This Privacy Policy was last modified on and is effective as of April 15, 2018.

ManIQ knows that you care how Personal Information about you is collected, used, shared and stored. “Personal Information” means information which personally identifies you or another.

This Privacy Policy explains what Personal Information will be collected by ManIQ when you use our Website: https://www.maniq.org/ and related services, how Personal Information will be used, and how you can control the collection, correction and/or deletion of Personal Information.

Mobile Privacy

We may offer you the ability to connect with our Website using a mobile device via a mobile optimized website. The provisions of this Privacy Policy apply to all such mobile access and use of mobile devices. This Privacy Policy will be referenced by all such mobile optimized websites.

Personal Information We Collect or You May Provide

You provide us Personal Information when you register to be a User:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your location
  • You may provide your social media information, which can help ManIQ in the identity verification process.

If you create a Project, you will provide us with the following Personal Information in addition to the Personal Information you provide when you register to be a User:

  • Your date of birth
  • Your PayPal account information
  • Your parent’s as your legal representative’s name
  • Your parent’s as your legal representative’s email address
  • Photos of your and your parent’s IDs in order to verify your identity

As a Donor, you may provide:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your billing name and address
  • Your PayPal e-mail address

We may also collect Personal Information from you as a result of your email communications with us or your Posts which we may retain along with our responses.

Any Personal Information you Post as User Content is available to the public without any expectation of privacy or confidentiality. Copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content even if you remove the User Content. Your name and location are publicly displayed in your profile page. To request removal of your personal information from these areas of the site, contact us using the information below. The profile you create on our site will be publically visible. You may change the visibility settings of your Donations, and the types of information it may disclose, on the “Donation History” page, and/or when you take specific actions on the site that provide you the option of anonymity.

We collect your location based information for identification and invoicing purposes.

When you use our mobile site, we may receive information about your location and your mobile device, including a unique identifier for your device. We may use this information to analyze data.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We use your Personal Information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the Service and conduct our business. For example (and not limited) to:

  • Register as a User and to identify you when you sign-in to your account
  • Administer your account or donations
  • Respond to your inquiries or complaints
  • Verify activity as we deem necessary
  • Conduct research and analyze data to improve our Service or customize our communications with you
  • Communicate with you

How We Share Your Personal Information with Third Parties

We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy policy. We do not sell your Personal Information to third parties.

We may share your Personal information:

  • As required by law, such as to comply with reporting requirements, a subpoena, or similar legal process.
  • In connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy, or other unlawful activity or as we believe reasonably necessary to protect or enforce our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others.
  • In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
  • With any other user, donor, campaign owner or third party with your prior consent to do so as described in this Policy.

If you are a Donor, we do not share any personal details of yours with the project owner, however, giving donations, Paypal will automatically share your name, Paypal ID and address.

We may provide your personal information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities such as processing your payments. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us and are obligated to keep your information confidential.

If ManIQ is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets or bankruptcy, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website of any change in ownership or uses of your Personal Information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your Personal Information.

How We Store and Protect Your Personal Information

We may store Personal Information in locations outside our direct control (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers).

Credit card details are never stored on our database or servers, as payment happens via Paypal.

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Website, you can contact us at privacy@maniq.org.

Compromise of Personal Information

We will promptly notify those persons whose Personal Information is compromised.

User Access and Choice

You may, of course, decline to submit Personal Information to us; in which case, you may not be able to become a User or use certain Services.

If your Personal Information changes, you may correct, update, amend, remove, or ask to have it removed by making the change on your user account “Profile” page, or by contacting directly ManIQ, sending your request to the privacy@maniq.org email address. If you no longer desire our service, you may ask to have your account deleted entirely. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as your account is active. We will retain and use your Personal Information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Notification, Electronic Communication and Opt-Out

You consent to our using your email address to send you Service-related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail. You may not opt out of some Service-related communications, but, we aim to avoid unnecessary email sending.

We will not send you any emails with marketing content, you will only receive emails about your registration and project if you are a campaign owner, and the operation of our website.

Children’s Privacy

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. ManIQ does not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, please use our Service with adult supervision. If you are under 13, please do not send any Personal Information to us. If we learn that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 13, we will remove that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any Personal Information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at the contact information below.

This site complies with the California Eraser law. If you are a California resident, a minor, and you have publicly posted personally identifiable content, you may request such content be removed from our site, by providing a link to the content, your age, and contacting us at the information below. This site is not responsible for content you made public that is taken from this site and posted to another site.

Tracking Technologies

Our cookie policy is found at: https://www.maniq.org/cookie-policy.

Links to Other Websites, Blogs/Forums and Social Media Widgets

Our Site includes links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ from those of ManIQ. When you use a link to go from our Website to another website, such as that of our payments processors, the privacy statement for the other website governs. We encourage you to carefully read and understand the privacy statement of any website you visit.

Our Website includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Share button. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Website, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

English Language

The English version of this Data Policy governs. All disputes, claims and causes of action (and related proceedings) will be communicated in English.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

If we make a material change to our privacy policies and procedures as to the collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information, we will post a notice of those changes on our Website or notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it, prior to the change becoming effective. You are bound by changes to the Data Policy when you use the site after those changes have been posted. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Data Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Website, please contact us at privacy@maniq.org.