Meipiao Inc. Website Privacy Policy


 

Meipiao, Inc. (“Meipiao”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is committed to respecting your online privacy and security. We collect information to provide services to you, update you on the impact of your contributions, and communicate about our events. It will not be shared with other third parties except where required to complete a credit card transaction for donations.

Acceptance of the Privacy Policy and Notice of Changes

The use of this site confirms your agreement to the terms of this Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS POLICY, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do, we will post those changes on this page, and update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

Information We Collect

We collect the following information from you on our website:

Contact Information: Includes phone number, physical address, email address, social media account details

Demographics: Includes information about who you are, where you live, and what programs and activities in Meipiao may be of interest to you

Employment information: Includes information required to process your employment application and complete your employee onboarding process, such as employment history, references, criminal conviction records, and unique qualifications

Financial History: Includes historical information on your donations to Meipiao and other financial transactions which you have entered with Meipiao

Identity Data: Includes name, date of birth, gender

Payment information: Includes bank account and routing numbers, credit/ debit card numbers, check numbers, and other pertinent financial details when you make a contribution, either on our website, over the phone, or by mailing in a check. After the transaction, your credit/ debit card information will not be stored on our servers.

Volunteer Information: Includes information required to process your volunteer application and complete your volunteer onboarding process, including references, criminal convictions records, unique qualifications

Meipiao Information: Includes information on your history and engagement with Meipiao

We may also collect personal information from you occasionally in ways not described above.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

Meipiao uses the personal data that you provide or we obtain to:

  • Process your donations, contact you regarding any questions related to your donation, and ensure that Gift Aid can be claimed (if applicable).

  • Send you updates on how your donation has been used, project appeals, newsletters, events, matching opportunities, information about Meipiao, and projects we think you will be interested in. You may opt out of receiving such emails in the future by emailing info@meipiao.org with the subject line “Remove from Mailing List”

  • Improve our website.

  • Administer a contest, promotion, survey, or other site features

  • Follow governmental reporting obligations.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties.

How Long We Retain Your Data

We will keep hold of your data for no longer than necessary. The length of time we retain it will depend on any legal obligations we have (such as tax recording purposes), the nature of any contracts we have in place with you, the existence of your consent, or our legitimate interest as a nonprofit.

Cookies

Like most websites, our website automatically uses cookies for tracking purposes in order to help provide a better experience for you. Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. This information may include your IP address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your visit, the referring URL, and if you have visited our website before. We may also collect information about your activities on meipiao.org such as the pages you access. If you would not like to participate in improving the experience here, you can block cookies via your browser options.

Information Related to Children

In compliance with COPPA, we do not collect any information from anyone under the age of 13. Our website, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old and above.

California Online Privacy

Meipiao collects information that you provide to us or that we learn about you from our website, as described in this Privacy Policy. Under California law, once a year, Meipiao website users who are California residents may request certain information about our disclosure of your personal information to unaffiliated third parties for direct marketing purposes.

To request your personal information under California Law, please contact us via email at info@meipiao.org, using “California Privacy Rights” as the subject line.

Privacy Policy of Other Websites

In the case that our website contains links to other sites, note that our Privacy Policy only applies to our website. If you click on a link to another website, please read their privacy policy.

For EU Residents

Your Rights

Your rights as a data subject are:

  1. The right to be informed - We do this through our privacy policy, which outlines what information we collect and how we use it.

  2. The right of access - You have the right to access the data we collected from you. To request access to your data, please email info@meipiao.org. We will respond to your request within one month.

  3. The right to rectification - If you believe that the data we have of you is incorrect, you can fix it by emailing us at info@meipiao.org

  4. The right to erasure - You can request that we delete your data. We will do so unless we have a compelling reason for keeping it. To request this, please email info@meipiao.org

  5. The right to restrict processing - You can change the way we communicate with you by emailing info@meipiao.org

  6. The right to data portability - You can obtain and reuse your own personal data for your own purposes. To request this, please email info@meipiao.org

  7. The right to object - You can opt out of any direct marketing from Meipiao by following the steps in “Opting Out” below

  8. Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling - This is not something that we do at Meipiao. If that changes, this policy will be updated accordingly.

You have the right to raise any issues or concerns directly with the Information Commissioner’s Office here.

Opting Out

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, do not wish to receive any communications from Meipiao, and/or allow Meipiao to use your information in the manner described above, you can notify us directly at info@meipiao.org. All opt-out requests will be honored, but please be patient as it may take six to eight weeks for changes to be fully implemented.


V. 2. Updated June 19, 2019.