Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 1, 2026

Mending Hearts for Mason respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you choose to share with us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect through our website, how we use it, and the choices available to you.

Information We Collect

We may collect personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us, including when you:

  • Submit a contact form
  • Sign up for our email newsletter
  • Leave a comment on our website
  • Contact us directly by email or through another method provided on the website

Depending on how you interact with the website, this information may include your name, email address, and any information you choose to include in a message or comment.

Contact Forms

When you submit a contact form, we collect the information you provide so that we can receive your message and respond to your request.

We do not use information submitted through our contact forms for unrelated marketing purposes unless you have separately chosen to receive those communications.

Email Newsletter

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we use the information you provide, such as your name and email address, to send you news, updates, event information, and other communications from Mending Hearts for Mason. You may unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time.

Comments

Our website is built to allow visitors to leave comments on some pages. When you leave a comment, we may collect the information entered into the comment form, along with technical information such as your IP address and browser information. This information may be used to display and manage comments and to help detect spam or misuse of the website.

Information you include in the public portion of a comment may be visible to other visitors. Please do not include sensitive or confidential personal information in public comments.

Cookies

Our website may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for the website features to function properly. Your browser may allow you to delete or block cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features function.

Automatically Collected Information

Our website hosting provider, website, security tools, or other systems necessary to operate the website may automatically collect limited technical information when you visit the site.

This may include information such as:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device information
  • Date and time of access
  • Pages requested
  • Technical information used for website security and maintenance

We use this information only as reasonably necessary to operate, secure, maintain, and troubleshoot the website.

How We Use Your Information

We may use information collected through our website to:

  • Respond to questions and requests
  • Send newsletters and other communications you have requested
  • Manage and moderate website comments
  • Operate and maintain the website
  • Protect the website from spam, abuse, fraud, or security threats
  • Comply with applicable legal obligations

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

Sharing Information

We may share information with service providers that help us operate our website and nonprofit activities, such as website hosting providers, email newsletter providers, contact form services, security services, and spam prevention services.

These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services to us or as otherwise permitted by their own applicable terms and privacy policies.

We may also disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, or property of Mending Hearts for Mason, our visitors, or others.

Data Retention

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Comments and information associated with them may be retained as part of the website’s comment history. Newsletter subscriber information may be retained until you unsubscribe or we discontinue the mailing list. Contact form communications may be retained when reasonably necessary for our records or ongoing communication.

Protecting Your Information

We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or disclosure.

However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended to collect personal information from children under the age of 13 without appropriate parental or guardian involvement.

If you believe that a child under 13 has provided personal information to us through the website, please contact us so that we can review and, when appropriate, delete that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to websites operated by other organizations. Mending Hearts for Mason is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any external website you visit.

Your Choices

You may contact us to ask about personal information you have provided through our website or to request that we correct or delete that information when reasonably possible and legally permitted. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, or privacy practices.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how Mending Hearts for Mason handles personal information, please use the contact us form.