Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
Welcome to our website (“Site”). Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness (“NMW”) has strong ties to the wild public lands of northern Minnesota and Canada, and advocates for the life-sustaining values of wilderness (“Services”). By using the Site or our Services, you consent to the collection and use of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy explains why we gather information from you, what information we collect, how we collect it, what we use the information for and how to contact us about use of that information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. When visiting our Site and using our Services that link to or reference this Policy, you agree to its terms. This Privacy Policy governs your use of our Site and Services.
Personal Information is usually your name in combination with another identifier, such as date of birth, postal address, email address, telephone number, or government-issued identification number. The specific definition of Personal Information often varies from one jurisdiction to another.
Personal information we collect
We may collect your Personal Information when you sign a petition, make a donation,* fill out a form, subscribe to our newsletter or text messages, participate in advocacy actions, or communicate with us via phone, email, or other means. Examples of the Personal Information we collect include: your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, payment information (processed via third-party platforms), and any other information you may provide us.
If you interact with us on social media, we may collect your name, email address, and the content of your posts or interactions with us. We reserve the right to remove any such content.
We will not use the Personal Information collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.
*Online donations are processed through a secure third-party banking center. We do not receive or store your credit card information. Such information will only be used to complete the transaction.
Personal information of children under the age of 13
Our Site and Services are not designed or targeted for children, and NMW does not knowingly collect, use or maintain information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us so that we may delete such information. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Information on our Site without their permission. If you learn that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Information in violation of this Privacy Policy, then you may alert us at Info@SavetheBoundaryWaters.org with “Privacy” in the subject line. We will take reasonable steps to delete that information as quickly as possible.
Other information we may collect
Device and usage information
We automatically gather information when you browse or view the Site and Services. This information may include your browser type (e.g., Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Edge), your domain, the Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to your computer (or the unique device ID of your mobile device, or other unique identifier), the date and time of your visits, the pages on the Site you visit, and other information related to your visit.
This information helps us better understand how individuals use our Site and Services and improve their experience. We also use cookies to help us understand website traffic and engagement. We do not use cookies for Drupal-related tracking.
We also use trusted third-party services, such as Google Analytics, to help us track or analyze information.
Cookies, marketing, and similar technologies
Our cookies generally fall into one of four categories: Essential, Functional, Analytics and Target.
Essential Cookies are necessary to provide you with services available through our Website.
Performance Cookies help us enhance the performance and functionality of our Website and service, but are not necessary for your use. Still, certain functions or features may become unavailable if you refuse them.
Analytics Cookies collect information that is used to help us understand the use of our Website and services, and help us customize our Website to enhance your experience.
Target Cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, so we can recognize you as a prior visitor and track your activity on our Website and others you visit. These Cookies remain on your device for us to use during a next visit to our Website. In contrast to these “persistent” cookies, some cookies (“session cookies”) are deleted when your browsing session has ended.
For more information about cookies, visit aboutcookies.org. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you may change your browser settings to accept or decline certain types of cookies if you prefer. If you decline certain cookies, it may impact your use or the functionality of the Site.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help create reports and statistics on the performance of the Site. To learn more about the use of cookies by Google for analytics and to exercise choice regarding those cookies, please visit the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to opt-out.
Email communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect your postal code and email address to keep you informed about the ways you can help protect the wilderness and the Boundary Waters. We track when you click on a link in our emails to you. You may unsubscribe from these emails at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any message, or by contacting us at Info@SavetheBoundaryWaters.org with “Privacy” in the subject line.
Pixels
We use tracking pixels on our website to gather information about you and your actions on our site, such as your IP address, web browser, page location, referrer site, button clicks and other information. You can manage your tracking pixel settings through your browser privacy settings.
Do not track
There are “do not track” restriction choices available for certain web browsers, however, at this time, our Site does not respond to “do not track” signals.
How we use Personal Information
\We use your Personal Information to administer your use of our Services, by communicating with you, responding to your communication, customizing your service experience with us, and improving our Services.
We may also use your Personal Information to assess your degree of satisfaction with our Services or the Site, to improve our Site; to prevent, deter, and investigate violations of this Privacy Policy, or any fraud and other illegal activities; and to send you important notices regarding our Services.
We retain Personal Information collected directly from you when we reasonably believe it is necessary to respond to lawful requests or comply with the law, meet professional obligations, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with an investigation, enforce this Privacy Policy, and take other actions permitted or required by applicable law. We endeavor not to keep your Personal Information for any longer than is necessary for the purposes we collected it.
How we share Personal Information
NMW does not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personal Information to third parties for marketing to you. We may share your Personal Information with affiliate organizations or trusted third-party service providers for payment processing or data analysis. These parties are only given access to the data necessary to perform their services. We require those providers not to disclose Personal Information and to use only it for the limited purposes we provided it.
Our employees and agents may view your Personal Information to perform their jobs and service your needs. We authorize their access to your Personal Information on a need-to-know basis to provide you with our services, or for one of the other reasons listed in this Privacy Policy.
We may transfer and/or disclose your Personal Information as part of a business divestiture, sale, merger, or acquisition of all or a part of our organization. If another organization acquires our organization or assets, that company will possess the Personal Information collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. In the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, your Personal Information may also be transferred as an asset.
We may release your Personal Information to others (including law enforcement) if we believe such release is reasonably necessary (i) to comply with a government or law enforcement request or judicial process; (ii) to operate this Website; (iii) to process any registrations; (iv) to conduct any promotions, contests, or sweepstakes in which you participate; or (v) to protect the rights or property of the organization, its affiliates, members, Site visitors, sponsors, providers, or licensors.
In addition, we may share aggregate, non-individual information, incapable of identifying a particular person, to administer and improve the Site, analyze trends, track visitors’ use of the Site, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Data transfers
NMW may maintain the Personal Information it collects from you on computers located outside of your state or other government jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. We process data, including Personal Information, in the United States. We transfer Personal Information within the United States consistent with the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
How we secure Personal Information
We will not keep your Personal Information for any longer than is necessary for the purposes we collected it. To protect your Personal Information, we maintain a variety of security measures, including physical, electronic and administrative safeguards.
No system can be completely secure, so we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your Personal Information, searches, or other communications will always remain secure.
Privacy rights
You may have the right to submit certain requests relating to your personal information as described below based on applicable laws. Please email us at Info@SavetheBoundaryWaters.org with “Privacy” in the subject line, to submit data requests.
Right to access. You can request and receive a copy of the Personal Information we have collected, used, or otherwise processed and you can confirm what Personal Information has been collected.
Right to correct inaccuracies. You can request that we correct any inaccurate Personal Information we may have.
Right to delete. You can request deletion of your Personal Information.
Right to opt-out. You can opt-out of targeted advertising, the sale of your Personal Information or limited sharing of your Personal Information.
Right to appeal. At times we may be unable to process requests relating to your Personal Information, in which case, your request will be denied. If your privacy rights request has previously been denied by us and you believe we denied it in error, you may appeal for reconsideration of your request via email at Info@SavetheBoundaryWaters.org.
Please note that we may need to authenticate your identity before your request can be processed. For authentication, you may be asked to provide certain passwords, personal information or other authenticating information. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf; however, we may seek proof of such authorization and you will still need to verify your identity directly with us before your request can be processed.
Text messages
We may request your mobile number to send occasional SMS / text messages about our work. To opt-in, your wireless device must be subscribed to 2-way messaging services from your wireless carrier. Carrier traffic may result in delayed or undelivered messages. Text messages to you are at no cost, but your wireless carrier may charge you standard messaging fees or taxes for each message you send or receive, depending on your wireless subscription plan.
Your mobile phone number or your consent to SMS / texting will not be shared with third parties seeking to market to you. You may reply STOP at any time to cease marketing texts.
For questions or help with any text messages you receive, please reply HELP to the message, or contact us at Info@SavetheBoundaryWaters.org.
Links
This Policy does not apply to third-party applications, products, services, websites or social media features that may be accessed through links that we provide on our websites and interfaces. Accessing those links may result in the collection of information about you by a third party. We do not control or endorse those third-party websites or their privacy practices and you acknowledge that your relationship with that third party is independent of our policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of such third parties before interacting with them.
Changes to this Policy
We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post those changes here and reflect the date they were updated, below.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us via telephone at 218-365-7808, email at Info@SavetheBoundaryWaters.org, or send postal mail to:
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness (NMW)
P.O. Box 625
Ely, MN 55731