MAND WEBSITE/SOCIAL MEDIA DISCLAIMER AND PRIVACY POLICY
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This information is provided as a public service by the Minnesota Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the information is not intended to replace medical advice. All information is the property of MAND and may not be copied or modified for commercial purposes without the written consent of MAND. Copyright © 2021, Minnesota MAND
PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Statement covers all website/social media sites of MAND and related organizational units.
By accessing and using the website/social media sites you consent to the terms of this privacy policy. MAND is committed to maintaining the confidence and trust of our members and other customers and users of the website/social media sites . MAND maintains the following privacy policy to inform you of MAND's collection, use and distribution of the personal information you provide online. MAND may update or modify this privacy policy at any time, which update shall become effective upon posting of the new privacy policy on the website/social media sites . Please check this page periodically for updates to our privacy policy. Please direct any questions, comments, or concerns to mand@eatrightmn.org.
Sponsored Content
From time to time, MAND will share information on its website/social media channels that is sponsored content paid for by trusted partners. Sponsorship dollars help MAND support its operations and events. Sponsored content will be clearly labeled as such and is not an endorsement by MAND of said content. Proposed sponsored content is thoroughly vetted by the MAND Communications Team. MAND will not allow any content that could be perceived as abusive, harmful, inaccurate, misleading or unhealthy as judged by a reasonable nutrition professional.
What information does MAND collect and how is it used?
NON-PII
From General Users
As a general matter, Non-Personally Identifiable Information helps us determine how our website/social media sites is being used, helps us identify popular areas of the website/social media sites and helps determine the effectiveness of our promotional activities regarding the website/social media sites . MAND does not collect any personally identifiable information (PII) from users browsing our website/social media sites . Only statistical data — such as the number of hits per page — is collected. This information is used only for internal and marketing purposes and does not include any PII.
Cookies and IP Addresses
"Cookies" are small pieces of information stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. They provide greater security for sites that provide personalized information. Cookies are commonly used by website/social media sites to provide identification. The cookie you accept is uniquely yours and can be read only by the server that gave it to you. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them.
A unique number called an IP address identifies every computer on the Internet. Each time you connect to the Internet your machine is assigned an IP address. An IP address is a number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent in packets across the Internet.
PII
From Academy Members, Conference Registrants and Other Customers
MAND asks members to provide their name, member number, business phone and email and similar information through conference or seminar registration, publication orders, subscriptions and contest registrations. MAND uses this information to enhance its products and distribution of those products to its members.
From E-mail
Information sent by email to the MAND is used to process the request or inquiry in the email.
E-Commerce
Our sites use forms for users to request information, products and services. We will collect visitor contact information (such as email address) and method of payment. Contact information from the form is used to process orders and to send information about MAND. User payment information is used to bill the user for products and services. This site has a secure certificate issued by a certifying agency. The organization has verified the organizational name and that MAND has the proof of right to use it. This site legitimately runs under the auspices of MAND. All information sent to this site, if in an SSL session, is encrypted.
Credit Card Information
MAND collects credit card account information provided by our members and customers to process authorized payments.
Surveys
Our online surveys ask respondents for contact information (such as email address) and demographic information (such as zip code, age). We also may use data from our surveys to send the user information about our academy.
How do we Share your information?
Disclosure of Your PII to Third-Parties.
Except as provided below, we do not share your PII with non-affiliated third parties without your permission.
We may disclose PII you provide via the Web sites in connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of the business or a portion of the business of our site, including a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, sale of assets or other corporate change of our direct or indirect parent companies that affects us.
We may need to release PII when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a criminal investigation, a court order, or legal process served on our website/social media sites . We may also share your personal information if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of the terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
Service Providers: We also may disclose information to outside companies that help us bring you products and services. For example, we may work with an outside company to: (a) process credit card transactions; (b) manage a database of customer information; (c) assist us in distributing emails; (d) assist us with direct marketing and data collection; (e) provide us storage and analysis; (f) provide fraud prevention; and (g) other services designed to assist us in maximizing our business potential. We require that these outside companies agree to keep confidential all information we share with them and to use the information only to perform their obligations in the agreements.
In addition, MAND may use your PII or disclose your PII to third parties to contact you about products or services we think may be of interest to you.
We may disclose PII you provide via the website/social media sites in connection with the sale, assignment or other transfer of the business or a portion of the business of our site, including a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, sale of assets or other corporate change of our direct or indirect parent companies that affects us.
Open Forums
Any information you disclose on any electronic mailing list or other open forum hosted by MAND may be collected by others and used, without authorization by MAND, to send you unsolicited non-Academy information or for other purposes.
External Links
Any of MAND website/social media sites may contain links to other external website/social media sites that do not fall under the domain of the MAND website/social media sites . MAND is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such external website/social media sites . MAND does not endorse the content, products or services on other website/social media sites .
Security
These sites have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
Tell Us What You Think
MAND welcomes your questions and comments about privacy. Please email mand@eatrightmn.org.