Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to https://ma4jr.org and Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform include https://ma4jr.org and MAJR. The MAJR website is an education and information site. By using the MAJR website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, MAJR may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
– First and Last Name
– Mailing Address
– E-mail Address
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to information you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
MAJR collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver information relevant to our mission. .
MAJR may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of legislative updates and activities of MAJR and partnering organizations. .
Sharing Information with Third Parties
MAJR does not sell, rent or lease its membership lists to third parties.
MAJR may share data with trusted partners to help support legislative activities relative to our mission, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to MAJR, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
MAJR may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on MAJR or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of MAJR; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of MAJR, or the public.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by MAJR. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the MAJR website.
Security of your Personal Information
MAJR secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. MAJR uses the following methods for this purpose:
– SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
• Delete your personal information from our records; and
• Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
• Complete the process of fulfilling a request from you, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing relationship with you,;
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
• Comply with the Maryland Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
• Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
MAJR does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, MAJR may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from MAJR or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from MAJR, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button..
Changes to this Statement
MAJR reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
MAJR welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that MAJR has not adhered to this Statement, please contact MAJR at:
Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform
351 Dubois Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email Address:
[email protected]
Telephone number:
443-583-4251
Effective as of December 31, 2020