Website Privacy Policy

Minuteman Senior Services places a high priority on protecting your privacy. This privacy policy was created to demonstrate Minuteman Senior Services’ firm commitment to the privacy of website users. This policy explains what types of information are collected by Minuteman Senior Services’ website, https://www.MinutemanSenior.org, and content (“Services”) and how this information is used. It also has information about how we store, use, transfer, and delete the information we collect. Our aim is not just to comply with privacy law, it’s to earn your trust. We never sell or share your information with others.

Importantly, this Privacy Policy does not apply to any other program or service of Minuteman Senior Services, and in particular does not apply to our collection, use or disclosure of your patient health care information, including information you provide to us while being treated at our facilities. Our use and disclosure of that information, known as “Protected Health Information,” is subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and related regulations (collectively known as “HIPAA”) and our Notice of Privacy Practices.

Information We Collect & How We Use It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services, including information:

By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, or telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”); and
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our services, and usage details.

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.

We don’t make money advertising to you or collect data to advertise to you. Any tracking we do at Minuteman Senior Services is to make our website function as efficiently as possible. We use this information to:

provide, test, improve, promote, and personalize the Services;
estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
fight spam and other forms of online abuse; and
generate aggregate, non-identifying information about how people use the Services.

Individuals who sign up to receive Minuteman Senior Services communications, fill out a form, make a donation, etc., voluntarily provide us with contact information (such as name and e-mail address). We may use this information for specific, limited purposes, such as invitations to agency events, fundraising opportunities, or agency announcements. You may always “opt out,” either now or at any time if you do not wish to receive our communications. Information collected when you voluntarily make an online donation is stored for future communication and solicitation purposes unless you opt out.

Internet Protocol (IP) addresses

Minuteman Senior Services uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our web server, to administer our website, and for statistical metrics used to track website visitor traffic.

Cookies

https://www.MinutemanSenior.org uses “cookie” messages to automatically help provide better services and to provide you with better or more useful interactions with and information on our website based on what you’ve done and told us before. The “cookie” (a small text file) is stored on your computing device 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 our website, so we know which parts are most popular. You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your web browser accordingly. Please check the Help file of your browser to determine how to set these user preferences.

How Your Information May Be Used

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present our Services and their contents to you.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
To notify you about changes to our Services or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our services that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of this at any time by following the “unsubscribe” link in any email you receive.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

To our affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our organization and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
To a successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Minuteman Senior Services or about our Services users is among the assets transferred.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Minuteman Senior Services, our patients, or others.

Email Privacy

Minuteman Senior Services does not provide, sell, or rent email addresses to anyone outside the organization.

Information Security and Quality

Minuteman Senior Services has implemented appropriate technical and managerial procedures to maintain information that is accurate, current, and complete. We will make a sincere effort to respond to your requests to correct information inaccuracies in a timely manner. We reserve the right to disclose information contained within our access logs as we reasonably feel is necessary to protect our systems or organization. We also reserve the right to report any suspected illegal activity to law enforcement for investigation or prosecution.

Children Under the Age of 16

Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website through any of its features, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at info@MinutemanSenior.org.

External Links

https://www.MinutemanSenior.org includes links to external websites. These links do not fall under the MinutemanSenior.org domain, and Minuteman Senior Services 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; please review it periodically. We maintain the option to modify this privacy policy 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.

Agency Contact Information

Main office: One Burlington Woods Drive, Suite 101, Burlington, MA 01803
Phone: Toll Free (888) 222-6171 or (781) 272-7177
Email: info@MinutemanSenior.org

Effective Date: February 14, 2024

Last revised date: 11/29/2023