Updated: October 27, 2020

We at IHRRI (INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF & RESCUE INITIATIVE) are thankful to all of our supporters including donor agencies and donors who assist us carry out our charity work.  We believe that transparency enhances the quality of our programs, accountability, and the trust bestowed on us. Therefore, we would like to share how we collect and use your personal information and how we intend to respect your privacy preferences.

By accessing our website and/or submitting your personal information to us, you are agreeing that: (1) you will abide by the practice described in this Policy, and (2) IHRRI may use the information in accordance with this Policy. Further, if you reside outside the United States, you understand and agree that your personal information may be processed in countries (including the United States) where laws regarding processing of personal information may be less stringent than the laws in your country.

 

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND WHY

The information we may collect includes information you provide to us directly, as well as information provided by third parties or automatically through your use of our website. This information enables us to improve our work, communicate with you about our programs, respond to your inquiries and provide support, fulfill your requests and donations, and for other donor service purposes. We also use information to improve our understanding of your interests and better tailor the content and information that we may send or display to you, for instance newsletters or any other information we think may interest you.

Information We Collect Directly From You: Personal information collected may include your name, postal address, telephone number(s), email address(s), or other information. We also request that you provide us with additional personal information, such as credit card information, on our online donation pages to properly enable donation transaction processing.

Information We Collect Automatically. We may automatically collect the following information about your use of our website through cookies, web beacons, and other technologies: your domain name; your browser type and operating system; web pages you view; links you click; your IP address; the length of time and number of times you visit our site and or use our services; and the referring URL, or the webpage that led you to our site, and the following: access time, browser type, device ID, domain name, IP address, page views, pages visited and referring URL.  We may combine this information with other information that we have collected about you, including, where applicable, your user name, name, and other personal information  For more information, please review “Cookies and Other Tracking Mechanisms” for more information.

 

IHRRI’S INFORMATION SECURITY MEASURES

When you donate to IHRRI online, your credit card information is secured by an independent security company. Also, your credit card number is used only for that particular transaction and is not stored. You will see the "closed" lock symbol in the lower part of your browser screen (often times it is yellow as well) when you are on our secure donation pages. You will also notice in your web site(s) address bar that the domain name starts with an "https" on those donation pages. This means that information entered on those pages is encrypted for your security. This actually makes it more secure than using a credit card in physical form at a store for example. Please be aware that despite our best efforts, no data security measures can guarantee 100% security. 

If you have any questions regarding the security of your credit card donation online, please email us at [email protected] for more information.

 

HOW PERSONAL INFORMATION IS SHARED

We may share your information, including personal information, as follows:

SOCIAL MEDIA USERS:

We invite you to post content on our social media services, including your comments, pictures, and any other information that you would like to be available. If you post your own content, your posting may become public, and we cannot prevent such information from being used in a manner that may violate this Policy, the law, or your personal privacy.  We have no control over how any social media service uses or discloses the personal information it collects about you. For information about how they may use and disclose your information, including any information you make public, please consult their respective privacy policies.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES:

Our website and social media posts may contain links to third-party websites. Any access to and use of such linked websites is not governed by this Policy, but instead is governed by the privacy policies of those third party websites. We are not responsible for the information practices or content of these other websites.

OTHER USERS:

Your user name and any information that you post to our website or social media services, including, without limitation, reviews, comments, and text will be available to, and searchable by, all users of the site or service.

AFFILIATES:

We may disclose the information we collect from you to our affiliates or subsidiaries; however, if we do so, their use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information will be subject to this Policy.

SERVICE PROVIDERS:

We may disclose the information we collect from you to third party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform functions on our behalf.

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS: 

IHRRI may not rent or exchange names, postal addresses, and telephone numbers to other organizations to be used for their own independent purposes.

BUSINESS TRANSFERS:

If we establish a new related entity, are acquired by or merged with another organization, or if substantially all of our assets are transferred to another organization, we may transfer the information we have collected from you to the other organization.

IN RESPONSE TO LEGAL PROCESS:

We also may disclose the information we collect from you in order to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena.

TO PROTECT US AND OTHERS:

We also may disclose the information we collect from you where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Use or this Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

YOU MAY ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR PREFERENCES BY CONTACTING US, EMAIL OPT-OUT PROCEDURES:

We may send periodic promotional or informational emails to you. You may opt-out of such communications by following the opt-out instructions contained in the e-mail. Please note that it may take up to five (5) business days for us to process opt-out requests. If you opt-out of receiving emails about recommendations or other information we think may interest you, we may still send you e-mails about your account or any services you have requested or received from us.

UPDATE PROFILE INFORMATION:

IHRRI may offer the ability for you to modify personal information that you have submitted by logging into your account and updating your profile information. In such case, please note that copies of information that you have updated, modified, or deleted may remain view-able in cached and archived pages of the Site for a period.

MAILING LIST:

If you give a gift to IHRRI your name and address will be placed on our mailing list for mail updates. If you do not wish to receive mail from IHRRI you may email us at [email protected], to be removed. 

 

QUESTIONS OR COMPLAINTS:

Lastly, if you have questions about the privacy aspects of our services or would like to make a complaint, please email us at [email protected]

 

CHILDREN UNDER 16

Our services are not designed for children under 16. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our systems.

 

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This Policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may change this Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back periodically. We will post any changes to this Policy on our Site, at www.ihrri.org/privacy-policy. If we make any changes to this Policy that materially affect our practices with regard to the personal information we have previously collected from you, we will endeavor to provide you with notice in advance of such change by highlighting the change on our Site.