIOUS CODE TO THE SITE, CCL DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE, OR CONTENT THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. CCL IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES.

Limitation of Liability

CCL AND ITS MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND ADVISORS (AS WELL AS THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND ADVISORS OF EACH AND EVERY MEMBER AND AFFILIATE OF CCL), WHETHER IN SUCH CAPACITIES OR INDIVIDUALLY, AND THE HEIRS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF EACH OF THEM (TOGETHER, THE “COVERED PARTIES”) ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER BASED ON LOSS OR INJURY BECAUSE OF ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, OR INACCURACIES IN THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, INCLUDING LOSS OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF THESE TERMS.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL CCL OR THE COVERED PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, OR LOSS OF DATA) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH IT OR THESE TERMS, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY.  OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE OR CONTENT IS LIMITED TO $100. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR THESE KINDS OF DAMAGES, SO THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

IN THE EVENT OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS SITE OR ANY CONTENT, YOU AGREE THAT YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO CEASE USING THE SITE.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend (only if requested) CCL and the Covered Parties against all Claims that the indemnified parties may incur arising out of your use of the Site, its Content, or violation of these Terms, including the costs and expenses of enforcing the right to indemnification under this paragraph. The term “Claims” shall mean any and all claims, causes of action, suits, rights, demands, debts, liabilities, losses, damages, costs or expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, whether at law or in equity. CCL reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which we are entitled to indemnification.  You agree to provide us with cooperation we may reasonably request.

Termination

We reserve the right to terminate the Site, these Terms, and any Content offered through the Site at any time without notice, for any reason.  The “Copyright & Trademark,”  “Disclaimers,” “Limitation of Liability,” “Indemnification,” and “General” sections of these Terms (along with any other provision that by its terms contemplates survival) survive any termination of these Terms.

General

These Terms (which include the Privacy Policy) are the complete agreement between you and CCL regarding your use of the Site and are governed by applicable federal laws and the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and completely performed there. If you choose to access our Site from jurisdictions other than the United States, you do so at your own risk, and you are responsible for complying with applicable local laws.  Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or, only if such court does not have subject-matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County.

You irrevocably agree to bring any claim or dispute relating to your use of the Site and these Terms exclusively in the state and federal courts located in New York, to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts, and to waive any jurisdictional, venue, inconvenient forum, or other objections to those courts.  Section titles and headings are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. The failure of CCL to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of these Terms is unenforceable for any reason, then that provision will be deleted and the remaining provisions will be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. The term “including” in these Terms is intended to be illustrative and means “including without limitation.”

Questions

Please email info@cclcurators.org with any questions you may have about these Terms.

Last Updated: November 10, 2026