Privacy Policy
This Website Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies to the Website of The Mimi Washington Starrett Foundation, Inc. (“we” and “us”) located at www.mwstarrettfoundation.org (the “Website”), however the Website is accessed and/or used, whether via personal computers, mobile devices or otherwise. We are committed to protecting the privacy and accuracy of confidential information to the extent possible, subject to provisions of state and federal law. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy apply only to information gathered online at our Website. They do not apply to information that you may submit to us offline or to websites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we may link.
Although there are many applications and websites that collect information and other statistics about their users, we currently do not collect any personal information about you when you visit this site. We have the right to change this policy at any point, and will update the policy to reflect any changes made.
Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website that you visit and stored on your computer's hard drive. Like many websites, we use “cookies” to collect information. This is anonymous statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual. You can look into how to instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent if this collection of cookies information is of concern to you. There is a ‘Help’ option on most browsers which will tell you how to disable cookies and prevent your computer from accepting new cookies in the future. Keep in mind that disabling cookies may affect your ability to properly interact with certain features on our website.
As a general matter, you can browse the Website without submitting your personal information to us. However, there are a number of circumstances in which you may need to provide us with your personal information. The following lists the most common ways in which we collect your personal information:
- When you register for an account on the Website;
- When you sign up to receive e-mail newsletters from us;
- When you register for and participate in our programs, activities, initiatives, and events;
- When you request information or assistance;
- In conjunction with processing your grant applications;
- When you participate with our social media accounts;
- In conjunction with any verification of your account information; and
- When you communicate with us through the Website.
In addition, when you interact with the Website, our servers or analytical software may keep an activity log that does not identify you individually to track and evaluate the usage of our Website. These automated analytical tools use cookies and other tracking technologies to perform their intended services. We use this information to evaluate the efficacy of the structure of our Website and try to adjust it accordingly to better you user experience.
The information you provide us with, or we collect from your use of the Website, we utilize solely for our own benefit. We do not sell or rent your data to anyone. If we engage in an acquisition, sale, or merger with another entity, then that specific entity may gain access to your information.
No data transmission over the internet can be 100 percent secure; therefore, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information submitted on or to the Website. Nevertheless, we have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used, accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, and third-party service providers who need to know that information in order to provide services to us and yourself. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. We have put in place procedures to address any personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically if it is of interest to you. Your continued use of our website after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions or concerns about the Privacy Policy or would like to inquire about having your personal data removed, please contact us at 908-440-7149.