IIRI
Privacy Policy
The
International Institute Rhode Island (IIRI) strongly believes
in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal information
gathered from supporters and visitors to our web site.
Since
the protection of your privacy is of the greatest importance
to us, we have created this privacy policy to communicate our
practices regarding the collection and dissemination of personal
information that can be linked to a specific individual, such
as a name, address, phone number, e-mail address, or any other
information, provided to us by our supporters and website visitors.
You
do not have to share personally identifiable information to use
the IIRI web site. IIRI does not collect personally identifiable
information about people without their permission. However, please
be aware that our site links to a limited number of other websites
and IIRI cannot control and is not responsible for the content
or the privacy policies of those websites.
How you receive e-mails
and eNews from us:
You will only receive email newsletters from us if you have:
a) expressly signed up for a newsletter with IIRI
or through the IIRI website or
b) you are a subscriber to our eNews
and/or made a contribution to the Institute and provided your email
address.
The information we gather from subscribers to our
eNews (including email addresses) is not shared with
other organizations or parties.
From time to time
we may send out emails on behalf of or with the collaboration
of like-minded organizations, but we do not provide
them with access to any personal information that you have provided.
In order to provide you with better and more relevant
information, we compile information about email response
and website usage. This information helps us to better
understand our visitor’s
site usage patterns and also what types of content and information
may help improve your user experience on the IIRI website.
All emails sent contain
a link to unsubscribe or to modify your profile.
You may subscribe or unsubscribe
to e-mail communication from IIRI at any time.
How to unsubscribe from
mailing lists:
All IIRI communication, whether via
email or US mail, provides information on how to unsubscribe
quickly and easily.
Those wishing to opt out of
receiving communications from IIRI ("do not
contact") can simply contact our Development and Communications
Department by:
email: sparrot@iiri.org
phone: 401-784-8628,
or
US mail: International
Institute RI, 645 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907
How we protect your information:
IIRI is extremely protective of the information gathered
through its membership and website. Our web server is located
in a locked, secure environment. All databases containing personal
information are securely stored on a separate system that is
not connected to the Internet.
When you contribute to IIRI
on-line, we use a secure, outside server (PayPal on-line) to
protect your financial and other personal information during
transmission.
How to correct information
you have provided:
You may correct and/or change any information on how we may
reach you or how you prefer to be reached. This can be done directly
through our website, or by responding to any emails that you
may receive from the Institute.
You may also contact our Development
and Communications Department at sparrot@iiri.org or
by calling 401-784-8628, or 401-784-8619.
Changes
to the Privacy Policy:
IIRI may revise or amend this policy at any time at our sole
discretion. If we make any substantive changes in the way we
collect or use personally identifying information provided by
users, we will post a prominent announcement on our web site
home page and post the changes on this page.
We will never change
our policies and practices to make them less protective of user
information collected prior to the effective date of any changes
without the consent of affected users. We encourage users to
visit this page periodically to review our current policy.
How
to contact us about privacy:
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information
we have collected from you online, the practices of this site
or your interaction with this website, send email to: sparrot@iiri.org.
You can also reach us by
U.S. mail at:
International Institute RI
Attn: Development and Communications Department
645 Elmwood Avenue
Providence, RI 02907 |
