Our Commitment to Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, the Middle East Institute (“MEI,” also referred in this Privacy Policy as “we” or “us”) has adopted this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”), which explains our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

To make this Policy easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and on every page under the homepage.

The Information We Collect

This Policy applies to all information collected or submitted by means of this Site.

On some pages, you can order products, make requests, or register as a member or to receive materials. The types of personally identifiable information collected at these pages include without limitation: names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, and credit and debit card information.

On some pages, you can submit information about other people. For example, if you order a gift online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the recipient’s address. In that circumstance, the types of personally identifiable information collected include: names, addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers.

We also collect, both actively and passively, non-personally identifiable information, including your gender, IP addresses, browser types, and access times. We will also aggregate non-personally identifiable information to formulate useful statistics.

The Way We Use Information

We use your personally identifying information for the purposes for which you provided it to us via this Site. We receive and store permanently such information, except for financial information (“Contact Information”). We also gather Contact Information from third parties, and, unless required by law, we do not make Contact Information available to interested parties without your expressed consent.

We may use non-identifying and aggregate information to improve the design of this Site and to share quantitative information with advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on this Site, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we will not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.

How You Can Correct Your Information

You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information of your contact information through this system by contacting us with corrections at: mej@mideasti.org.

To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before making corrections.

Use of this Site by Children

We do not intend this Site to be used by children under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years old, please do not submit any personally identifiable information to us. You should instead have your parent or guardian submit their personally identifiable information where called for.

If we later learn that we have collected any personally identifiable information from you without the consent of your parent(s), we will take appropriate steps to remove such information from our system and restrict your access to this Site.

How to Contact Us

You may contact us through any of the following ways -

MEI’s Internet Website’s address is:
http://www.mideasti.org

MEI’s general email address is:
mideasti@mideasti.org

MEI’s postal address is:
1761 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-2882
USA

MEI’s telephone numbers are:
Telephone: +1-202-785-1141
Fax: +1-202-331-8861