PRIVACY POLICY
Mental Fitness Inc. places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created in order to demonstrate the commitment of Mental Fitness Inc. and its representatives to the privacy of our partners and website users. This policy explains what types of information is collected by the Mental Fitness Inc. website, www.MentalFitnessInc.org, and how this information is used.
Personal Information. Constituents who register through www.MentalFitnessInc.org or its affiliated social media pages and individuals who sign up to receive electronic communications through Mental Fitness Inc. voluntarily provide us with contact information (such as name and e-mail address). We may use this information for specific, limited purposes. You may always “opt out,” either now or at any time if you do not wish to receive our messages.
IP addresses. Mental Fitness Inc. uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer www.MentalFitnessInc.org and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic.
Cookies. www.MentalFitnessInc.org uses “cookie” messages to automatically help provide better services. They remind us who you are and your preferences for our website based on what you’ve done and told us before. The “cookie” is placed in your computer and is read when you come back to our website. Cookies let us take you to the information and features you’re particularly interested in. They also let us track your usage of www.MentalFitnessInc.org so we know which parts of our sites are most popular. You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your Web browser accordingly.
How Your Information May Be Used. We use your personal information to provide you with personalized service; to send e-mail alerts to you; to answer your requests; to process your registration forms; etc. You may choose to opt out at any time, which will cease all communications from us. We may also use your information to track visitors of our website to see which of our features are the most popular so we can better serve our community. It also lets us provide aggregate data about our traffic (not identifying you personally, but showing how many visitors used which features, for example) to outside parties.
Email Privacy. Mental Fitness Inc. does not provide, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization.
External Links. www.MentalFitnessInc.org includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the www.MentalFitnessInc.org domain, and Mental Fitness Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.
Modifications. We may amend this privacy policy from time to time, so please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy at any time by electronic notice posted on our website. Your continued use of our website after the date that such notices are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Representatives of Mental Fitness Inc. (MFI Representatives) may, at times, receive personal and private information that must be kept confidential. Some of the information obtained is necessary to provide programs and services to an organization, group or individual, and other information is shared within the development of a helping, trusting relationship. Before MFI Representatives begin serving as a member of the Mental Fitness team, they are made aware of the laws and penalties for breaching confidentiality.
Mental Fitness expects all staff, officers, directors, leaders, interns, volunteers and other representatives to respectfully keep confidential any personal or privileged information received through their position with Mental Fitness. Confidentiality is the preservation of privileged information. It means that MFI Representatives are not permitted to disclose the provided information, specifically, the names of program participants or to talk about them in ways that might make their identity known. No personal or privileged information may be released without appropriate authorization. General information, policy statements or statistical material that is not identified with any individual is not classified as confidential.
Personal or privileged information gained about individuals, groups and organizations through Mental Fitness is confidential in terms of the law, and disclosure could make MFI Representatives legally liable. Disclosure could also interfere with the ability for Mental Fitness to fulfill its mission by damaging relationships with our partners and the people we serve. Failure to maintain confidentiality may result in termination of an MFI Representative’s position with the organization. This policy is intended to protect MFI Representatives, as well as Mental Fitness, because in extreme cases, violations of this policy may result in personal liability. Although Mental Fitness is liable for an MFI Representative’s acts within the scope of their duty, giving information to an unauthorized person could result in the organization’s refusal to support the MFI Representative in the event of legal action. Violation of South Carolina state statutes regarding confidentiality of records is punishable upon conviction by fines, by imprisonment, or by both.