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PRIVACY policy

Effective as of October 16, 2024

At Making Opportunity Count (MOC), we are committed to protecting your privacy, consistent with the industry standards and applicable law. This Privacy Policy describes the information we gather from this website and how we use that information. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, contact us at info@mocinc.org.

Information Collected

We receive and store certain types of information about you when you visit our website, such as your IP address and Cookies (as defined below). No registration is required in order to use this website, however we may collect the following information:

  • Your name and contact details

  • Communication information

  • Information about the device(s) you use to access our website

  • IP address location information

  • Cookies

  • Authentication data

  • Other information you provide to us

We may also receive your information via various social media outlets. Your privacy settings with the social generally establish the amount and type of information that we may receive from it.

How MOC Uses Your Information

 

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

We may use non-personally identifiable information collected from you to perform statistical analyses to improve the site and for product development and marketing purposes generally. We also may provide aggregated, non-personally identifiable information to funding sources and other third parties for certain purposes, but such statistics contain no personally identifiable information.

Personally Identifiable Information

We may use the personally identifiable information collected from you to provide products and services to you, to enhance your experience on the website, and, if applicable, to enhance your experience as a user of MOC’s website and its products and services. This may include using your personally identifiable information to help create and personalize website content or to guide you in searching this website; seeking input or feedback from you; marketing efforts; or providing you with support.

Third Parties

We may employ third parties, such as independent contractors, vendors and suppliers to provide specific services and products related to MOC and the website, such as mailing of MOC publications and other materials, hosting and maintaining the website, and developing applications for the website. These third parties may sometimes have limited access to information collected from you in the course of providing products or services to us. These third parties are restricted from using this data other than as specifically outlined in their contract with MOC to perform their limited function for us. We also require that these third parties (i) protect the privacy of your personally identifiable information consistent with this Privacy Policy, and (ii) not use or disclose your personally identifiable information for any purpose other than providing us with products or services for which we contracted.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of individuals or third parties that we do not employ or manage, including, without limitation, the practices of linked websites and social media sites that you may access through a link in our website.

Voluntary Disclosure by You to Third Parties

If you voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information to a third party listed on the website or in other materials, that information, along with any other information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and used by such third parties and may result in your receiving unsolicited messages from other persons. Such collection, correlation, use and messages are beyond the control of MOC.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technology

We, and third parties doing business with the website, may use cookies, web beacons, local shared objects, tags, scripts, stationary and mobile advertising identifiers and like technologies (“Cookies”) in connection with use of this site by you, mobile applications and  third party websites. Cookies may be present on your computer or mobile device. Cookies may also be present on the site or in emails that we send to you. Information about you and your use of the site may be transmitted by Cookies including, without limitation, information concerning your type of browser, device identifier, IP location address, search preferences, the date and time of your use, your click through activity with respect to advertisements and time, location and length of visit. Cookies may be stored during an individual session or indefinitely.

MOC may use Cookie-gathered data in order to: (i) facilitate your use of the site such as remembering information to avoid you having to subsequently re-enter it on your next visit to the site; (ii) customize your experience on the site; (iii) collect aggregate metrics such as aggregate visitors, demographic usage, geographic usage and total traffic to the site; (iv) for quality assurance purposes and to correct malfunctions; and (v) to provide site enhancements and evaluations.

Third parties and other linked websites may use Cookies and collect and use your information differently than MOC. We are not responsible for the use of Cookies and collection and use of your information for anyone other than us

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information if we believe that we are required to do so for any or all of the following reasons: (i) to satisfy any applicable law or regulation; (ii) to comply with legal processes, subpoenas, court orders or governmental requests; (iii) to prevent, investigate, detect or prosecute criminal offences or attacks on the technical integrity of the web site or our network; and/or (iv) to protect the rights, property, or safety of MOC, the users of the web site, or the public.

Opt-Out

If you supply MOC with your e-mail address, you may receive periodic electronic mailings from us regarding current developments, new products and services, or upcoming events. If you ever wish to stop receiving such mailings please contact us at info@mocinc.org.

Storage and Protection of Your Information

MOC uses commercially reasonable physical, administrative, and technological safeguards to protect the personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information we collect and that we share. If any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised and take other steps, in accordance with applicable law.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise Privacy Policy at any time. The most current version of the Privacy Policy will govern our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you and will be located on this website.  By continuing to access this website or use any services and products, you agree to this revised Privacy Policy.

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