Privacy Policy
Effective Date: April 29, 2025
1. Introduction
Mission to Protect Intelligent Life is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, create an account, or use our services. Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the site includes:
A. Information You Provide to Us
- Account Information: When you create an account, we collect personal information, such as your email address and a hashed (scrambled) version of your password. We use this to secure your account and provide you access to our dashboard.
- Contact Information: When you contact us via our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message. This information is processed through our third-party provider, Formspree, to enable us to respond to your inquiries.
- Donation Information: When you make a donation, your payment is processed by a third-party
payment processor.
- For fiat currency donations (e.g., USD, EUR), we use Stripe.
- For cryptocurrency donations, we use NowPayments.
B. Information We Collect Automatically
- Usage Data & Cookies: Like many websites, we and our third-party service providers may use cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies to collect information about your browser, device, and your activity on our site. This may include your IP address (which may be anonymised), browser type, operating system, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits. We use this data for analytics (via Matomo) to understand how our site is used and to improve our services.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To create and manage your account and provide access to our services.
- To respond to your comments, questions, and provide customer support.
- To process donations and maintain a record of our supporters.
- To monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience on our site.
- To protect the security and integrity of our website and services.
4. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with third-party vendors who perform services for us, but only as necessary to provide our services. These vendors include:
- Formspree: To process submissions from our contact form. You can review their privacy policy at formspree.io/legal/privacy-policy.
- Stripe: To process fiat currency donations. You can review their privacy policy at stripe.com/privacy.
- NowPayments: To process cryptocurrency donations. You can review their privacy policy at nowpayments.io/privacy-policy.
- Matomo Analytics: To analyse website traffic and user behavior. Our Matomo instance is configured to respect user privacy and anonymise data where possible.
We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use them for several purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the site to function, such as keeping you logged in.
- Analytics Cookies: These help us understand website traffic and usage patterns.
- Third-Party Cookies: Our service providers (like Stripe) may use cookies for purposes such as fraud prevention and to ensure their services work correctly.
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
6. Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. For example, all user account passwords are cryptographically hashed, meaning we never store your plain-text password. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.
7. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, correct, or delete your data.
- Account Information: You may review or change the information in your account or terminate your account at any time by logging into your account settings or by contacting us.
- Contact: To exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us using the method described in the "Contact Us" section below.
8. Children's Privacy
Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information from our files as soon as possible.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through the contact form available in the main navigation menu of our website. This is our designated channel for all inquiries.