PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: August 31, 2026
Last Updated: August 31, 2026
Yellow Metal Bees Corporation, operating as Yellow Metal Bees® (“Yellow Metal Bees,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), respects the privacy of visitors to YMBees.com (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, retained, and disclosed when you visit the Website, contact us, make a donation, or interact with services linked through the Website.
INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT
Information You Provide
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:
• Your name, email address, telephone number, organization, and message when you contact us or submit an inquiry.
• Information related to partnership, educational, fundraising, sponsorship, or program inquiries.
• Donor information made available to Yellow Metal Bees® through an authorized third-party fundraising platform.
• Other information you voluntarily include in communications with us.
Please do not submit Social Security numbers, payment-card information, medical information, or other highly sensitive personal information through the Website or by email.
Donation and Payment Information
Online donations are processed through third-party fundraising and payment-service providers, including Zeffy and its payment-processing partners. Yellow Metal Bees® does not directly collect or store complete credit-card, debit-card, or bank-account information through YMBees.com.
Third-party providers may collect your name, contact information, billing information, donation amount, payment information, and other information necessary to process a transaction, issue documentation, prevent fraud, and comply with legal obligations. Their collection and use of information are governed by their respective privacy policies and terms.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, Squarespace and other authorized service providers may automatically collect limited technical and usage information, including:
• Internet Protocol address.
• Browser and device type.
• Operating system.
• Referring website or source.
• Pages viewed and links selected.
• Dates, times, and approximate duration of visits.
• General geographic information derived from an Internet Protocol address.
• Cookie identifiers and similar technical information.
HOW WE USE INFORMATION
Yellow Metal Bees® may use collected information to:
• Respond to inquiries and communicate with Website visitors.
• Process, document, and acknowledge charitable contributions.
• Maintain organizational, accounting, and legally required records.
• Develop community, educational, fundraising, and conservation partnerships.
• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website.
• Understand how visitors interact with our content.
• Prevent fraud, misuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity.
• Comply with legal, regulatory, accounting, and reporting obligations.
• Advance the charitable mission and programs of Yellow Metal Bees Corporation.
COOKIES AND ANALYTICS
The Website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace may use cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for Website functionality, security, navigation, analytics, and performance.
Depending on your cookie selections and our Website settings, nonessential analytics or performance cookies may collect information about how visitors interact with the Website. You may use the Website’s cookie banner or your browser settings to manage certain cookie preferences. Disabling cookies may affect some Website features.
Third-party services linked to or embedded within the Website may use their own cookies or similar technologies. Their practices are governed by their respective privacy policies.
HOW INFORMATION MAY BE DISCLOSED
Yellow Metal Bees® does not sell or rent personal information.
We may disclose information in the following limited circumstances:
Service Providers
Information may be disclosed to organizations that provide hosting, analytics, fundraising, payment processing, communications, security, accounting, or similar operational services. These providers may use information only as permitted by their contracts, policies, and applicable law.
Legal and Safety Requirements
Information may be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:
• Comply with applicable law, legal process, or a lawful governmental request.
• Protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Yellow Metal Bees Corporation, Website visitors, donors, or others.
• Investigate suspected fraud, security incidents, or misuse of the Website.
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
Organizational Transactions
Information may be transferred if Yellow Metal Bees Corporation undergoes a merger, reorganization, consolidation, or other lawful organizational transition, subject to applicable legal requirements.
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES
The Website may contain links to Zeffy, CARS, social-media platforms, restaurants, retailers, fundraising providers, community partners, and other third-party websites or services.
Yellow Metal Bees® does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, availability, or practices of third-party services. Visitors should review the privacy policies and terms of each third party before submitting information or completing a transaction.
DATA RETENTION
Yellow Metal Bees® retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, maintain required financial and organizational records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with applicable law.
Information that is no longer reasonably required may be deleted, anonymized, or securely retained when deletion is not immediately practicable.
DATA SECURITY
Yellow Metal Bees® uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to safeguard personal information. However, no website, email system, electronic transmission, or data-storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Visitors provide information electronically at their own reasonable discretion and should avoid transmitting sensitive information through unsecured channels.
YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES
Subject to applicable law and reasonable identity verification, you may request that Yellow Metal Bees®:
• Confirm whether we maintain personal information concerning you.
• Provide access to certain personal information.
• Correct inaccurate information.
• Delete information that we are not legally required to retain.
• Stop sending nonessential communications.
Requests may be submitted to YMBees@YMBees.com. We may retain information when necessary to comply with legal, tax, accounting, security, or recordkeeping obligations.
Cookie preferences may be managed through the Website’s cookie controls or your browser settings.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The Website is intended for a general audience and is not designed to collect personal information directly from children under 13 years of age.
Yellow Metal Bees® does not knowingly collect personal information through the Website from children under 13 without appropriate parental or legal authorization. A parent or guardian who believes that a child has submitted personal information may contact YMBees@YMBees.com to request its review and appropriate removal.
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
Yellow Metal Bees Corporation is based in Maryland, United States. Information may be processed or stored in the United States or other locations where authorized service providers operate. By using the Website, international visitors acknowledge that privacy protections may differ from those in their jurisdiction.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Yellow Metal Bees® may revise this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect operational, technological, legal, or regulatory changes. The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
Continued use of the Website after a revised policy is posted constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:
Yellow Metal Bees Corporation
Yellow Metal Bees®
Annapolis, Maryland
TERMS OF USE
Effective Date: August 31, 2026
Last Updated: August 31, 2026
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern access to and use of YMBees.com (the “Website”), which is owned and operated by Yellow Metal Bees Corporation, an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating as Yellow Metal Bees® (“Yellow Metal Bees,” “we,” “our,” or “us”).
By accessing or using the Website, you acknowledge and agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the Website.
PURPOSE OF THE WEBSITE
The Website provides information concerning the charitable mission, programs, projects, fundraising activities, partnerships, educational efforts, and organizational operations of Yellow Metal Bees®.
Website content is provided for general informational and educational purposes. Nothing on the Website constitutes legal, tax, financial, medical, environmental, agricultural, pest-management, or professional beekeeping advice.
PERMITTED USE
You may access and use the Website for lawful, personal, educational, charitable, or informational purposes.
You may not:
• Use the Website in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, its hosting services, accounts, systems, or data.
• Interfere with Website security, availability, or operation.
• Introduce malware, harmful code, automated attacks, or disruptive technology.
• Scrape, reproduce, or extract Website content for unauthorized commercial use.
• Misrepresent an affiliation with Yellow Metal Bees Corporation.
• Use the Yellow Metal Bees® name, logo, graphics, materials, or identity without authorization.
• Submit false, fraudulent, threatening, defamatory, discriminatory, obscene, or unlawful content.
• Use Website content to promote activity inconsistent with the charitable mission of Yellow Metal Bees Corporation.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Unless otherwise stated, the Website and its contents—including text, logos, graphics, photographs, project names, designs, videos, educational materials, and other original content—are owned by or lawfully licensed to Yellow Metal Bees Corporation.
Yellow Metal Bees® and related organizational branding may be protected by trademark, copyright, and other applicable laws.
No ownership interest is transferred through use of the Website. Website materials may not be copied, modified, distributed, sold, publicly displayed, republished, or used commercially without prior written authorization, except as permitted by law.
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
Yellow Metal Bees Corporation is an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions may be tax-deductible to the extent permitted by applicable law. Donors should consult a qualified tax professional regarding their individual circumstances.
Online donations may be processed through Zeffy or another authorized third-party provider. Donations and payment transactions are also subject to the applicable provider’s terms, privacy policy, payment requirements, and refund procedures.
Unless Yellow Metal Bees Corporation expressly accepts a contribution for a specific restricted purpose in writing, contributions may be used where reasonably needed to advance the organization’s charitable mission and programs.
Yellow Metal Bees® does not guarantee any particular tax treatment, financial benefit, project result, recognition, or program outcome in exchange for a contribution.
FUNDRAISERS AND THIRD-PARTY PROMOTIONS
The Website may provide information about restaurant fundraisers, retail campaigns, vehicle donations, community events, and other third-party fundraising activities.
Participation requirements, qualifying purchases, dates, times, exclusions, refund policies, and transaction terms may be established by the participating third party. Visitors are responsible for reviewing and complying with the applicable promotion or provider requirements.
Yellow Metal Bees® is not responsible for the products, food, services, transactions, availability, conduct, or policies of third-party businesses or fundraising providers.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND SERVICES
The Website may contain links to third-party websites and services, including fundraising platforms, payment processors, vehicle-donation services, social-media platforms, restaurants, retailers, and community partners.
Links are provided for convenience and informational purposes. A link does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of every statement, product, service, policy, or activity of the third party.
Yellow Metal Bees® does not control and is not responsible for third-party content, security, accessibility, availability, transactions, privacy practices, or terms. Access to third-party services is undertaken at the visitor’s discretion.
CONTACTS AND SUBMISSIONS
Information submitted through a contact form, email, or other communication must be accurate and lawful.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, submitting an idea, proposal, photograph, document, or other material does not create a confidential, fiduciary, employment, partnership, agency, or contractual relationship with Yellow Metal Bees Corporation.
Do not submit confidential, proprietary, financial, medical, or highly sensitive personal information through the Website or ordinary email.
CHILDREN AND MINORS
The Website is intended for a general audience. Individuals under 13 should not submit personal information through the Website.
Minors should use the Website and participate in linked activities with the knowledge and appropriate supervision of a parent or legal guardian.
INFORMATIONAL AND SAFETY DISCLAIMER
Pollinators, honeybees, outdoor environments, plants, tools, agricultural materials, and habitat activities may present risks, including allergic reactions, stings, injuries, environmental hazards, or property damage.
Website content is not a substitute for qualified instruction, professional evaluation, appropriate protective equipment, emergency planning, or compliance with applicable laws and safety standards.
Visitors assume responsibility for decisions and activities undertaken in reliance upon general Website information.
WEBSITE AVAILABILITY AND ACCURACY
Yellow Metal Bees® works to provide accurate and current information but does not guarantee that all Website content will always be complete, current, uninterrupted, or free from errors.
Fundraiser details, program plans, project schedules, third-party offers, links, and organizational information may change. We may revise, suspend, remove, or discontinue Website content or functionality without prior notice.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Website and its contents are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
Yellow Metal Bees Corporation disclaims all express or implied warranties concerning the Website, including warranties of accuracy, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, security, and noninfringement.
We do not warrant that the Website will be uninterrupted, error-free, completely secure, or free from harmful components.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Yellow Metal Bees Corporation and its directors, officers, representatives, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to:
• Access to or use of the Website.
• Inability to access or use the Website.
• Reliance upon Website content.
• Third-party websites, services, transactions, or conduct.
• Unauthorized access, data loss, interruption, or security incidents.
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
INDEMNIFICATION
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Yellow Metal Bees Corporation and its directors, officers, and authorized representatives from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses arising from your unlawful misuse of the Website, violation of these Terms, or infringement of another party’s rights.
PRIVACY
Use of the Website is also governed by the Yellow Metal Bees® Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
GOVERNING LAW
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Any legal proceeding arising from these Terms or use of the Website shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction serving Anne Arundel County, Maryland, unless applicable law requires otherwise.
SEVERABILITY
If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect. The affected provision will be interpreted or limited to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable when permitted by law.
NO WAIVER
A failure by Yellow Metal Bees Corporation to enforce any provision of these Terms does not waive the right to enforce that provision or any other provision in the future.
CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
Yellow Metal Bees® may revise these Terms periodically. Revised Terms become effective when posted on the Website with an updated effective date.
Continued use of the Website after revised Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of those revisions.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions regarding these Terms may be directed to:
Yellow Metal Bees Corporation
Yellow Metal Bees®
Annapolis, Maryland