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This privacy policy (referred to herein as “Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) discloses the privacy practices for The Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Statuary Fund, Inc. (referred to herein as MMBC). This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by our website located at mmbstatue.org, any webpage that MMBC maintains that links to this Privacy Policy, any current or future mobile applications associated with MMBC or the website, and any other online or wireless offerings that link back to this Privacy Policy (collectively, our “Services”). This Policy will notify you of:

what personal information we collect, how it may be used, and with whom it may be shared; your options regarding the use of your information; our security procedures that protect your information from misuse; and how you can correct any inaccuracies in the information you have provided us.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

Information You Provide. We are the sole owners of the information collected on this website. While using our Services, we collect information that you voluntarily give us. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

Information Collected Automatically. We may use cookies and other technologies, such as analytical tools and services to automatically collect information from you, such as your IP address, location information, web browser and operating system, and other information that your internet service provider or web browsing software automatically provides to our Services.

Cookies . Cookies are small bits of data stored on your web browser that are created whenever you visit a website on a computer or mobile device. In addition to security purposes, we use cookies to personalize your experience with our Services. If you want to opt out of this automatic data collection, you can do so via your web browser’s or mobile device’s security settings. You can learn more about cookies at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

Analytics. We may use third party analytics tools, such as Google Analytic, in order to better understand your use of our Services and the ways in which we can improve them. These analytics tools collect information such as the pages you visit on our website and how you interact with each page that you visit. For more information about how Google collects, uses, and shares your information, visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Using Your Information. We may use the information that you have provided to us or that we have collected from your browser:

• to respond to you regarding your request for a consultation;
• to create, improve, and customize our content, advertisements, and other communications;
• to respond to your inquiries and communicate with you, such as via phone calls, text messages, or emails;
• to send you newsletters, legal updates, marketing communications, changes to this Privacy Policy, and other information that may be of interest to you;
• to operate and improve our Services;
• to understand how you are using our Services, e.g. by processing and analyzing statistics;
• to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes;
• to enforce our Disclaimer; and/or
• to protect our rights, property, and the security and integrity of our business, the Services, other users, and our third party business partners and service providers.

Sharing Your Information. We may share your information with our third party business partners, service providers, co-hosts, and media partners. We may disclose personal information to comply with laws, regulations, or other legal obligations, such as to assist in an investigation, to protect and defend our rights and/or property, or the rights and/or safety of third parties, or for any additional purpose related to crime prevention. We may otherwise share your information in accordance with your consent.

Your Options for How We May Use Your Information

You may choose to opt out of any future contact from us at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number listed on our website. You may also contact us via the email address or phone number listed on our website in order to:

• find out what information we have about you, if any;
• change or correct any information we have about you;
• have us delete any information we have about you; and/or
• express any concern you have about our use of your information

Information Security

We take reasonable measures to secure and protect the information you provide and the information we automatically collect. However, we are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to us over networks that we cannot control, such as wireless networks, or information that is transmitted via a compromised device, such as a public computer or personal device with a virus.

Online Encryption Protection. Wherever we collect sensitive information, such as credit card data, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in your browser’s address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of each webpage.

Offline Information Protection. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job, such as fulfilling your request to schedule a consultation, are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers and servers we use to store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Links

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third party websites or any content that may be accessed through links that we provide for your convenience and informational benefit. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

MMBC may change this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect any applicable laws or changes in our practices and we will always post the most up-to-date version of this Privacy Policy here, on our website. By continuing to use our Services and/or communicate with us via electronic means, including via email, phone, or text message, you agree to accept any such changes to this Privacy Policy.