The Mueller Health Foundation Privacy Policy
The Mueller Health Foundation understands your concerns about privacy and your interest in knowing how your information is used and shared, and so we have created this Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) to provide you with more information on these topics. This Privacy Policy describes the practices and policies for our website located at www.muellerhealthfoundation.org (“Website”). This Website is owned and operated by the Mueller Health Foundation (hereinafter referred to as “MHF,” or “we” or “us”). This Privacy Policy applies only to MHF’s online information-gathering and sharing practices occurring on the Website, and does not apply to any of our practices conducted offline. By visiting the Website, you are accepting the practices and policies described in this Privacy Policy. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes. The date this Privacy Policy was last updated is stated at the end of this document.
SUMMARY
The notifications provided by this Privacy Policy include:
- What personally identifiable information we collect from you through the Website.
- How we use the information we collect.
- With whom the information may be shared.
- The kind of procedures we employ to protect the information you provide to us.
- Information related to third-party websites.
- The laws that apply to those accessing our Website from outside of the United States.
- How you can learn about changes to our privacy policies, practices and procedures.
- Special provisions related to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
You may freely visit our Website anonymously and without being required to provide us with any personal information. However, a few requests and features do require that you provide us with some personally identifying information as more particularly described below. Personal information is data that can be used to identify or contact you. Please do not send confidential information to us directly via the contact email addresses listed on this Website.
Contact Us: The Website provides “contact us” email link for questions visitors may have about the work we do and our Website. If you contact us via this email address, we will collect your email address, and any other personal information that you provide to us. We will use the information you provide to contact you and to respond to any requests and/or questions.
e-Newsletter: If you opt to receive our e-Newsletter, you will be required to provide your name and email address. You may unsubscribe from these emails at any time by using the link provided in the footer of all the email.
Grant Application: We provide organizations with the ability to apply for grants. To apply for a grant on behalf of an organization, users will be required to provide certain personally identifiable information about themselves.
Collaborate: If you opt to explore how your organization can partner with MHF, we will ask that you provide us with your name and email address, and we will use that information to respond to your request.
HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We may disclose all of the information (described herein) that we collect, as stated in this Privacy Policy including in accordance with the terms set forth in this section. MHF works with a variety of third-party partners in order to allow us to make the Website available to you, to host and store the information we collect from you, and to provide certain functionality and features.
Except as stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not reveal personally identifiable information about you to third parties for their independent use unless: (1) you expressly authorize MHF to do so, (2) it is necessary to allow MHF and its service providers or agents to provide services on MHF’s behalf, (3) it is to provide products or services to you, (4) it is disclosed to entities that perform marketing or data aggregation services for MHF, (5) MHF is required or permitted to do so for any or all of the following reasons: (i) to comply with a subpoena, legal process, government request or any other legal obligation, (ii) to prevent, investigate, detect, or prosecute criminal offenses or attacks on the technical integrity of the Website or our network, and/or (iii) to protect the rights, privacy, property, business, or safety of MHF, its partners and employees or the visitors to the Website.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY/NOTE TO PARENTS
The MHF Website does not intentionally or knowingly collect, use, or disclose personally identifiable information about visitors to our Website who are less than 13 years of age. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 13 years of age and believe that they have disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please contact us at info@muellerhealthfoundation.org and be sure to include in your message the name and email address that you believe your child submitted, if applicable.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES/LINKS
We provide links on the Website to the following social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. We provide these links as a service to you, and in order to provide you i) additional information and/or content related MHF, or ii) additional venues in which you can learn about and discuss the activities of MHF. Please note that we have no affiliation with any of these other websites, and cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection, use, and disclosure practices of such third parties. We encourage you to review and understand their privacy practices and policies, if any, before using providing any personally identifying information to them. We are not responsible for the content or information of these websites, or any other use of the linked website.
HOW WE ATTEMPT TO SAFEGUARD YOUR INFORMATION
We maintain – and ask that any third-party partners who may store information on our behalf to maintain – administrative, technical and physical safeguards for the Website designed to protect your personal information against theft, loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of the personal information that we collect from you.
USE OF THE WEBSITE FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
We do not represent or warrant that the Website, or any part thereof, is appropriate or available for use in any particular geographic location. If you choose to access our Website, you do so on your own initiative and at your own risk, and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules, and regulations applicable in your jurisdiction. The Website is hosted in the United States and is governed by United States law. If you are visiting the Website from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using the Website, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.
PRIVACY QUESTIONS AND CONTACTING US
If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or data processing, please contact us at info@muellerhealthfoundation.org.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check back regularly to see if there have been any changes to this policy, which you can determine by reviewing the Effective Date listed below. By continuing to use the Website after those changes become effective, you consent and agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, SWITZERLAND AND UNITED KINGDOM USERS
The following provisions applies only to users residing in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and provides information to your rights pursuant to General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Pursuant to GDPR, we are required to provide those residing in the EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (hereinafter, the “EU Visitors”) additional information and rights related to the “Personal Information” we collect about them. We summarize such information and rights below.
HOW TO CONTACT US
The Mueller Health Foundation , Inc., (the Data Controller) is the owner and operator of the Website. If you need to contact us for any reason related to this Privacy Policy or your use of the Website, please contact us at the following address:
The Mueller Health Foundation
75 State Street
Boston, MA 02109-1466
PURPOSE FOR INFORMATION COLLECTION
As noted in this Privacy Policy, you may visit our Website without being required to provide us with any Personal Data. However, should you decide to provide such information, the information we collect will be used to meet your requests, or to provide you with the applicable information or service requested, and as further described herein.
LEGAL GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
MHF will process personal data that we receive from EU Visitors on the ground that it is in our legitimate interest for the effective administration of the Website, or to fulfill and/or address your requests.
YOUR INFORMATION AND YOUR CHOICES; WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT
GDPR provides EU Visitors with additional rights in respect to the Personal Data we hold about you, including the right i) to be informed about the Personal Data we have collected, and ii) to have your Personal Data deleted, and iii) to lodge a complaint about our processing of your Personal Data with your local supervisory authority. Upon appropriate written request we will update or amend your Personal Data, but we reserve the right to use any information previously obtained to verify your identity or take other actions that we believe are appropriate and lawful. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
DATA RETENTION
We will retain your information for as long as needed, or otherwise as is reasonable and customary given the nature of the relationship you have with MHF.
PRIVACY POLICY EFFECTIVE DATE
This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 15, 2021.