Our Privacy Policy & Rules
Protecting your personal information is important to us. This Privacy Policy tells you how we will protect your privacy and collect and use your personal information (any reference to “we”, “us” or “our” is to our I’m Adopted Charity Organisation) Our Privacy Policy applies to anyone who uses this Website (imadopted.org) (Website).
“Personal Information” means any information that can directly or indirectly identify you or another person.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you don’t agree with our Privacy Policy, then you shouldn’t use our Website. If you change your mind and don’t agree with our Privacy Policy anymore, then you should stop using our Website. If you have any questions, you can contact our Privacy Team at policy@imadopted.org.
We’ll only use your Personal Information for the reasons that we collected it. If we don’t need your Personal Information anymore for those reasons, then we’ll stop using it.
INFORMATION WE MAY ABOUT YOU
(Through our Form Submissions or through Social Media)
Your name, contact details, and IP address.
Stories that are submitted by you!
Feedback you give us and your responses to our surveys.
Any other information you give us
Please don’t give us Personal Information about someone else unless you have their
permission and they know about this Privacy Policy. We take this seriously.
HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION
· From you directly (like when you provide your details to us or through a story submission).
From you indirectly (like when you interact with us on social media).
From other people (through our Ambassadors and Team).
From places where the information is publicly available.
WHY WE USE AND SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
To share on our Social Media platforms (Facebook & Instagram)
This is agreed upon submission.
To respond to your questions and to tell you more about us.
To operate and maintain our Website.
For our internal records.
To comply with our legal obligations.
For any other purposes that you authorize.
Sometimes we might share your Personal Information with our ambassadors and team for research purposes, but we won’t share your Personal Information with anyone else unless the law requires us to.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We have reasonable protections in place against unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure, and loss of your Personal Information.
Seeing or Correcting Your Information
You’re allowed to see what Personal Information we have about you, and you can ask us to correct it if you think it’s wrong. If there is a legal reason why we can’t let you see it, or if we don’t agree with your correction, then we’ll tell you. Any harassment online through anything that is published will be taken down immediately. We are a community wanting to connect and this won’t be acceptable.
PRIVACY COMPLAINTS
ONLINE RULES. ALWAYS
Note: We will block someone who breaks any of these rules. We always will keep our community safe. If you are globally blocked, you can Contact us for any reasoning. We will be happy to talk. Creating new profiles, to continue harassment , will not be allowed.
General Online Rules:
Cyberstalking & Bullying - Online threats - Harassment or Previous Harassment
False Threats & Information - Legal Threats is not allowed. Targeting someone.
Racism is not allowed anywhere on our platforms.
If you are blocked, contacting people in our team (personal profiles) for help is not appropriate.
We ask for you to contact us here instead. It is the healthiest way.
If you think that we haven’t properly protected your privacy, you can tell our Privacy Director on our Board here (policy@imadopted.org).
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
If we change our Privacy Policy, then we will tell you about it on our Website. The changes will apply 14 days after we post them. If you don’t agree with the changes, you should stop using our Website. If you keep using our Website, then this will indicate that you have agreed to our changes.
Thank you
The I’m Adopted Team