INMED Partnerships for Children and Affiliates Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 9, 2018
INMED Partnerships for Children’s privacy policy has been developed in compliance with the European Union (“EU”) General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the US Fair Information Practices Principles to protect personally Identifiable Information (PII). PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.
INMED Partnerships for Children values the privacy of the visitors to our website, and information submitted to us electronically. By using the website you accept the terms of this Policy and consent to the collection and use of information by INMED Partnerships for Children in accordance with this Policy. If you do not accept the terms of this Policy, please do not use the website.
Financial Disclosure
Organized under the laws of New York as a not-for-profit corporation, INMED Partnerships for Children (INMED) is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue. Our Federal Identification Number is 52-1482339. Visit Guidestar to review our IRS Form 990, Audited Financial Statement and IRS 501(c)(3) letter of determination.
Donor Privacy Policy
INMED Partnerships for Children is committed to our donors’ privacy rights. We guarantee that we will not sell or trade our donors’ personal or contact information with anyone else, nor will we send mailings on behalf of other organizations.
We do add our donors’ contact information to our database for the purpose of sending gift acknowledgements, e-mail newsletters, future solicitations and other occasional communications. Our donors’ contact information will not be used for any other purposes.
You may update your information by emailing contact@inmed.org and include the old and new information to be changed. You may request to be removed from our mailing lists by contacting contact@inmed.org.
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INMED Partnerships for Children reserves all copyrights on material on its web pages.
What Information Do We Collect?
Personally Identifiable Information
INMED cares about your privacy. INMED will only collect information that is appropriate and relevant to the purpose for which it is being collected. Your personal identifiable information may include: name, address, phone number, email address and/or other data collected that could directly or indirectly identify you.
Collection of Voluntarily Submitted Data
INMED provides services that may require collection of personally identifiable information (PII) including but not limited to name, email address, mailing address and/or phone number. This information may be collected when ordering event tickets, purchasing event sponsorships, making a donation, signing up for our mailing list, and/or registering for an INMED program, training or event on INMED’s websites.
If you choose to submit personally identifiable information about yourself, INMED may collect and store this information for future use. We collect, retain and use this information only to the extent we reasonably believe necessary to administer our business, provide services you have requested, protect the integrity of INMED’s business practices and/or secure our systems from unauthorized or abusive access. This information is obtained from the following places on our web site:
- Contact Us form
- Donation form
- Get Email Updates form
- Forward our Email Newsletter to a Friend form
- Volunteer form
- Aquaponics Get Involved form
- Training Registration Form
- Registering for our events
Data Usage of Website
Data of usage activity is automatically collected when you interact with our website, including metadata, log files and location information. This information includes specific data about your interactions with the features, content and links (including those of third-parties, such as social media plugins) contained within the website, Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and settings, the date and time the website was used, information about browser configuration and plugins, language preferences and cookie data, information about devices accessing the website, including type of device, what operating system is used, device settings, application IDs, unique device identifiers and error data, and some of this data collected might be capable of and be used to approximate your location.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Yes, we use cookies. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. Cookies allow us to track your browsing behavior, links clicked, your device type, and to collect various data, including analytics, about how you use and interact with our websites. This allows us to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also collect your location (IP address) so that we can personalize our website.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
How to Manage, Control and Delete Cookies
Internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the ‘Help’ option in your internet browser for more details.
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari
If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings.
More information about cookies
- Useful information about cookies, including information about deleting or blocking cookies, can be found at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Supplemental Data
Supplemental data may be received about you from other sources, including publicly available databases or third parties from whom we have purchased data, in which case we may combine this data with information we already have about you so that we can update, expand and analyze the accuracy of our records, identify new supporters, and provide products and services that may be of interest to you.
What Information Do We Not Collect?
Children’s Personal Data
INMED cares about your children’s privacy. INMED does not knowingly collect information from any person under the age of 16.
How INMED Uses Your Information
INMED may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:
- To allow us to efficiently respond to your information or service requests
- To process your transactions
- To keep you apprised of INMED events, programs or funding campaigns
- To understand and analyze how you use our websites
Communicating with You
We may contact you directly or through a third party service provider regarding announcements, campaigns or events if you have signed up to receive these specific communications. We may also contact you with offers for additional services we think you’ll find valuable.
You may unsubscribe from our communications by contacting contact@inmed.org.
Sharing with Trusted Third Parties
Your personal data may be affiliated with third parties with which we have partnered to allow you to integrate their services into our own services, and with trusted third party service providers as necessary for them to perform services on our behalf, such as:
- Processing credit card payments
- Serving advertisements
- Performing analysis of our websites and customers demographics
- Communicating with you, such as by way email or survey delivery
- Customer relationship management
Targeted Advertisements
INMED occasionally places Facebook advertisements using targeted demographics. No PII from INMED’s databases is used in determining who will view the ad. If you happen to be included in any target audience for an INMED ad, you may opt out of targeted advertising by visiting the following services:
- Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
- Google – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
- Bing – https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Website Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Third-Party Websites
INMED’s web sites contain links to other sites, such as donation websites, funding partners, event sponsors and community partners. With the exception of INMED affiliates’ sites, INMED Partnerships for Children does not endorse, affirm or support the content, products or services of any linked site, nor is it responsible for the privacy practices, privacy statements or content of these other sites. Please read the privacy policy of any website you visit.
Sharing Your Personal Information
INMED will not sell or trade personal or contact information from our databases with third parties, nor will we send mailings on behalf of other organizations. Voluntarily provided contact information will not be used for any other purpose other than to send gift acknowledgments, email newsletters, fundraising solicitations and/or other occasional communications.
Under rare circumstances, INMED may share PII to comply with applicable laws and regulations; to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive; or to otherwise protect INMED’s rights.
Data Retention & Opting Out
When you conduct any transaction on INMED’s web site, we will retain your information for our records unless—and until—you ask us to delete this information.
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from INMED emails, you may request removal at contact@inmed.org or click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of emails sent via Constant Contact or Salesforce. We will promptly remove your email address from ALL correspondence and will notify you that you have been deleted from our database.
How INMED Protects Your Data
Personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
All credit card transactions initiated on INMED’s web sites are processed by a secure, third-party payment processor, such as Network for Good, Eventbrite, Square or Pagina Seguro (used by INMED’s affiliates in Latin America). To review the privacy policies of these third parties, please visit the following web sites:
- Network for Good: https://www.networkforgood.com/about/privacy/
- Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/support/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/eventbrite-privacy-policy?lg=en_US
- Square:
https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/3796-privacy-and-security
Your Rights under GDPR
Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, European residents have the right to access personal information INMED may retain about them and to ask that their personal information be corrected, updated or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please send a detailed email to contact@inmed.org and include “GDPR Request” in the subject line.
Additionally, if you are a European resident, note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill transactions we might have with you (for example, if you purchase event tickets or make a donation through INMED’s web sites), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe to the United States.
Notification of Privacy Policy Changes
INMED Partnerships for Children reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. This policy is easily accessible on our web site: https://inmed.org/privacy-policy/.
Please review this policy from time to time to ensure your familiarity with its terms. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email contact@inmed.org.
Contact Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact INMED by emailing contact@inmed.org and including “Privacy Policy” in the subject line.
For more information about the EU GDPR, visit https://www.eugdpr.org/.