Protecting individual privacy is important to Friendly Mission. (“Friendly Mission”, “us” or “our” or “we”). This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) describes how we collect, use and disclose the information from you gathered through the website located at www.friendlymission.org (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy applies only to online information-gathering and sharing practices occurring on the Website. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By accessing the Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not visit or use any of the links on this Website.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes.
“Personally Identifiable Information” is information, that either alone or in combination with other information, identifies you. When we combine other information (i.e., information that does not, on its own, identify you), with Personally Identifiable Information, we treat the combined information as Personally Identifiable Information. You may freely visit our Website anonymously and without being required to provide us with any Personally Identifiable Information. However, certain requests and features do require that you provide us with some Personally Identifiable Information, as more particularly described below.
We and the service providers collect the Personally Identifiable Information set forth below in order to provide the requested services, features or resources available via the Website to you, or because we are legally required to do so. If you do not provide the Personally Identifiable Information requested, we may not be able to provide you with the requested services, features or resources. The Personally Identifiable Information we and the service providers collect includes, but is not limited to:
Friendly Mission makes certain features or services offered subject to certain information requirements. To access these areas, you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself; such as, your name, and e-mail address. Usernames and passwords are not used on our Website; however, the donate option may take you to a third party to manage monetary donations. These websites may require registration and sign on via a username and password. These items are managed under the third party’s privacy policy.
Friendly Mission offers subscription to which you could voluntarily (opt-in) submit your name, mailing address and/or email address. If you no longer wish to receive any of these emails and/or subscriptions, you may contact us at the Contact Us option on the main page.
The Website provides links for questions, support and help via Get Involved and Contact Us options. If you contact us through any of these contact forms, 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.
If you opt to donate via monetary means then you may be asked to provide the third parties with a variety of Personally Identifiable Information, and which may require that you provide them with credit card information for payment. Please note that access to these services may contain other terms and conditions, including additional terms related to the use and sharing of your Personally Identifiable Information. Please refer to the third party’s website for their privacy policy and how they may manage and use your information. We do not have any responsibility over these third-parties.
If you disclose any Personally Identifiable Information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with your use of the Website, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
When you visit the Website the servers automatically record information, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address. An IP address is a unique identifier number that certain electronic devices used to identify and to communicate with each other on the Internet; your Internet Service Provider automatically assigns an IP Address to the computer that you are using. We also may collect your browser type, referring URLs (e.g., the site you visited before coming to our Services), number of clicks, and how you interact with links on the Website, domain names associated with your internet service provider, pages viewed, and other such information. We may also collect similar information from emails sent to you which then help us track which emails are opened and which links are clicked by recipients. We use all such aforementioned information to track Website visitor movement in the aggregate, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Our goal in gathering this information is to learn how our customers and the public are using our Website. We may use this information to enhance our Website or for other lawful purposes.
When you visit the Website, we use cookies, device identifiers, and similar technologies to collect information about how you use the Website. We process the information to operate the Website and to help us better understand the features of the Website that you and other users are most interested in. Most browsers provide you with the ability to block, delete, or disable cookies, and your mobile device may allow you to disable transmission of device identifiers. If you choose to reject cookies or block device identifiers, some features of the Website may not be available, or some functionality may be limited or unavailable. Please review the help pages of your browser or mobile device for assistance with changing your settings. Every time your computer sends or receives information over the Web, the request begins with some short pieces of information called “headers.” These headers include information like what browser you are using, what language your computer is set to, and other details.
We may disclose your Personally and Non-personally Identifiable Information to:
We employ service providers to perform tasks on our behalf and to assist us in providing the Website and related services; such as, website hosting, payment processing, information technology and related infrastructure provision, email delivery, and other services.
We may disclose Personally Identifiable Information at the request of law enforcement or government agencies or in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process to establish, protect, or exercise our legal or other rights or to defend against a legal claim or as otherwise required or allowed by law, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of any other person.
To the extent you submit content to public areas of the Website, it will be available to the public and Friendly Mission and other third parties may reuse and republish or utilize such information at our discretion and in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Please understand that you submit such content at your own risk.
Search engines and other sites not affiliated with the Friendly Mission, such as archive.org or google.com, may crawl the Website and make available to the public publicly-available content and postings from the Website.
The security of your Personally Identifiable Information is important to us and we take reasonable precautions to protect it. However, notwithstanding such precautions, Friendly Mission assumes no responsibility for the security of the Services, or any data transmitted to us.
The Website are not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect Personally Identifiable Information from children under age 13. If you are under 13 years old, do not use or provide any information on or through the Website. If we learn we have collected or received Personally Identifiable Information from a child under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any personally identifiable information from or about a child under the age of 13, please contact us through our Contact Us
To the extent the Website contain links to any networked web pages and/or other websites operated by our business supporters or other third parties, the privacy policy (if any) featured on such partner, affiliate, or third party site shall control; our Privacy Policy shall not apply. We have no affiliation with any of these other parties and/or 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 practices, content or information of these websites, or any other use of the linked website.
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. Please note that 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, please be aware that 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.
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to Friendly Mission via the Contact Us link on the main page.