Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice summarizes how information from visitors to this website is collected, used and protected. By accessing chargeup.njcleanenergy.com, you accept the terms and conditions described herein without limitation.
Last Updated: November 1, 2026.
Changes to Our Privacy Notice: We may update this Privacy Notice periodically to reflect changes in our practices, services, or applicable legal requirements. When we update the Privacy Notice, we will revise the “Last Updated” date above. Where applicable law requires additional notice or consent for a material change in our processing of personal data, we will provide such notice or obtain such consent as required.
What and how Center for Sustainable Energy collects information
We collect both personal and non-personal information for our legitimate interests, including, but not limited to performing data analysis, security, identifying usage trends, and auditing the use and functionality of chargeup.njcleanenergy.com.
In addition to any personal information or other information that you choose to provide to us, we or our third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies, now and developed in the future, that automatically collect certain website usage information whenever you visit or interact with chargeup.njcleanenergy.com. This information may include browser type, operating system, the page served, the time, the source of the request, the preceding page view, and other similar information. We may utilize this usage information for a variety of purposes, including to enhance or otherwise improve our website. We may also use device identifiers to secure the chargeup.njcleanenergy.com website and its associated information technology infrastructure.
For purposes of this Privacy Notice, “personal information” means any information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, either alone or when combined with other personal or identifying information that is linked to a specific individual. We may collect “personal information,” i.e., information that identifies you or relates to you, such as your:
- Name
- Postal address
- Telephone number(s)
- Email address(es)
- Geolocation information
- IP address
- Domain name
- The type of browser and operating system used to access chargeup.njcleanenergy.com
- The internet address of the website from which you linked directly to chargeup.njcleanenergy.com
- The pages you visit within the chargeup.njcleanenergy.com website
- The links you use to go to other websites through chargeup.njcleanenergy.com
Certain personal data may qualify as “sensitive data” under applicable law. Depending on the circumstances, this may include precise geolocation data, certain financial information, biometric data processed for identification purposes, data concerning a child, or other categories designated as sensitive under applicable law. Where required by law, CSE will obtain consent before processing sensitive data and will process personal data in accordance with applicable law.
Center for Sustainable Energy may use “cookies” or similar technologies to collect information as well as to improve your next visit to chargeup.njcleanenergy.com. Cookies are small text files that a website sends to your computer for record-keeping purposes which are stored in a file on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies are also used for statistical purposes, to determine how a website is used and they make web browsing easier for you by saving your preferences.
How Center for Sustainable Energy uses your information
We may use your non-personal information by itself, as part of aggregated information, or as anonymous information that does not personally identify you. As aggregated and/or anonymized information does not constitute personal information, we may use it for any purpose. We may provide this and certain other non-personal information to third parties, who may in turn use this information to help us improve chargeup.njcleanenergy.com and this will not involve disclosing any of your personally identifiable information.
If we combine anonymized or aggregated data with personal information, we will treat the combined information as if it were personal information which will be afforded the protections required by applicable law.
Certain personal data may qualify as “sensitive data” under applicable law. Depending on the circumstances, this may include precise geolocation data, certain financial information, biometric data processed for identification purposes, data concerning a child, or other categories designated as sensitive under applicable law.
Where required by law, CSE will obtain consent before processing sensitive data and will process personal data concerning a known child in accordance with applicable law.
We may use your personal information to communicate with you including, but not limited to, responding to your inquiries, fulfilling your requests or to send information to you.
We may disclose personal data to:
- Service providers and processors that perform services on our behalf, including website hosting, information technology, analytics, communications, data storage, and cybersecurity services;
- Government agencies, funding entities, program partners, or other entities, when disclosure is necessary to administer a program or service in which you participate and is authorized or required by applicable law or appropriate notice or consent;
- Professional advisers, including attorneys, auditors, consultants, and insurers, as appropriate;
- Law enforcement, regulators, courts, and governmental authorities where required or permitted by law; and
- Other third parties at your direction or with your consent.
Where required by applicable law, we contractually require processors that process personal data on our behalf to appropriately protect and process that information.
We retain personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as otherwise permitted or required by law. In determining appropriate retention periods, we may consider our legal, contractual, operational, security, and recordkeeping obligations and the nature and sensitivity of the information.
When personal data is no longer required, we may delete, destroy, or de-identify it in accordance with applicable requirements.
How Center for Sustainable Energy protects your information
We take all reasonable steps and precautions to protect the information you provide us on chargeup.njcleanenergy.com from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction; however, this cannot be absolutely guaranteed.
Please note the following regarding minors: Center for Sustainable Energy is committed to protecting children’s privacy online. It is important for parents, guardians and teachers to provide guidance to children when they are asked for their personal information online. Center for Sustainable Energy specifically asks children to obtain their parents’ or guardians’ permission before providing any personal information online. If children do provide their information on a Center for Sustainable Energy website, it is only used to enable us to respond to the writer. For more information on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), please visit Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule: A Six-Step Compliance Plan for Your Business | Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov).
The Website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties. CSE does not control the privacy practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy notices applicable to those websites and services.
Your Privacy Rights
If you are a New Jersey resident and the New Jersey Data Privacy Act applies to the processing of your personal data, you may have the right to:
- Confirm and Access. Confirm whether we process your personal data and access that personal data.
- Correct. Correct inaccuracies in your personal data, taking into account the nature of the data and the purposes for which it is processed.
- Delete. Request deletion of personal data concerning you, subject to applicable exceptions.
- Data Portability. Obtain a copy of certain personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format, as provided by applicable law.
- Opt Out. Opt out of processing of personal data for:
- targeted advertising; and
- profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
How to contact Center for Sustainable Energy
To submit a privacy rights request, please contact us at legal@energycenter.org. We may take reasonable steps to authenticate your request as permitted by applicable law. If we deny your request, you may appeal our decision by contacting us at legal@energycenter.org and identifying your request as a “Privacy Request Appeal.”
If, after reviewing this Privacy Notice, you have any questions, complaints or privacy concerns regarding chargeup.njcleanenergy.com please send an email to legal@energycenter.org or a letter to:
Center for Sustainable Energy
Attention: Legal Department
3980 Sherman Street, Suite 170
San Diego, CA 92110