MAMES Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
We
collect both "Personal Information"
and "Anonymous Information"
about our users. Personal Information is information that can be used to
contact or identify you, such as your full name, street address, date of birth,
email address and phone number, as well as information that is linked to such
information. Anonymous Information is information that cannot be used to
contact or identify you and is not linked to information that can be used to do
so. It includes passively collected
information about your activities on the Website and Service, such as usage
data, to the extent that information is not linked to your Personal
Information.
Website
visitors can access and browse a majority of the Website without disclosing
Personal Information, although, like most website providers, we may passively
collect certain information from your devices, such as your IP address, browser
information and/or unique device identifier (“UDID”).
We collect Personal Information that you voluntarily
provide to us during your use of the Website and/or Service, including, without
limitation, when you submit an application for membership or volunteering, or
submit a comment via the Contact Us page.
We
may collect information from your use of the Website and Service, including
your hardware model, browser type, operating system, Internet Protocol (IP)
address and domain name. If you are using a mobile device, MAMES may also receive your UDID, or another unique identifier,
and mobile operating system. We may correlate this information with other
Personal Information we have about you. We
also use tools such as cookies to gather information. A “Cookie” is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored
on your computer while you are browsing the website.
2. How We Use Your Information
a. Personal
Information
We
may use your Personal Information for the following representative purposes:
·
Review
and process your application for membership
·
Post
your member information, if you have provided permission to do so
·
Review
and process your application for volunteering
·
Respond
to comments submitted via the Contact Us page
·
Post
job openings
·
Send
communications and administrative emails
·
Personalize
and tailor the features, performance and support of the Website and Service
·
Improve
the quality of the Website and Service and perform internal operations,
including fraud detection
·
Analyze,
benchmark and conduct research on user data and interactions with the Service
We
may use Anonymous Information for the following representative purposes:
·
Perform
internal operations on the Website
·
Improve
the Website and Service and customize the user experience
·
Aggregate
the information collected via Cookies and similar technologies to use in
statistical analysis to help us track trends and analyze patterns.
3. How We Share and Disclose
Information
We
know how important it is to keep your information confidential. We will not
rent, sell or share your Personal Information with third parties except as
specifically approved by you at the time of disclosure or under the
circumstances described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not want us to use or disclose Personal Information collected
about you in the ways identified in this Privacy Policy, you may choose not to
use the Website or provide your Personal Information at any time.
In
addition to using the information collected by us for the purposes described in
Section 2 above, we may also share your information as described below. Please
review our sharing policy closely, especially with respect to your Personal
Information.
a. Service
Providers
We
share Personal Information with vendors, consultants and other third party
service providers who perform services on behalf of - and at the request of - MAMES,
including without limitation, developers and site administrators. MAMES has
selected companies who maintain high standards with respect to privacy and
agree to use the Personal Information only to perform specific services on
behalf of MAMES and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Privacy Policy.
b. Compliance
with Laws, Law Enforcement and Safety
We
may disclose information we have collected about you if required to do so by
law or if we, in our sole discretion, believe that disclosure is reasonable to
comply with the law, requests or orders from law enforcement, or any legal
process (whether or not such disclosure is required by applicable law), or to
protect or defend MAMES', or a third party's, rights or
property.
Aggregated
Anonymous Information is the combination of your Anonymous Information with the
Anonymous Information of other Users (“Aggregated
Anonymous Information”). Aggregated Anonymous Information does not allow
you to be identified or contacted. We may share such Aggregated Anonymous
Information with third parties.
d. Business
transactions
We
may share all or some of your Personal Information with any of our
subsidiaries, joint venturers, or other companies under common control, in
which case we will require them to honor this Privacy
Policy. Additionally, in the event we undergo a business transition
such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion
of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred.
You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy
Policy, and that any entity that acquires us, is merged with us or that
acquires our assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set
forth in this Privacy Policy.
4. Your
Choices
By submitting Personal Information, you
consent to receive certain communications from us. You may modify or opt out of
receiving messages sent for marketing purposes, or certain other
communications, by following the unsubscribe instructions in such messages.
Please note that despite any indicated marketing preferences, we may send you
administrative emails regarding the Website or Service, including, for example,
notices of updates to our Privacy Policy.
You
may revise your Personal Information by contacting us directly at contact@mamesociety.org. However, please note that we may be
required to maintain certain Personal Information, or to maintain certain
Personal Information for a period of time, in which case we will comply with
your deletion request only after we have fulfilled such requirements. When we
delete any information, it will be deleted from our active database, but may
remain in our archives. We may retain your information for fraud detection or
similar purposes. Note that if we have already disclosed some of your Personal
Information to third parties, we cannot access that Personal Information any
longer and cannot compel the deletion or modification of any such information
by the parties to whom we have made those disclosures.
6. Children
This Website is not
directed to or intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly
solicit, collect or maintain information from those we actually know are under
13, and no part of our Website is targeted to attract anyone under 13. We also
do not send e-mail correspondence to anyone who advises that they are under the
age of 13. If we later obtain actual
knowledge that a user is under 13 years of age we will take steps to remove
that user’s Personal Information from our systems. If
you are the parent or guardian of a child whom you believe has disclosed
Personal Information to us, please contact us at contact@mamesociety.org so that we may delete and remove such
information from our system.
We
are concerned with safeguarding your information. We employ reasonable
administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect your
information from unauthorized access. We will make any legally required
disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of
your unencrypted electronically stored "personal data" (as defined in
applicable state statutes on security breach notification) to you via email and/or
conspicuous posting on the Website in the most expedient time possible and
without unreasonable delay, insofar as it is consistent with (i) the legitimate
needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope
of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system. Although
guaranteed security does not exist either on or off the Internet, we make
commercially reasonable efforts to make the collection and security of such
information consistent with this Privacy Policy and all applicable laws and
regulations. Your consent to such purpose remains valid after termination
of our relationship with you.
8. Changes
to Our Privacy Policy
We
reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy
Policy at any time and without prior notice, and any changes will become
effective immediately upon being posted unless we advise you otherwise.
However, we will not use your Personal Information in a way that is adverse and
materially different from the uses described in this Privacy Policy without
giving you an opportunity to opt out.
Your continued use of the Service after this Privacy Policy has been
amended shall be deemed to be your continued acceptance of the terms and conditions
of the Privacy Policy, as amended. We encourage you to bookmark this webpage
and review this Privacy Policy regularly.
9. California Privacy Rights
Under
California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents have the right to
request in writing from businesses with whom they have an established business
relationship: (i) a list of the categories of Personal Information, such as
name, address, e-mail address, and the type of services provided to that
individual, that a business has disclosed to third parties (including
affiliates that are separate legal entities) during the immediately preceding
calendar year for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes, and (ii) the
names and addresses of all such third parties. To request the above
information, California residents can email us at contact@mamesociety.org.
If
you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, you can contact us via
email at contact@mamesociety.org or write to us at The Myanmar American
Medical Education Society, Inc., PO Box 740576, Rego Park, NY 11374-0576.