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Privacy Policy Notice for michiganminds.org

Your Information. Your Rights. Our Responsibilities
This privacy notice is for Network180, on behalf of its project website, michiganminds.org (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal identifying information (PII). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your PII in accordance with applicable laws when you use our services (“Services”), such as when you visit our website at michiganminds.org or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice and/or engage with us in other related ways, including sales, marketing, or events.

If you choose to provide us with your PII, through such methods as completing a web form or sending us an email, we will use that information to help us provide you with the information or service you have requested or to respond to your message. The information we may receive from you varies based on what you do when visiting our site. Submitting personally identifiable information (PII) such as name, address, telephone number, email address, etc., is voluntary and is not required to access information on our website.

We also automatically receive information when you visit our websites that are not PII. For more information, see Information Automatically Collected and Stored.

If you have any questions or comments about this Policy or our data practices, please contact us at michiganmindsempowered@gmail.com.

Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of PII when you voluntarily provide it to us:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Mailing address
  • Phone number
  • Age
  • Any other information you voluntarily submit through our website or services.

How We Use Your Information

  • We may use your PII for the following purposes:
  • To provide you with the products or services you requested.
  • To communicate with you and respond to your inquiries.
  • To send you updates, newsletters, or promotional materials (if you have opted in).
  • To improve our website, products, or services.
  • To comply with legal obligations.

Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your PII with third parties in the following circumstances:

  • With your consent.
  • To comply with legal obligations.
  • To trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website or providing services to you.
  • In connection with a business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

Information Automatically Collected and Stored
When you visit our websites, we use analytics software to automatically gather and temporarily store a variety of information about your visit. The basic information we collect during your visit includes:

  • The name of the domain you use to access the Internet;
  • The date and time of your visit to our website;
  • The pages and documents you viewed on our website;
  • The URL of the website you visited prior to ours;
  • The type and version of your Web browser and operating system; and
  • Your location at the time of your visit, down to the city-level.

We do not associate any of the data we may collect with your PII. Instead, we aggregate this data from all users’ visits to improve our website and provide a better user experience for our visitors. The aggregate data is available only to Web managers and other designated staff who require this information to perform their duties. We retain this information only for as long as needed for proper analysis.

Data Security
We implement appropriate and reasonable security measures to protect your PII from unauthorized access, disclosure, or alteration. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your data. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

Cookies
When you view our website, we may store some information on your computer in the form of a cookie. Cookies allow us to tailor our website to better match your interests and preferences. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any of your PII while on our site. You can block cookies from your computer by opting out. Blocking session cookies from your computer will not affect your access to the content and tools on our websites. Blocking multi-session or persistent cookies may affect the personalization of the information on these websites.

Your Right and Choices:
You have the right to –

  • You have the right to access and correct your PII.
  • You may opt-out of receiving promotional emails from us.
  • You can contact us to inquire about the data we hold about you or to request deletion (subject to certain exceptions provided by law).
  • File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.
    • You can complain if you feel we have violated your rights by contacting us using the information on page 1 or contacting the Network180 Privacy Officer at privacy.officer@network180.org.
    • You can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/.
    • We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.

Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect PII from children. If you believe we have collected PII from a child, please contact us to have it removed.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Network180 complies with the applicable requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Michigan law. You can learn more about your HIPAA rights and protections and our obligations in our Notice of Privacy Practices, which explains in more detail how we use and disclose your protected health information.

Record Retention
We retain the information only for as long as necessary to respond to your questions or requests, in most cases no longer than one year. We maintain and destroy information submitted electronically as required by law and record retention schedules.

Changes to the Terms of this Notice
We can change the terms of this notice, and the changes will apply to all information we have about you. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

Other Information

  • The effective date of this notice is 11/3/2023.
  • If you have any questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at michiganmindsempowered@gmail.com or contact us by mail:
    • Network180
    • 790 Fuller Ave. NE
    • Grand Rapids, MI 49503
  • If you want to contact the Network180 Privacy Officer, call 616-825-5400 or email privacy.officer@network180.org.To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit https://michiganminds.org/find-support.