PRIVACY POLICY

International Mission of Mercy (IMMUSA) is a USA based non-profit organization. The following is IMMUSA's online privacy policy, which governs how visitor information (your information) is gathered and used on IMMUSA’s Internet site(s). Please take a few minutes to read this policy carefully.

 Your Information that IMMUSA May Collect Online
You can affirmatively submit to IMMUSA certain user information pertaining to your interaction with IMMUSA. User information may include a search query (such as the name and location of a business or charity) or other information as described more fully below.  You can also provide location information (so that you can search near you or in an area you specify), or donation information.  We also may infer your geographic location based on your IP address or other information.  User information may also include information pertaining to any inquiry or complaint, such as your name, postal and e-mail address, phone and facsimile numbers.

 

When you submit a comment to a blog post on the IMMUSA website, you also submit your name and email address.  When you subscribe to IMMUSA email, you submit your name and other contact information. IMMUSA may also collect information from a business that inquires about conference attendance or program participation, some of which could constitute identifying information about charities.

IMMUSA website(s) are not designed with the purpose of attracting any person under age 13. IMMUSA does not knowingly collect or maintain any personal information from children under the age of 13.

How IMMUSA Uses Your Information
We will use information you affirmatively submit to IMMUSA for the purpose for which it is submitted, such as to reply to your email, handle your complaint, publish your comment, and donation transactions, register your participation in an event, respond to requests related to program participation. We may also use such information to provide operational notices, in program record-keeping and to conduct research on industry marketplace practices. We may publish aggregate data, but the aggregate data will not include any unique information you provided to us.  We may contact individuals registering for events with information about other non-profit opportunities.

 

We may use third party contractors to act on our behalf, and these contractors are obligated to not disclose or use your information for other purposes.

​At certain points where your information is collected on our site, there may be a box where you may indicate you would like to be on a mailing list to receive information about IMMUSA or its affiliated organizations. This election box only appears in places where the service collecting your information maintains such lists. You can remove your name from a IMMUSA mailing list by utilizing the appropriate unsubscribe feature contained in the emails.

Cookies and Other Persistent Identifiers
IMMUSA or third parties we contract with may use persistent identifiers such as cookies, embedded scripts, beacons, tags and similar technologies for a number of purposes, such as to provide easier site navigation, access to forms, analytics and advertising. You can still use IMMUSA’s website(s) if you have set your browser to reject cookies, but it may prevent you from viewing or accessing some of the features of our sites.

 

Uses of Persistent Identifiers for Analysis and Advertising
IMMUSA or third parties may use identifiers to generate certain kinds of site usage data, such as the number of hits and visits to our sites. This information is used to understand how visitors use our sites and provide better services to you. IMMUSA or third parties may also use identifiers to personalize the display of sponsorships or advertisements and customize the content you see while using our sites and sometimes while visiting other websites (see Your Ad Choices below).

 

IMMUSA may transfer, or allow third parties to collect, analytic information about your visit to IMMUSA website(s) to help us improve our websites and better serve you when you visit us online in the future.  Analytic information may include such identifiers as your browser type, IP address, referring site URL, web pages you view and links you click on while navigating within our sites.

Your Ad Choices
IMMUSA may allow third parties to collect and use information about your browsing activity on our website in order to serve you more relevant ads based on your interests. IMMUSA adheres to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising, which provide consumers with notice and choice about interest-based advertising.

 

International Transfers
If you are visiting our site from outside the United States, be aware that your information will be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located within the United States.  The collection, use, retention and any other processing of your information will be governed by United States law.