VegasBlueAlliance (“VegasBlueAlliance,” “VBA,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, protect, and retain information when you visit our website, submit forms, contact us, sign up for alerts, interact with our social media, or otherwise use our online services.

VegasBlueAlliance is a private law-enforcement-support and public-safety information platform. We are not a government agency, police department, emergency dispatch center, or official law enforcement agency.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

A. Information You Provide Directly

We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Agency, department, or organization affiliation, if provided
• Badge, employment, or verification-related information, if submitted for access to law-enforcement-only alerts or resources
• Messages, questions, reports, tips, or other content submitted through forms, email, direct messages, or website features
• Donation, payment, or purchase-related information, if applicable
• Social media handles or usernames, if you contact us through social platforms

B. Alert and Communication Information

If you sign up for text alerts, email updates, or other communications, we may collect:

• Phone number
• Email address
• Consent records
• Alert subscription status
• Message delivery status
• Opt-in and opt-out history
• Verification information used to confirm eligibility for restricted alerts

C. Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we or our service providers may automatically collect:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages viewed
• Date and time of visit
• Approximate location based on IP address
• Cookie, pixel, analytics, and similar tracking information

D. Payment or Donation Information

If we accept payments, donations, merchandise orders, or paid services, payment information may be processed by third-party payment processors. We do not intentionally store full credit card numbers on our own systems unless clearly stated at the point of collection.

2. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve the website
• Respond to questions, requests, and messages
• Send alerts, updates, newsletters, or public-safety-related communications
• Verify eligibility for restricted law-enforcement-related resources or alert systems
• Protect officer safety, public safety, and operational security
• Prevent misuse, fraud, spam, harassment, or unauthorized access
• Process payments, donations, or orders
• Maintain records of consent, opt-ins, opt-outs, and communications
• Analyze website traffic and improve content
• Comply with applicable laws, court orders, legal obligations, or lawful requests
• Protect the rights, safety, property, and security of VegasBlueAlliance, users, law enforcement personnel, and the public

3. Law-Enforcement-Sensitive Information

Because VegasBlueAlliance may serve law enforcement personnel, first responders, dispatchers, correctional staff, emergency management personnel, and related public-safety users, we treat certain information as sensitive.

This may include:

• Badge or employment verification materials
• Agency affiliation
• Contact information used for restricted alerts
• Information about major incidents, tactical events, officer safety concerns, or public-safety emergencies
• Communications submitted by verified law enforcement or public-safety personnel

We do not knowingly publish private officer information, restricted tactical information, confidential investigative information, or personally identifying information submitted for verification unless legally required, authorized by the person involved, or necessary to protect safety.

Users should not submit confidential, classified, sealed, restricted, or criminal-justice-protected information unless they are legally authorized to do so.

4. Text Message and Email Alerts

If you sign up for SMS, text message, or email alerts, you consent to receive communications from VegasBlueAlliance at the contact information you provide.

Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of text messages by replying STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, or another reasonable opt-out request. You may also contact us using the information below.

We may send administrative, verification, safety, or service-related messages even if you opt out of promotional communications, where permitted by law.

VegasBlueAlliance does not guarantee that alerts will be delivered in real time, without delay, or during every emergency. Our alerts are informational only and are not a replacement for official emergency notifications, 911, department communications, dispatch channels, or official public-safety instructions.

5. Cookies, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to:

• Understand website traffic
• Improve website performance
• Remember preferences
• Prevent fraud or abuse
• Measure content effectiveness
• Support social media, embedded content, or advertising tools

Third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites or online services when you use our website. This may include analytics providers, social media platforms, embedded video providers, advertising networks, website hosting providers, or security tools.

You may be able to limit cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell personal information for money in the ordinary operation of VegasBlueAlliance.

We may share information with:

• Website hosting providers
• Email and SMS communication providers
• Payment processors
• Analytics providers
• Security, spam-prevention, and fraud-prevention services
• Cloud storage, database, and technical service providers
• Professional advisors, such as attorneys, accountants, or compliance consultants
• Law enforcement, courts, government agencies, or emergency personnel when required by law or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect safety, prevent harm, or comply with a lawful request
• Successor organizations in connection with a merger, transfer, restructuring, or sale of assets, if applicable

We require service providers to use information only as needed to provide services to us or as otherwise permitted by law.

7. Nevada Privacy Rights

Nevada law may provide Nevada residents with the right to submit a verified request directing certain website operators not to make a “sale” of covered information, as defined by Nevada law.

VegasBlueAlliance does not currently sell covered information as Nevada law defines “sale.” However, Nevada residents may still submit a verified opt-out request by contacting us at:

Nevada Privacy Request Address: contact.vbalv@gmail.com

Please include “Nevada Privacy Request” in the subject line and provide enough information for us to reasonably verify your identity and process your request. We will respond within the time required by Nevada law.

8. Accessing or Correcting Your Information

You may contact us to request that we review, correct, update, or delete personal information that you believe we maintain about you, subject to legal, safety, operational, recordkeeping, fraud-prevention, and security limitations.

For restricted law-enforcement or public-safety alert systems, we may retain certain verification, consent, and opt-out records as necessary to protect safety, prevent unauthorized access, and document compliance.

9. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no website, online service, email system, text messaging system, or database can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You use our website and services at your own risk.

10. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Provide services
• Operate the website
• Maintain alert systems
• Respond to requests
• Verify users
• Keep consent and opt-out records
• Protect safety and security
• Resolve disputes
• Comply with legal obligations

We may retain certain records for longer periods if required or permitted by law, or if necessary for officer safety, public safety, fraud prevention, legal compliance, or dispute resolution.

11. Children’s Privacy

VegasBlueAlliance is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we learn that we collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate parental consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information. Parents or guardians may contact us using the information below.

12. Health, Emergency, and Sensitive Personal Information

VegasBlueAlliance is not a health care provider and does not provide medical, legal, emergency, or crisis services.

Please do not submit medical records, protected health information, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, criminal history records, confidential law-enforcement records, or other highly sensitive information unless specifically requested and legally appropriate.

If you are experiencing an emergency, call 911 or contact the appropriate emergency service.

13. Social Media and Third-Party Links

Our website may link to or embed content from third-party websites or platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, payment processors, news sources, or other public-safety resources.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites or platforms. Your use of third-party services is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.

14. Public Submissions and User Content

If you submit comments, messages, photos, videos, reports, tips, or other content to VegasBlueAlliance, we may review, store, moderate, or use that content for operational, safety, reporting, or website-related purposes.

Do not submit content that you do not have the right to share. Do not submit confidential investigative information, restricted tactical details, sealed records, private personal information, or information that could endanger officers, victims, witnesses, first responders, or the public.

We reserve the right to remove, reject, redact, or decline to publish submitted content for any reason.

15. Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers may transmit “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is not a uniform legal or technical standard for responding to these signals, our website may not respond to all Do Not Track signals.

You may control certain tracking technologies through browser settings, cookie tools, device settings, or third-party opt-out tools.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date above and may provide notice through the website, email, alert message, or another reasonable method.

Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

17. Contact Us

For privacy questions, Nevada privacy requests, data requests, or concerns, contact:

VegasBlueAlliance
Website: www.vbalv.com
Email: contact.vbalv@gmail.com

Please do not send emergency reports, urgent threats, or active crime reports through this privacy contact. For emergencies, call 911.