Privacy Policy

The Michelson Medical Research Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Michelson Philanthropies (“Michelson Philanthropies”) is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This policy describes how Michelson Philanthropies collects, uses and protects any information you give us when visiting our website (www.michelsonphilanthropies.org) or communicating with Michelson Philanthropies electronically. This policy only applies to information collected by our website.

Collection of Information

Michelson Philanthropies collects the email addresses of those who communicate with us via email, aggregates information on which pages users access or visit, and collects information volunteered by users, such as demographic information including name, company, address, telephone, email, as well as information about users' pets; and survey information and/or site registrations. We may also collect information about your interaction with our website. We may use website analytic tools on our website to retrieve information from your browser, such as the site you came from, the search engine(s) and the keywords you used to find our website, and the pages you view within our website. Lastly, we collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and language, access times and referring website addresses.

Sharing Information

Except as otherwise set forth herein, Michelson Philanthropies does not sell or share your information with any third parties without your prior consent. Michelson Philanthropies may release personal information if we believe that it is required by applicable law or to protect and defend the rights or property of Michelson Philanthropies, or, in an emergency, to protect the personal safety of an identifiable visitor or the public.

Cookies

Michelson Philanthropies may use cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about website traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to user needs.

Use of Information

The information Michelson Philanthropies collects is used to improve the content of our website, to notify website users about updates to our website, to contact website users educational or customer service purposes, disclosed when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our website and applicable laws or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website. If you do not want to receive communications from us in the future, please contact us at media@michelsonphilanthropies.org. You may continue to receive customer service communications when necessary, even if you elect not to receive promotional communications from us. Michelson Philanthropies has appropriate physical and electronic security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that Michelson Philanthropies may collect from you at our website.

Links to Other Websites

Michelson Philanthropies may link to other websites not affiliated with Michelson Philanthropies. Michelson Philanthropies attempts to link only to those websites which also respect visitors' privacy. However, Michelson Philanthropies cannot be responsible for the content or policies of third party web sites. If you find inoperable links, please inform Michelson Philanthropies by contacting media@michelsonphilanthropies.org. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites that are operated or owned by third parties, including any which we may link from our website. Please review those privacy policies in detail as they may be inconsistent with our policy.

Modifications

Michelson Philanthropies reserves the right to change this policy at any time and from time to time for any reason, including to address new functionality or changes to our website, or to address new issues that require changes to our policy. In the event this policy is changed, an updated version of the policy will be posted here. Please refer back to this policy regularly, because your use of our websites signifies that you agree to be bound by these policies, as it might be amended from time to time. This policy is effective as of October 1, 2020.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about Michelson Philanthropies' privacy policy, would like to review or request changes to any of your information collected by Michelson Philanthropies, or feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, please contact us at media@michelsonphilanthropies.org and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to respond timely.