University of Michigan is committed to keeping any and all personal information collected of those individuals that visit this website and make use of our online facilities and services accurate, confidential, secure, and private. Our privacy policy has been designed and created to ensure those affiliated with University of Michigan of our commitment and realization of our obligation not only to meet but to exceed most existing privacy standards.

Therefore, this Privacy Policy Agreement shall apply to MiAfib.org, and thus shall govern any and all data collection and usage thereof. Through the use of our services you are herein consenting to the following data procedures expressed under this agreement.

It is highly recommended and suggested that you review the privacy policies and agreements of any website that you choose to us or frequent as a means to better understand the way in which websites garner, make use of, and share information collected.

Collection of Information

This website collects various types of information, such as:

• Information automatically collected when visiting our website, which may include cookies, third party tracking technologies, and server logs

 University of Michigan may have the occasion to collect non-personal, anonymous demographic information, such as age, gender, household income, political affiliation, race, and religion, as well as the type of browser you are using, IP address, and type of operating system, that will assist us in providing and maintaining superior quality service.

Use of Information Collected

University of Michigan may collect and may make use of personal information to assist in the operation of our website and to ensure delivery of the services you need and request. As such, we may find it necessary to use personal identifiable information as a means to keep you informed of other possible products and/or services that may be available to you. University of Michigan may also be in contact with you with regards to completing surveys and/or research questionnaires related to your opinion of current or potential future services that may be offered.

University of Michigan does not now, nor will it in the future, sell, lend, or lease any of its customer lists and/or names to any third parties.

University of Michigan may deem it necessary to follow websites and or pages that their users may frequent in an effort to glean what types of services and/or products may be the most popular to customers or the general public.

University of Michigan may disclose your personal information, without any prior notice to you unless required to do so in accordance to applicable laws and/or in a good faith belief that each action is deemed necessary or required in an effort to:

• Remain in conformance with any decrees, laws, and/or statues or as an effort to comply with any process which may be serviced upon University of Michigan and/or its websites;

• Maintain, safeguard, and/or preserve all the rights and/or property of University of Michigan; and;
• Perform under demanding conditions in an effort to safeguard the personal safety of users of miafib.org and/or the general public.

Non-Marketing Purposes

University of Michigan respects your privacy. We do maintain and reserve the right to contact you if needed for non-marketing purposes (such as bug alerts, security breaches, and/or changes in University of Michigan products and services). In certain circumstances, we may use our website, newspapers, or other public means to post a notice.

Children Under Age of 13

University of Michigan does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen (13) without verifiable parental consent. If it is determined that such information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of thirteen (13), we shall immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system’s database. Anyone under the age of thirteen (13) must seek and obtain parent or guardian permission to use this website.

Unsubscribe or Opt-Out

All users and/or visitors to our website have the option to decline receiving communication from us and/or reserve the right to discontinue receiving communications by the way or e-mail or newsletters. To discontinue or unsubscribe to our website please send an e-mail that you wish to unsubscribe to [email protected]. If you wish to unsubscribe or opt-out from any third party websites, you must go to that specific website to unsubscribe and/or opt-out. University of Michigan will continue to adhere to the privacy policy described herein with respect to any personal information previously collected.

Links to Other Web Sites

Our website may contain links to affiliates and other websites. University of Michigan does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices, and/or procedures of other such websites. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. The aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our website.

Security

University of Michigan shall endeavor and shall take every precaution to sustain adequate physical, procedural, and technical security with respect to its offices and information storage facilities so as to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of the user’s personal information under our control.

Changes to Privacy Policy Agreement

University of Michigan reserves the right to update and change the terms of our privacy policy, and as such we will post those changes to our website, so that our users and/or visitors are always aware of the type of information we collected, how it will be used, and under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose such information. If at any point in time University of Michigan decides to make use of any personally identifiable information on file, in a manner vastly different from that which was stated when this information was initially collected, the user shall be promptly notified by e-mail. Users at that time shall have the option as to whether or not to permit the use of their information in this separate manner.

Acceptance of Terms

Through the use of this website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions explained with the aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of our website. In addition, your continued use of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions shall mean that you are in agreement and acceptance of such changes.