Mercy High School of Farmington Hills, MI (“Mercy”) operates several websites including MHSMI.org and Mercy-MHub.net. It is Mercy’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors:
Like most website operators, Mercy collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Mercy’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Mercy’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Mercy may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Mercy also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on MHSMI.org or Mercy-MHub.net blogs. Mercy only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information:
Certain visitors to Mercy’s websites choose to interact with Mercy in ways that require Mercy to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Mercy gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we may ask visitors who sign up for a blog at MHSMI.org or Mercy-MHub.net to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Mercy are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Mercy collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Mercy. Mercy does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics:
Mercy may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Mercy may monitor the most popular sections on the MHSMI.org site. Mercy may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Mercy does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information:
Mercy discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Mercy’s behalf or to provide services available at Mercy’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Mercy’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Mercy will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Mercy discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Mercy believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Mercy, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Mercy website and have supplied your email address, Mercy may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Mercy and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Mercy takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies:
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Mercy uses cookies to help Mercy identify and track visitors, their usage of Mercy website, and their website access preferences. Mercy visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Mercy’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Mercy’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Ads:
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Mercy and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Mercy High School App Privacy Policy

Your privacy is critically important to us. At Mercy High School ("Mercy High School", "we", "us", "our"), we have a few fundamental principles:
    •    We don't ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. (We can't stand services that ask you for things like your gender or income level for no apparent reason.)
    •    We don't share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop or operate our products or services, or protect our rights.
    •    We don't store personal information on our servers or the offsite servers of the third-party service providers we use to provide our core services unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services.
    •    In our social networking and mobile application products, we aim to make it as simple as possible for you to control what is visible to the public, seen by search engines, kept private, and permanently deleted.
Below is our app privacy policy ("Privacy Policy"):
Mercy High School operates a mobile application (the "Application"). It is Mercy High School's policy to respect the privacy of the Application's users ("you", "your") regarding any information collected through the Application, and to disclose what information we collect, and how that information gets used.

Non-Personally-Identifying Information

Mercy High School collects, or may have a third-party service providers collect, non-personally-identifying information of the sort that mobile applications typically make available, such as the type of device using the Application, the operating system, location information, and aggregated user statistics. Mercy High School's purpose in collecting non-personally-identifying information is to better understand how users utilize the Application. From time to time, Mercy High School may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing or disclosing to third parties a report on trends in the usage of the Application or of mobile applications including the Application.

Personally-Identifying Information

Certain users of the Application choose to interact with Mercy High School in ways that require Mercy High School to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Mercy High School gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask users who log in to a social network through the Application to provide a username and an email address. Those who engage in transactions with Mercy High School are asked to provide additional personally-identifying information, including, as necessary, their first and last name, physical address, telephone number, and additional data such as financial information required to process those transactions.
In all cases where Mercy High School collects such information, Mercy High School does so only insofar as is necessary or required to fulfill the purpose of the user interaction with Mercy High School, while following all legislative requirements. Mercy High School does not share personally-identifying information other than as described in section "Sharing of Personally-Identifiable Information" below. Users can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, however, doing such may prevent them from engaging in certain Application-related activities if such information is required.

Sharing of Personally-Identifying Information

Mercy High School shares personally-identifying information only with those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Mercy High School's behalf or to provide services available through the Application, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to other non-parties. For instance, Mercy High School uses third-party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, data storage, and related technology required to run the services available through the Application.
Please note that some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country. Mercy High School will not rent or sell personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Mercy High School discloses personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Mercy High School believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Mercy High School, third parties or the public at large.

Use of Email Addresses and Push Notifications

If you have supplied your email address as part of your use of the Application, Mercy High School may, subject to the applicable law, occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what is going on with Mercy High School and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum.
With your consent, Mercy High School may also send push notifications or alerts to the device you use to access the Application. Such notifications can reach you even when you are not logged in to the Application or the Application is not running on your device. Mercy High School uses push notifications to send you messages related to the services provided through the Application or to make available to you general information regarding Mercy High School and its products. You can deactivate push notifications in the settings of the Application or of your device at any time, however, doing so may prevent various Application functions from working, if such functions rely on push notifications.
Protection of Information
Mercy High School takes all necessary, reasonable measures to protect your personally-identifiable information against unauthorized access, use, alteration, loss, or destruction.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a web server stores on a user's computer or other device, and that the user's device provides back to the web server each time the user returns. Mercy High School uses cookies as part of the Application to remember your user preferences and make available to you the services provided through the Application.

Do-Not-Track Disclosures

Neither Mercy High School nor any third party engages in the collection of personally-identifiable information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services when you are accessing or using the Application. For this reason, the Application does not offer "Do Not Track" choices or other mechanisms designed to provide you the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of such information.

Age Limitation

The Application is not directed and should not be available to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect any kind of personal information from children under 13 years of age. If you are under the age of 13, do not use the Application or otherwise provide us with personal information. If we become aware that such information has been collected, we will immediately delete such information. If any parent or guardian learns or otherwise becomes aware of a child under 13 years of age using the Application or otherwise providing personal information to us, please contact us.

Review of and Changes to personally-identifying Information

Email us at mhs@mhsmi.org to find out what personally-identifying information we have collected about you and request any necessary changes, updates, or corrections.

Your Acknowledgement

By using the Application, you acknowledge the information provided to you about our collection, use, and sharing of any information pertaining to you as described in this Privacy Policy.
 
Privacy Policy Changes:
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Mercy may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Mercy’s sole discretion. Mercy encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site or the Mercy High School App after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
 
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