My Joyful Heart (herein after called MJH) is committed to your privacy and
security online. This Privacy Policy describes MJH's online information
collection practices.
Visiting Our web site
You can browse our site anonymously without
identifying yourself during your visit. We will obtain information that
personally identifies you when you specifically choose to provide it. For
example, during your visits to our websites, you may request information,
contact us, make donations, or purchase MJH products or services. You will then
need to give us certain personal information just as you would if you were
communicating with us in person, by mail or by telephone. Be assured that we
maintain electronic security safeguards to help protect personal information
about you that we obtain via the Internet.
How We Collect Information Online
When you visit our site we may ask you to
"sign-in," complete a survey, or answer simple questions. These may
include questions such as where you live, your e-mail address and your interest
in receiving e-mail from MJH. We collect this information so that we can
determine what kinds of products and services are of most interest to you.
Online Tracking
We may track activity and transactions on an
individually identifiable basis if you apply for or use a MJH product or
service online. We may use identification information we collect in order to
protect against actual or potential fraud. In order to constantly improve our
web site and better serve our customers online, MJH may use various tracking
methods (such as cookies and other technologies, etc.) to gather information
about site visitors' browsing activities.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small amounts of data that
a web site can send to a web browser on a visitor's computer. The cookie is
stored on a visitor's computer. A cookie may enable the site holder to track
how a visitor navigates through its site and the areas in which they show
interest. This is similar to a traffic report: it tracks trends and behaviors,
but does not identify individuals. Information gathered may include date and
time of visits, pages viewed, time spent at the site, and the site visited just
before and just after the MJH site.
Types of Cookies
Cookies can be set to expire: on a specified date
after a specific period of time when a transaction has been completed or when a
user turns off his/her browser.
A cookie that is erased from memory when a visitor's browser closes is called a
"session" cookie. Cookies that expire based on a time set by the Web
server are called "persistent" cookies.
Persistent cookies may be used in some cases, for example, to recognize when a
visitor returns to a web site. The web browser will send the cookie information
from the initial visit back to the web site. This is useful to the visitor if
he or she has established a password at a particular web site and wants to be
identified by that site to perform a function or transaction.
To browse anonymously, you may set your browser to disable cookies or delete
cookies. Please note that disabling cookies for some services will impact
ability to use that service.
Refusing Cookies on MJH's web site
Customers may choose not to accept cookies. Your
web browser may alert and permit you to refuse cookies. When you receive an
alert, you may choose at that time to refuse that cookie. If the use of cookies
is a concern to you, then please make sure your browser has this capability,
and that you set your browser to alert you accordingly. Newer browser versions
allow you to be alerted or to automatically refuse cookies. You may need to
download a more current version of your web browser from your service provider
in order to obtain this option.
Note: Some product features and services provided by MJH require you to accept
a cookie in order to be able to use the particular functionality or service.
These cookies are used to establish a link between the user and the application
server. The cookies contain unique session IDs, and no customer data is stored
on the cookies.
How We Protect the Information We Collect
MJH takes a number of steps to protect the privacy
of information we collect about you.
Here are some examples.
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We keep information under physical, electronic and procedural controls that
comply with federal standards. These controls help keep
information from being changed or destroyed.
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We authorize people to get information about you only when they need it to do
their work for MJH.
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We require companies working for us to protect information. They agree to use
it only to provide the services we ask them to perform for you and for
us.
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We May Share the Information We Collect with Third Parties
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We may share information about you as required or permitted by law. This allows
us to share for legal and routine business reasons.
Here are some examples.
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We may share information with regulators and law enforcement officials.
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We may share information to protect you, MJH and others against fraud.
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We may share information with your consent.
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We may share information with others that provide services to you or to us.
E-mail Communications
If you choose to send us an e-mail message, we may
retain the content of the e-mail, your e-mail address, and our response in
order to service your needs.
If you agree to receive e-mail offers or e-mail messages from MJH, we may use
the data that you provide to send you e-mail offers that may be of special
interest to you. If you unsubscribe from these e-mail messages, you will not
receive these messages from MJH via e-mail.
Please note that some MJH services or online programs require a valid e-mail
address in order to register and/or continue use of the service. You will
receive e-mail alerts or notification messages from these programs unless you
un-enroll from these services. To learn more about these services and how to
update your preferences, log onto your MJH user profile.
E-mail Opt Out
If you no longer wish to receive e-mail offers or solicitations from MJH, you
may unsubscribe by following the instructions in the original e-mail you
received. The instructions are generally located at the bottom of the e-mail.
If you receive e-mails from third parties or program partners on behalf of MJH,
please be sure to unsubscribe through the instructions in the e-mail or contact
these third parties directly.
If you opt out of e-mail solicitations, MJH reserves the right to contact you
via e-mail to service and maintain your user profile. For example, we may
notify you about fraudulent activity on your user profile, respond to any
customer inquiries or requests, or alert you to web site changes or outages.
E-mail Tips
Do not provide your e-mail address to third party
websites without reading the privacy and security policies and terms and
conditions of these sites to ensure you understand the circumstances in which
your e-mail address will be used.
If you suspect suspicious or fraudulent activity related to your account(s),
please let your account provider know right away. You should also contact your
Internet Service Provider so they may block suspicious messages from your
e-mail inbox. To learn more about how to control and manage your incoming
e-mails, please refer to your Internet Service Providers' online resources. You
may also visit the Federal Trade Commission's web site on spam at
www.ftc.gov/spam.
Links to Third Party Sites
MJH is not responsible for the information
practices employed by sites linked to or from our web site. In most cases,
links to non-MJH websites are provided solely as pointers to information on
topics that may be useful to the users of the MJH web site. Since third party
websites may have different privacy policies and/or security standards
governing their sites, we advise you to review the privacy policies and terms
and conditions of these sites prior to providing any personal information.
Children's Online Privacy
Protecting children on the Internet is very
important to us. For that reason, MJH does not intentionally collect
information at our websites from those we actually know are under 13, and no
part of our web site is intended to attract anyone under 13. Parents can be
proactive and limit web site access to their children by installing filtering
software.Children's access to the Internet can permit them to visit
inappropriate websites and be exposed to unnecessary risks. The Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) protects children under the age of 13
from the online collection of personal information. Learn more about COPPA at
the Federal Trade Commission's web site for children's privacy at
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/index.html and by viewing
the following link on How to Protect Kids' Privacy Online.
Updates to this Privacy Policy
From time to time, we may change our Policy. If we
do so, we will tell you. Our Policy is always available at www.myjoyfulheart.org/privacy.html.
Alerting Us to Your Privacy Choices
You may contact us to provide us with updates to
your privacy choices. Also, you may tell us not to contact you. To do so, send
an e-mail to information@myjoyfulheart.org,
or contact us at [to come]. Please allow four to six weeks for your request to
take effect.
If you change your privacy choices, you may still get communications from us
when you contact us. You may also get offers in connection with our maintaining
and servicing your user account.
