MFO Foundation 

Privacy Policy

MAISON FORTUNÉ ORPHANAGE FOUNDATION PRIVACY POLICY

Maison Fortuné Orphanage Foundation respects your privacy. We collect information to support our relationship with you, improve our services, and communicate about projects or special needs. Maison Fortuné Orphanage Foundation recognizes that we must maintain and use information responsibly.

PRIVACY POLICY OVERVIEW

This policy describes what personal information we collect and how we use it.

We collect information from you when you visit and take actions on our website. We use this information to provide the services you’ve requested. We use cookies to provide a better experience. We use tools like Google Analytics to improve our site. Except for the purposes outlined below, we will not trade, share, or sell your personal information with anyone. Refer to the policy for complete details.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us.

INFORMATION COLLECTION

We collect information when you visit our website, create an account, and make a donation.  Some of this information is technical information that is automatically logged by our servers.

CREATING A MFOFOUNDATION.ORG ACCOUNT

When you create an account on our website, we collect basic information about you – your name and email address. You can choose to provide additional information, such as your mailing address, etc.

MAKING A DONATION

When you make an online donation on mfofoundation.org, we collect personal information such as your name, billing address, and email address, if you have not already provided these details. All secure credit card information is collected and processed using the third party provider PayPal, their use of your information is based on their terms of service and policies, not ours, so we encourage you to review those policies carefully.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Like most websites, our servers automatically collect certain technical information when you visit our site, including your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your visit, the referring URL, and, if you have visited our Site before, one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We also collect information about your activities on the site, such as the pages you access.

In order to collect this information, the site places a cookie on your hard drive. A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features or services may not function properly without cookies.

In addition, we use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of this site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, what other sites they used prior to coming to this site, and Interest-based advertising or 3rd-party audience data (such as age, gender and interests). We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve this site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using Google Ads Settings.

USE OF INFORMATION

Maison Fortune Orphanage Foundation uses the personal information that you provide, and the technical information logged by our servers to:

·       contact you regarding your donation(s) and other aspects of the service;

·       operate the site and our business; and

·       compile aggregate statistics that allow us to understand how visitors use our site, and to make improvements in design and content to better serve you.

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will share your personal information with our agents, representatives, service providers and contractors in order to process your donations, offer you services in connection with our website, communicate news and information about Maison Fortune Orphanage Foundation, provide customer service, and enhance and improve customers’ donor experiences. These service providers are authorized to use your information only to the extent necessary to serve these purposes, or as otherwise authorized by this policy. Except for the purposes outlined herein, we will not trade, share, or sell a donor’s personal information with anyone else. This policy applies to donor information collected by the Maison Fortune Orphanage Foundation through all channels, including online and offline donations.

We will not disclose your personal information without your consent, unless: (1) we need to respond to a subpoena, court order or legal process; (2) an emergency situation requires disclosure before your permission can be obtained (e.g., situations involving potential threats to personal safety), or; (3) we determine that disclosure is needed to protect our rights or property, or the rights or property of another person.

We may share aggregated demographic and statistical information with our other partners. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN UNDER 13

Mfofoundation.org is a general audience website, and does not collect information about a visitor’s age. We do, from time to time, partner with other organizations to educate children about philanthropy in general and our work in particular. In those cases, we do not collect personal information from a visitor on pages specifically designed for children.

OPT-OUT OR CHANGE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION

You can unsubscribe from Maison Fortune Orphanage Foundation communications at any time by sending an unsubscribe email as described at the bottom of every Maison Fortune Orphanage Foundation communications.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Other websites, including those of our partners (links to which appear on mfofoundation.org), have their own privacy policies. When you provide personal information at one of those sites, you are subject to the privacy policy of the operator of that site, not the Maison Fortune Orphanage Foundation privacy policy. We encourage you to read that policy before submitting any personal information.

You should take additional steps to safeguard your personal information online. To learn more about how to protect yourself, visit the Federal Trade Commission website.

SECURITY

Maison Fortune Orphanage Foundation understands the importance of keeping your information secure and confidential. We have implemented policies and procedures designed to help safeguard your information. When you make a donation, information is routed to the PayPal website, PayPal is a licensee of the TRUSTe Web Privacy Program. To view PayPal’s relationship with TRUSTe, please visit the validation page visible by clicking here.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

Our privacy policy is regularly reviewed to make sure we continue to serve the privacy interests of our customers. If our information practices change materially, we will post the policy changes on the privacy page of this website to notify you of these changes. Please check our website periodically for more information on how we use the data we collect.

CONTACT US

You may contact us by using the “Contact Us” links on our site. We try to reply promptly to every message we receive. This information is used to respond directly to your questions or comments. We also may file your comments and share them with our customer care team to improve our service in the future.

LAST MODIFIED: Nov 3, 2016