Privacy Policy
Meals on Wheels or RI is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust as it relates to the privacy of your personal information.
This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for Meals on Wheels America of RI and our website: https://rimeals.org. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website, except where stated otherwise. It will notify you of the following:
- What information we collect;
- With whom it is shared;
- How it can be corrected;
- How it is secured;
- How policy changes will be communicated; and
- How to address concerns over misuse of personal data.
information collection, use, and sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will use information you provide to us to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. Further, we will not share your information with any third party outside our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g., to forward your request for meal services. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
Personal information from those who communicate with us online via any of our technology platforms, including this website, interactive sites, or social media networks (“Platforms”), may be collected for the purposes of responding to specific questions; advising visitors of new online material and Meals on Wheels of RI activities and events; and offering opportunities for contributing to local and national Meals on Wheels organizations and our research initiatives. Our web server recognizes consumer domain names to analyze website access and improve the content of our website. Personal data such as your e-mail address, telephone number, address, age and gender may be collected to respond to your specific request for information and for the purposes outlined above. Like many online services, we use cookies to collect information (see below).
your access to and control over information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number provided on our website:
- See what data we have about you, if any.
- Change/correct any data we have about you.
- Have us delete any data we have about you.
- Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Cookies
Personal data such as your e-mail address, telephone number, address, age and gender may be collected to respond to your specific request for information and for the purposes outlined above. Like many online services, we use cookies to collect information. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive while you are viewing the website. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our website. This type of information is collected to make the website more useful to you and to tailor the experience with us to meet your special interests and needs. We also use cookies to identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance their experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site. Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (e.g., advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Sharing
Meals on Wheels of RI will not share your personal information collected with any organizations outside the Meals on Wheels network or our Platform service providers without your consent, except as may be described herein or as may be compelled legally. If you have questions about this privacy policy or if you wish to verify and correct the information we have collected, you may call the Meals on Wheels or RI headquarters at (401) 351-6700.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Notification of Changes
Our Privacy policy is subject to change without notice. Therefore, we recommend you check this web page periodically for updates and revisions. If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, contact us at 401-351-6700 or email [email protected].
Privacy policy updated as of March 1, 2023.