Privacy Policy

At the Minnesota AIDS Project, we are committed to protecting your privacy online. Our privacy policy explains the information practices we use at mnaidsproject.org related to:

1. How we use the information you provide via this Web site
2. How we protect your information
3. How to correct information you provided
4. How to contact us about privacy
5. E-mail confidentiality
6. Links on our Web site
7. Legally Required Disclosures
8. Effective Date and changes to policy

1. How we use the information you provide Minnesota AIDS Project:

When you volunteer online: Our volunteer forms ask you to give us contact information (such as your name and email address) and geographic information (such as your zip code). We also ask you to tell us how you want to help the organization.

We use this information to send you information about the organization and to help match your interests to organization activities. If you provide your phone number, we may call you. You may remove your name and personal information from any list by contacting us at 612-341-2060 or unsubscribe@mnaidsproject.org. We will NOT share your information with other organizations.

When you contribute money online: Federal law requires us to collect and report some information (such as your name, address, the amount of your contribution, your credit card number for credit card contributions, etc.).

When you complete the online donation form: We ask you to select topics that interest you. These topics may include, but are not limited to, the Minnesota AIDS Walk, volunteer opportunities, planned giving, and public policy activities. Based on your selection, you may be contacted by us for future involvement at MAP. You may remove your name and personal information from our mailing lists at any time by contacting us at 612-341-2060 or unsubscribe@mnaidsproject.org. We will NOT share your information with other organizations.

When you complete our online AIDS quiz: We do not request or store any personal information about you from the online AIDS quiz. You are NOT asked to submit personal information such as a name, address or telephone number. If you visit another section of our Web site and provide contact information, you may receive organizational updates. You may remove your name and personal information from our mailing lists at any time by contacting us at 612-341-2060 or unsubscribe@mnaidsproject.org. We will NOT share your information with other organizations.

When you subscribe for organization updates: We will use your email address to send you organization updates. You may remove your name from our mailing lists at any time by contacting us at 612-341-2060 or unsubscribe@mnaidsproject.org. We do NOT share our mailing lists with other organizations.

If you sign up for one of our mailing lists: We collect your email address, street address, state and zip code. We use email addresses to send you updates on upcoming organization events and actions. You may remove your email address and personal information from all of our lists by contacting us at 612-341-2060 or unsubscribe@mnaidsproject.org. We do NOT share our mailing lists with other organizations.

Cookies: A cookie is a tiny text file that might be stored on your computer by mnaidsproject.org. We may use cookies to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences you have specified. When you visit mnaidsproject.org, we can only access the information that we stored in your cookie file. We cannot access any information stored in a cookie set by other Web sites. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information. No other site can access the cookie information we set in the cookie file.

IP Addresses and Log File Data: We log IP addresses, or the location of your computer or network on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We also use IP addresses in the aggregate to track which pages people visit in order to improve the quality of the site. We do NOT tie this information to other information you submit.

Information on Children: The Minnesota AIDS Project Web site does not ask children under the age of 13 for any information that can be used to identify the child. We do NOT knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13.

Our Use of Other Organizations' Lists: On occasion, we may rent postal mailing lists from other organizations. If your name appears on one of these lists, you may receive non-electronic mailings from us. We do NOT share our own mailing lists with other organizations. You may remove your email address and personal information from all of our lists by contacting us at 612-341-2060 or unsubscribe@mnaidsproject.org.

2. How we protect your information:
Our Web site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our server is located in a locked, secure environment 24 hours a day.

When you contribute online, we use a secure server and SSL to protect your credit card number and other personal information during transmission.

SSL is short for Secure Sockets Layer; a protocol developed by Netscape for secure transmission of private information over the Internet. SSL works by using a private key to encrypt data that are transmitted over the SSL connection. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer browsers support SSL, and Web sites use SSL when users transmit confidential information such as credit card numbers. Web pages that require an SSL connection start with https: instead of http. SSL uses 128-bit encryption within the United States and 64-bit encryption internationally. We store important information such as credit cards on servers that are not accessible to the Internet. For more information on SSL, please visit the Netscape Web site: http://home.netscape.com/security/techbriefs/ssl.html.

We currently utilize Convio.com (http://www.convio.com) system for our online contributions. Detailed security information is available at this Web site.

3. Correcting Your Information:
Unless you choose to register for an event or as an advocate purchase tickets or donate online, the Minnesota AIDS Project Web site does not require you to register nor do we assign you a password. If you need to correct the information you have provided us, please send an email to privacy@mnaidsproject.org. You can also call 612-341-2060 with your new information.

4. Contacting us about privacy:
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we may collect from you online, the practices of this Web site or your interaction with this Web site, send email to: privacy@mnaidsproject.org

You can also reach us via US Mail at:
MAP Web Site
Minnesota AIDS Project
1400 Park Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
T: 612-341-2060
F: 612-341-4057

5. E-mail confidentiality:
The confidentiality of information sent over the Internet cannot be guaranteed. Your email, like most non-encrypted Internet communications, may be accessed and viewed without your knowledge or permission while in transit to us. Therefore, while we take reasonable precautions to safeguard the confidentiality of your email, we cannot guarantee the security of any email correspondence sent to us. If you consider the information you are communicating to be confidential, please do not use email. You may want to call us at the MAP AIDSLine at 612-373-2437, toll-free at 1-800-248-2437 or TTY at 1-888-820-2437.

6. Links on our Web site:
We may from time to time establish links from our Web site to other Web sites. The Minnesota AIDS Project is not able to review all of the content in these Web sites and therefore is not responsible for those contents. Any link established by MAP does not in any respect whatsoever constitute an endorsement of the other Web sites or create a relationship between MAP and the operators of other Web sites.

7. Legally Required Disclosures:
The Minnesota AIDS Project will, when required by law or court order, disclose personal information, with or without notice to affected individuals.  Therefore, although we are committed to maintaining the privacy and security of your personal Information to the extent possible, we cannot and do not promise that your personal information will always remain private.

8. Effective Date and Changes to Policy:
This policy is effective as of October 1, 2006.  We reserve the right at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update or modification on the Site.  Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site.

Disclaimer
The Minnesota AIDS Project expressly disclaims any and all representations and warranties concerning this Web site and the accuracy of the information and content on this Web site. MAP expressly disclaims any representations and warranties that this Web site will operate in an error free manner. Your use and browsing of this Web site is done at your own risk, and you hereby assume all risks associated with such activities. MAP expressly disclaims any representations and warranties that this Web site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful elements. This Web site is provided to you "AS IS, WITH ALL DEFECTS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. MAP shall not be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, this Web site, or arising out of any other matter, act, or thing associated with this Web site or MAP's conduct of its business.

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 3, 2007
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