The Independent Media Institute (IMI) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website, as well as our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

Traffic Data

When you visit IMI’s website, we collect basic information about your computer, including: IP address (your computer’s unique signature), operating system, browser software (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari), and internet service provider (e.g., Comcast, AT&T, etc.). We also collect information about what you view on the site to help us optimize content. This information will never be shared with anyone outside of our organization.

Data Protection Officer

Elizabeth Carena is responsible for staff training, quarterly internal audits and notifying the EU GDPR supervisory authority within 72 hours in the unlikely event of a data breach. You can contact her at lizzie@ind.media if you have any questions relating to GDPR.

Use of Cookies

IMI employs cookies—small text files placed on your computer’s hard drive—to track the type of content and sites to which our users link, the length of time they spend at any particular site. For more on cookies, please click here.

Emails

After submitting a form on our website, users will receive a confirmation email followed by email newsletters and other occasional announcements from IMI. In order to distribute our email, we collect subscribers’ email addresses. We do not share addresses with other companies or partners. Users can unsubscribe from any email from IMI at any time by clicking “Unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email, or by writing to info@ind.media.

Donations

We use Stripe as our payment provider. Their ongoing commitment to compliance with European data protection laws is outlined on their website.

Surveys

From time to time IMI will conduct voluntary surveys of site visitors to obtain aggregate demographic information about them. This information may be compiled and shared in the aggregate with third parties, but no personal details will be traceable to or associated with specific individuals.

Linking to Other Sites

IMI contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

Children’s Guidelines

Protecting the rights of children is important to us. As a result, we do not collect or maintain any information from individuals we know to be under 13 years old, and no part of IMI is intended to attract anyone under 13.

Unsubscribe, Data Removal and Data Modification Policies

IMI allows users to opt out of receiving communications from us and to modify or remove their information from our system. The following options are available to do so:
Send email to info@ind.media
Send mail to: Independent Media Institute, 18 W. 21st St., Ste. 901, New York, NY 10010
Call: (212) 627-9585

Disclosure of Personal Information

IMI will not use or disclose your personal information, except (i) as described in this privacy policy, (ii) as required by law, court order or as requested by other government or law enforcement authority, or (iii) to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Independent Media Institute’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Independent Media Institute about our website users is among the assets transferred. In case of disclosure of personal information in the event of a sale or transfer of some or all of Independent Media Institute’s assets, you may direct us not to transfer your personal information at any time by contacting us at the address below or by sending an email to info@ind.media. This policy does not protect information you post to any online bulletin board or other public forum within our website.

Contacting IMI

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site or your dealings with this website, you can contact: 18 W. 21st St., Ste. 901, New York, NY 10010 and info@ind.media. IMI reserves the right to amend this Privacy Statement at any time without notice, and only the current Privacy Statement may be deemed effective.