Last Updated 9/27/2019

Protecting your personal information is a priority for us. This privacy policy (“Policy“) describes how Friends of Rochester, MN Stake, a website operated out of Minnesota (“Us“ or “We” or “Our” or “Ourselves”) collect, use, protect or otherwise handle the personal information of users of this website friendsofrochestermnstake.com (the “Site“). This Policy also applies to any other websites or individuals that share our content or post the Policy.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM PEOPLE THAT VISIT THE SITE?

In order to provide you with information, reply to messages sent through the Contact page, and to optimize our search engine results, you may automatically provide or be asked to provide personal information, such as your name, email address, or other personal information and details.

WHEN DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION?

If you visit the Site, decide to subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a contact form, comment on blog posts, respond to a survey, or provide any information or content, We will collect information from you.

WHAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION MIGHT WE COLLECT?

This policy attempts to be all inclusive, and list all the different ways We may collect your information, even if We are not currently doing so.

We get information about you in the following range of ways:

Information You Give Us and We Record. We may collect your name, postal address, email address, phone number, fax number, username, password, demographic information (such as your gender and occupation) as well as other information you directly give Us on the Site. This is information you actively submitted to Us. In each such case you will know what personal data you provide to Us because you actively and voluntarily submit the data. If you volunteer, sign up for a workshop or event, or provide information in order to participate at your own initiative, We will collect information so that We may complete registration and/or plan and execute events. We may gather additional personal or non-personal information from you in the future.

Information We Get From Others. We may get information about you from other sources. We may add this to information We get from this Site.

Information Automatically Collected. We automatically log information about you and your computer. This is passively submitted data. For example, when visiting the Site, We log your computer operating system type, IP address, browser type, operating system, the date and time of each visitor request, information you search on the Site, browser language, the website you visited before browsing to the Site, pages you viewed, how long you spent on a page, access times and information about your use of and actions on the Site, and other information collected by cookies or similar technologies. This information is used for the operation of the Site, to maintain the quality of Our events and the Site, and to provide Us general information and statistics regarding how the Site is used. When providing personal data about anyone other than yourself, you must first obtain the other person’s informed consent if his or her consent is legally required.

We encourage you to review the privacy policy statements of any and all websites you choose to access that are linked to from the Site so that you can also understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or other content on websites outside of Our Site.

Cookies. We may log information using “cookies.” Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on the Site. This type of information is collected to make the Site more useful to you and to tailor the experience with Us to meet your special interests and needs.

OPTING OUT OF SHARED PERSONAL INFORMATION

If you or someone else has provided Us with your personal contact information and you would like to request that We do not contact you further, please follow the unsubscribe or opt-out procedures provided on the specific site, newsletter, email notification, or please contact Us at [email protected] or send Us a message on the Site Contact page.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We may use your personal information in the following ways:

To contact you and others, including replying to messages you sent.
To help Us in humanitarian, volunteer, community events, communication, missionary work, workshops and teaching, and other operational and administrative purposes.
To fulfill requests that you make.
To create and maintain volunteer or involvement records.
To seek your voluntary feedback.
To evaluate eligibility to participate in events, missionary service, or volunteer work.
To operate, maintain, and improve my sites, products, and services to better serve you as the end user.
To process, administer, and deliver contest entries and rewards, promotions, or other site features.
To respond to comments and questions and provide exceptional customer service to you and all my visitors.
To send information including email confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.
To communicate with you about upcoming events, opportunities, and other news.
To link or combine user information with other personal information.
To protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity.
To provide and deliver services that you and other customers request or may need.
To personalize your experience with the Site, and allow Us to provide you with the information and service offerings that are most interesting and valuable to you.
To comply with applicable laws and exercise legal rights as the basis for Our data processing.
For internal purposes, including auditing, data analysis, system troubleshooting, and research. In these cases, We base our processing on legitimate interests in providing uplifting events and activities to Our members and the community.

SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share personal information as follows:

We may share personal information with your consent.
We may share personal information when We have an event or meeting to discuss the purposes, operations, and maintenance of the Site.
We may share personal information for legal, protection, and safety purposes.
We may share information to comply with federal or state laws.
We may share information to respond to lawful requests and legal processes.
We may share information to exercise or defend legal rights; to take precautions against liability; to protect the rights, property, or safety of the resource of any individual or of the general public; to maintain and protect the security and integrity of Our Site and events and purposes; to protect Us and Our services and Site from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses; to investigate and defend Ourselves against third-party claims or allegations; or to assist government law enforcement agencies.
We may share information to protect the rights and property of the Site, our leaders, members, community, and others. This includes enforcing Our agreements, policies, and terms of use.
We may share information in an emergency. This includes protecting the safety of Our leaders, members, community, or any person.
We may share information with those who need it to do paid or volunteer work for Us.
We may also share aggregated and/or anonymized data with others for their own uses.
We may share personal data to third parties for their processing in performing functions on our behalf as data processors (e.g., data analysis, hosting, data-driven social media messaging, surveys, etc.). In these situations, the providers will be contractually required to protect personal data from being shared, from additional processing (including for marketing purposes), and from transfer.
We may share your personal information with other members and leaders as necessary for the Site and corresponding event purposes. You may opt out of sharing information or limit the optional information you share by contacting Us.

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We implement a variety of security procedures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you visit the Site or access your personal information. We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

In addition, We conduct periodic and regular scans of the Site to detect security holes and known vulnerabilities. This includes the use of regular Malware Scanning.

We also use technical and organization measures to protect your personal information against loss, misuse, and unauthorized alteration and to protect its confidentiality. We occasionally review our security procedures and consider appropriate new security technology and methods. However, because we cannot guarantee the complete security of your personal information, please use caution when submitting personal data on the Site or when communicating with Us.

WHAT ABOUT ‘COOKIES’? DO WE USE THEM?

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). This enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

For instance, We will use cookies to help Us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that We can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

So to summarize, We will use cookies to:

Help Us provide better services, events, and resources to you or other people now and in the future.
Keep track of event and contact information.
Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on Our behalf.

WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT COOKIES?

You can turn cookies off if you choose, or you can set your web browser to warn you each time a cookie is being sent. You do this through your browser settings. Since each web browser is a little different, you will need to review your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify or turn off your cookies.

Be aware that if you turn cookies off, some features of the Site may be disabled. This in turn may affect your experience in that your site experience will not be as efficient and the Site may not function properly.

However, you will still be able to peruse the website as you choose.

DISCLOSURES TO THIRD PARTIES

We do not sell, rent or lease its user lists to third parties.

We may use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other events, resources, information, or services available from Us and our members and leaders. If you opt into Our email list, We may also send you surveys to conduct research regarding your opinions of current services, events, resources, and experiences or potential new services, events, and resources that We may offer.

We may share Our data with trusted partners and vendors to help perform statistical analysis, send email, postal mail, or text messages, provide user support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Us, and they are required to keep all of your personal and sensitive information confidential.

We will not disclose any of your personal information unless required to do so by law. In that event, you will not receive any notice of such a disclosure, and We will only make such a disclosure if We believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to: 1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served during our events or the site; 2) protect and defend the rights and property of Us, the Site, our members, and our leaders; and, 3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public at large.

We may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of our external or public relations regarding a particular event, offering, service, or resource that may be of interest to you.

CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared.

For more information regarding CalOPPA, visit: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA, We agree to the following:

Users can visit Our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, We will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering Our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can be easily be found on the page specified above.

You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes by visiting this page.

If you become a log-in member of this site, you can change your personal information by logging in to your account and changing it.

DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS

We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

We DO allow third-party behavioral tracking.

CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE (COPPA)

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. This Site and its content are directed to individuals who are at least 13 years of age or older.

INFORMATION CHOICES AND CHANGES

Our emails communication subscriptions tell you how to “opt-out.” If you opt out, We may still send you non-subscription emails.

You may send requests about personal information to Our Contact Information below. You can request to change contact choices, opt-out of Our sharing with others, and update your personal information.

CONTACT INFORMATION

We welcome your comments or questions about this privacy policy. You may also contact Us using the “Contact” page on the Site or via Our email address: [email protected].

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may occasionally change and update this privacy policy to reflect Site and member feedback. If We make any changes, We will change the Last Updated date above and below. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement to remain informed of how We are protecting your information.

SITE TERMS OF USE

By using Our Site, you consent to Our Site Terms of Use available HERE.

Date of last revision: 9/27/2019