Mainspring Schools Privacy Policy

What information do we collect? 

We collect information from you when you subscribe to our newsletter or make a donation. When donating or subscribing, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, and/or payment information. You may also visit our site anonymously.

What do we use your information for? 

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in the following ways: 

  • To personalize your experience

  • To improve our website

  • To improve customer service

  • To process transactions

  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey, or other site feature

  • To send periodic emails

Your information will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the product or service requested.

The email address you provide for donation processing may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your gift, in addition to occasional news, updates, related information, etc.

If at any time you would like to stop receiving emails, see the instructions at the bottom of the email or reply to let us know you’d like to be removed from email lists.

How do we protect your information? 

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you donate or when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. 

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit card information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our payment gateway provider’s database to be accessible only by those authorized with special access rights to such systems and who are also required to keep the information confidential.

After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, logins, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.

Do we use cookies? 

We do not use cookies.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties? 

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting business, or servicing you so long as those parties agree to keep the information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third Party Links 

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. We seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about third party sites.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance 

We are in compliance with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). We do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products, and services are all directed to people who are 13 years old or older.

Online Privacy Policy Only 

This privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent 

By using our website, you consent to our website’s privacy policy.

Changes to the Privacy Policy 

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. 

This policy was last modified on 12/15/2021.

Contact Us 

If there are questions regarding this privacy policy, contact us at 512-442-2301 or info@mainspringschools.org.