Privacy Policy

Effective: June 1, 2022

1. What does this Privacy Policy cover?

2. What information does URI collect, and how is it used and shared?

3.  What are cookies and how do we use them and other technology?

4. How does URI protect Personal Information?

5. How long does URI retain my Personal Information?

6. What are my choices concerning my Personal Information?

7. What is URI’s policy on children’s privacy?

8. Access, objection, restriction, portability, correction, and deletion

9. California privacy rights

10. Cross-border transfer of Personal Information

11. Right to lodge complaints

12. Changes to our Privacy Policy

13. Links to third party websites

14. Contacting us

United Religions Initiative (“URI”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting the privacy of those who entrust us with their Personal Information. “Personal Information” means any information pertaining to an identified or identifiable individual and may include, for example, email addresses, contact details and any similar information provided to us in the course of our business operations. Personal information that is de-identified or anonymized is not considered Personal Information. This Privacy Policy details our commitment to your privacy.

1. What does this Privacy Policy cover?

This Privacy Policy applies to our websites (the “Websites”) and other online and mobile services, that link to or post this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”), and explains how we collect, use, and disclose information through the Services.

By using or visiting the Services or otherwise interacting with us, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy periodically, as it may be updated from time-to-time.

2. What information does URI collect, and how is it used and shared?

We explain here what categories of Personal Information we collect, where we get it from, and with whom we share it:

Category of Personal Information Collected	Source	Purpose for Collection	Categories of Recipients
Contact information: such as name, address, email address, and phone number.   Membership, Development and General Info @ uri.org	Users of our Services, including URI Members, members of Cooperation Circles, and attendees at URI events.	To allow our users to access various aspects of our Services, to tune the content on our Services, to communicate with and respond to our users about our Services, or to meet legal obligations, and provide you with the products, promotions, services, newsletters, and information you request.	We may share this information with our affiliates and select marketing or other service providers and partners that perform services for us (such as for hosting the Services or providing other customer service functions). URI does not share, sell, rent, or otherwise disclose Personal Information with unaffiliated third parties for their marketing purposes.
Browsing information (subject to applicable consent requirements) [in Europe, the collection of data through non-essential cookies and other tracking technologies can only be done with express/opt-in consent. This is usually achieved through a cookie banner or cookie management tool.]: such as your IP address, MAC address or other device identifier, your device type or mobile carrier, standard server log information, the kind of browser or computer you use, pages, and content that you visit on our Services, what you click on, likes/dislikes, behaviors, comments, profile data, the state and country from which you access the Services, date and time of your visit, and web pages you linked to our Services from.	Our Services and your interactions with the Services, including through the use of cookies and other tracking technologies explained further below.	To evaluate usage of the Services and improve performance; to protect the security and integrity of the Services and our business, such as preventing fraud, hacking, and other criminal activity or to meet legal obligations.	Our service providers who help us with fraud protection and service analytics.
Recruitment and job application information: such as name, address, and phone number, or information on a resume or a curriculum vitae.	Job applicants.	To consider you for an employment position or to respond to an employment inquiry.	Our service providers who help us with employee matters or job fulfillment.

 

Uses of Personal Information.  URI will only use Personal Information for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy and as permitted by applicable laws.  In addition to the uses described above, if you choose to provide us with Personal Information by completing a form on the Website or emailing us, we will use that Personal Information to (i) operate the Website, (ii) respond to your question or request, (iii) communicate with you about our Services via email, (iv) send information to you, and (v) notify you of changes to this Privacy Policy. The lawful basis for our processing of your Personal Information is legitimate interests (ours and/or yours) and/or consent or to provide a contractual Service to you.

Individuals may be able to withdraw consent from certain uses where consent is provided. If you reside in certain jurisdictions, you may have additional rights that are detailed in Sections 8.

Disclosure to service providers.  We may use service providers to provide some of our Services where this is within the context of communications with you and/or as described in this Privacy Policy. In all cases, any service providers will be contractually limited in the way they may use Personal Information maintained by URI, including requirements that such information be maintained in a confidential and secure manner. We do not sell your Personal Information.

Disclosure in connection with business transfers: If a division, a service, or all of URI is bought, sold, or otherwise transferred, or is in the process of a potential transaction, Personal Information will likely be shared for evaluation and/or transfer purposes and included among the transferred business assets, subject to client contractual requirements and applicable law. We may share your Personal Information with third parties and our advisors for these purposes.

Disclosure to comply with laws: URI may also disclose specific Personal Information when such disclosure appears necessary to comply with applicable law, a subpoena while managing a dispute, governmental inquiry, or other litigation process. We may also disclose Personal Information to our accountants, auditors, agents, lawyers, and other advisors in connection with the enforcement or protection of our legal rights or to protect the interests or safety of our clients, our clients’ customers, employees, or others in accordance with or as authorized by law.

3. What are cookies and how do we use them and other technologies?

The Services use certain technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags, and scripts. A cookie is a small piece of information that a website, online application, or email may save to your browser or your computer’s hard drive for use in subsequent visits to the website or online application. Subject to jurisdictions where consent is required, the “help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive new cookies, or how to disable cookies altogether. Express/opt-in consent is needed for use of any non-essential cookies/other tracking technologies including analytical or performance cookies for users in Europe. The only cookies for which consent is not needed are the cookies that are strictly essential for the functionality of the website. These are cookies/other tracking technologies that are strictly essential to the service the user requires (and no other cookies/tracking technologies. If you reject cookies (after accepting them if applicable), you may not be able to participate in certain activities or receive a promotion tailored to you. URI does not control and does not guarantee the effectiveness of browser-based tools for managing cookies.

URI may use Google Analytics or other analytics providers to evaluate use of the Services for our internal purposes such as evaluating usages of the Services. To learn how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please visit: “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps” located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.

Any and all Personal Information collected on the Services will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold, reused, rented, disclosed, or loaned to third parties, except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

Do Not Track (“DNT”): This is a privacy preference that users can set in some web browsers, allowing users to opt out of tracking by websites and online services. At the present time, the World Wide Web Consortium, or W3C, has not yet established universal standards for recognizable DNT signals and therefore URI and the Services do not recognize DNT.

4. How does URI protect Personal Information?

Where applicable, URI uses reasonable and appropriate technology in connection with the Services to help protect Personal Information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, you should know that no website operator, including URI, can fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Information. While URI has endeavored to create a secure and reliable website for users, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from the Services or via e-mail cannot be guaranteed.

5. How long does URI retain my Personal Information?

Personal Information that we collect, access, or process will be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes for which it was collected, unless otherwise authorized or required by law. Personal Information that is no longer required to fulfill the identified purposes will be destroyed, erased, or de-identified in accordance with our data retention and destruction policies.

6. What are my choices concerning my Personal Information? 

URI may, subject to applicable laws, use Personal Information from users of our Services to contact them about our Services, including to provide them with information on additional products or services from URI that may be of interest to them. You may exercise choices regarding these communications as follows:

•Mail marketing, Telephone marketing, Surveys, and Quality control communications. You may decide that you prefer URI not to use your Personal Information to promote new and/or additional products and/or services which may be of interest to you and refuse that we contact you by mail or telephone for marketing purposes or by email or telephone for quality control purposes. If this is the case, you may advise us by contacting us using the information detailed in the “Contacting Us” Section below.

•Emails/Commercial Electronic Communications. You can always limit the communications that URI sends to you. To opt-out of commercial emails, simply click the link labeled “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” at the bottom of any commercial electronic communication we send you. Please note that even if you opt-out of promotional communications, we may still need to contact you with important information about your account.

7. What is URI’s policy on children’s privacy?

•Under Age 13 (or such higher age as required by law). Our Services are not directed toward children and we do not knowingly solicit or collect Personal Information online from children under the age of 13 (or such higher age as required by law) without prior verifiable parental consent. If URI learns that a child under the age of 13 (or such higher age as required by law) has submitted Personal Information online without parental consent, we will take all reasonable measures to delete such information from our databases and to not use such information for any purpose (except where necessary to protect the safety of the child or others as required or allowed by law). If you become aware of any Personal Information we have collected from children under age 13 (or such higher age as required by law)   without verifiable parental consent, please contact us using the information detailed in the “Contacting Us” Section below.

•Under Age 18. Minors under 18 years of age may have the Personal Information that they have provided to URI through the Services deleted by sending an email to the email address in the “Contacting Us” Section below requesting deletion. Please note that, while we make reasonable efforts to comply with such requests, deletion of your Personal Information does not ensure complete and comprehensive removal of that data from all systems.

8. Access, objection, restriction, portability, correction, and deletion

In certain jurisdictions, you may have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether your Personal Information is being processed, information about the purposes of that processing, and information about the recipients to whom your personal data have been or will be disclosed. You may also have the right to receive a copy of the personal data you have provided and/or request its deletion or the restriction of its processing or otherwise object to the processing of your Personal Information.

9. California privacy rights

As a non-profit organization, URI is not subject to the requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act.  However, we are happy to answer questions that California residents may have about our privacy practices and can be reached as described below, Contacting Us.

10. Cross-border transfer of Personal Information

In some cases, Personal Information that we process of users located in various countries, including in Canada, the EU, UK, and Switzerland or relative to queries or visitors to the Services may be transferred to the United States or other countries that may not have data privacy laws that provide the same protection as the countries where you reside. You understand and expressly agree that your Personal Information may therefore be transferred, processed, and stored outside of your country of residence, and therefore may be available to government authorities under lawful orders and laws applicable in such foreign jurisdictions. 

11. Right to lodge complaints

We are transparent about the ways in which we collect and use Personal Information and welcome your questions and concerns. If you have any concern or complaint about the way we handle your Personal Information, please contact us as described below. To the extent you believe we have not addressed your concerns or otherwise choose to do so, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in the country where you reside and/or in the United States. For information on how you can file a privacy complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, please visit: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/.

12. Changes to our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time as we add new features and services, as laws change, and as industry privacy and security best practices evolve.  We display an effective date on the policy in the upper right corner of this Privacy Policy so that it will be easier for you to know when there has been a change.  If we make any change to this Privacy Policy regarding use or disclosure of Personal Information, we will provide advance notice on the Website.  Small changes or changes that do not significantly affect individual privacy interests may be made at any time and without prior notice.  In certain cases and if the changes are material, we will provide written notice to users directly by email or otherwise.

13. Links to third party websites

As a convenience to our users, the Services may contain links to other sites that we believe may offer useful information. As stated in more detail in the Terms of Use for our Services, the privacy policies, terms of usage, and other conditions of use posted on those sites, and not the policies and procedures we described here, apply to those sites. Your linking to any other websites is at your own risk and you are responsible for learning about and complying with the terms of usage and other conditions posted on those websites even if our Services refer you to such websites.

14. Contacting us

If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or to request a copy of this Privacy Policy in another format, you may contact us using the information below.

United Religions Initiative
P.O. Box 29242
San Francisco, CA 94129
Info @ uri.org