Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Adopt-a-Mimi, Inc. (“Adopt-a-Mimi”) uses and protects any information that you give ADOPT-A-MIMI when you use this website.
ADOPT-A-MIMI is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. We have developed this policy in order for you to understand how ADOPT-A-MIMI collects and uses your information. Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of Personal Information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will only be disclosed in a manner that is consistent with this privacy policy.
We strongly recommend that minors thirteen years of age or older ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the internet. We also encourage parents to teach their children about safe internet use practices.
ADOPT-A-MIMI may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are satisfied with any changes. If you do not agree or are not comfortable with any of the actions described in this policy, your remedy is to discontinue your use of the website. This policy is effective from September 18, 2012.
How we collect information
Other than simply browsing our website, there are a variety of other ways information may be collected from you as you use our website:
- Making an online donation.
- Registering for an event.
- Registering to participate as an Assisted Living Facility.
- Completing a Volunteering Interest Form and participating as a Volunteer or a Senior Living in an Assisted Living Facility.
- Using the ADOPT-A-MIMI Access community (“ADOPT-A-MIMI Access”).
What we collect
We may collect the following information, personal information that you choose to supply to ADOPT-A-MIMI and non-personal information:
- Personal information, including, but not limited to:
- Name
- Contact information including mailing address and email address
- Demographic information and personal information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- Age
- Religious Affiliation
- Other, identifying information
- Other information pertaining to our program(s)
- Cookies that help us recognize when you re-visit our website (discussed in more detail below)
- Non-personal information
- Session cookies to help you navigate through our site when you log into a password-only area such as Adopt-a-Mimi Access
- IP address and browsing variables (e.g., domain from which you access the Internet, time you spend at our website, etc.)
Children’s Privacy
ADOPT-A-MIMI does not knowingly or intentionally solicit or collect personally identifiable information online from children under the age of thirteen without prior verifiable parental consent. If ADOPT-A-MIMI learns that a child under the age of thirteen has submitted personally identifiable information online in contravention of these measures, ADOPT-A-MIMI will take reasonable measures to delete such information from its databases and to not use such information for any purpose (except where necessary to protect the safety of the child or others as required or allowed by law). If you become aware of any personally identifiable information we have collected from children under thirteen, please contact us at questions@adoptamimi.org so that we can delete such information.
What we do with the information we gather
Generally, we request and use personal information to carry out the transactions that you request, such as making a donation, participating in events, and using our Adopt-a-Mimi Access community area. We also use information, such as cookies and IP information, to understand your needs and provide you with a better online experience.
More specifically, we may use your personal information and non-personal information for the following reasons:
- Enter your information into our databases for internal record keeping, reporting, and data analysis.
- Communicate with you to obtain your input, provide information on our programs and events, or request contributions.
- Improve our programs and services.
- Customize the website according to your interests.
- Share information with third parties who help us manage our website and databases and process donations.
- Share information with our partners, affiliates, and other third parties who assist us with our activities and programs. These vendors and service providers help us with functions such as fulfilling orders, managing data, processing donations, and marketing.
- Share financial donor postal mailing lists with other non-profits.
- Share information with third parties as required by law, or a part of a legal process, including tax filing.
- Reserve the right to use non-personal information, such as IP addresses, to identify a user when we feel it is necessary to protect the compelling interests of the website, our volunteers, seniors living in assisted living facilities, donors, customers, or others or to comply with laws, court orders, or law enforcement requests.
We make reasonable efforts not to share the following:
- Donor e-mail addresses are not included in the list exchanges.
- Personal information you provide to us as part of the Adopt-a-Mimi Access community with third parties, other than to specifically help us manage the website or as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.
Donations
ADOPT-A-MIMI employs other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf, and we need to share your information with them to provide services to you. Examples include but are not limited to accepting and processing donations, hosting and maintaining this Site, and providing customer service. ADOPT-A-MIMI may also partner with third-party services for fraud prevention and/or identity verification. As a part of the services provided by our third-party vendors, we may share your personally identifiable information. We use reasonable efforts to keep your personal information private and, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, will not share it with third parties, unless such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with a court order or other legal process; (b) protect your rights or our property or rights; or (c) enforce the Terms and Conditions of Use of this Site. We will request that our third-party service providers do the same. We use, and ask that our third-party service providers use, security measures (including physical, procedural, and electronic controls) to protect your information from unauthorized access.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. The cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is usually removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or personal information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Further information about cookies can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting such sites and this privacy statement does not govern such sites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
If you have any questions about this policy or the practices of our website, please write to Adopt-a-Mimi, Inc., Attention: IT, PO Box 79278, Charlotte, North Carolina 28271.