Privacy Policy

Introduction and Scope

The Mirandola Institute (“Mirandola,” “the Institute,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects the privacy of the people who visit our website, read our publications, subscribe to our communications, participate in our programs, correspond with us, or otherwise interact with the Institute.

This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information in connection with the Mirandola Institute website and other digital properties that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Site”).

The Site may contain links to or integrations with third-party services. Information that you provide directly to those services is governed by their own privacy policies and practices.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us

You may provide personal information when you:

• subscribe to newsletters or other Institute communications;
• contact the Institute;
• submit an article, essay, research contribution, challenge, response, or other material;
• register for or participate in an event, program, survey, or other Institute activity; or
• otherwise communicate or interact with us.

Depending on the interaction, this information may include your name, email address, institutional affiliation, professional information, correspondence, submission materials, and other information you choose to provide.

You may use many portions of the Site without providing personal information.

Newsletters and Communications

If you subscribe to a Mirandola Institute newsletter or other electronic communication, we use the information you provide, including your email address, to deliver the requested communications and administer the subscription.

We may use third-party service providers to manage subscriptions and distribute communications. Those providers may process information on our behalf in accordance with their own terms and our arrangements with them.

You may unsubscribe from promotional or newsletter communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the communication or by contacting us at hello@mirandolainstitute.org.

We may continue to send administrative or transactional communications where appropriate.

Submissions, Correspondence, and Participation

If you submit scholarly work, commentary, a challenge, response, inquiry, or other material to the Institute or HumanitAI, we may use the information you provide to evaluate, administer, respond to, edit, review, publish, or otherwise manage the submission or interaction.

Publication rights and other terms applicable to material accepted for publication may be governed by separate submission, contributor, or publication terms.

If you participate in an event, research activity, survey, or other Institute program, we may collect information reasonably necessary to administer that activity.

Participation in surveys is voluntary unless expressly stated otherwise.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, we and service providers acting on our behalf may automatically collect limited technical information about your visit.

This information may include:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address;
• browser and device type;
• operating system;
• referring and exit pages;
• pages viewed;
• approximate geographic location derived from an IP address;
• date and time of access; and
• information about interactions with the Site.

We may use technologies such as cookies, server logs, and similar tools to collect this information.

Cookies

Cookies are small files or data elements stored on or associated with your device. Cookies may be used to operate the Site, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the Site, improve performance, and support security.

Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Some features of the Site may not function as intended if certain cookies are disabled.

Analytics

We may use third-party analytics services to understand how visitors use the Site, identify technical problems, measure readership, and improve our publications and digital services.

These services may use cookies or similar technologies and may receive technical information about your interaction with the Site.

Where required, we will provide appropriate choices regarding non-essential analytics technologies.

How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

• operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site;
• provide requested newsletters, publications, programs, and communications;
• respond to questions and correspondence;
• administer submissions, editorial activities, events, surveys, and other Institute programs;
• understand readership and Site usage;
• protect the Institute, its readers, contributors, systems, and intellectual property;
• prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents;
• maintain records appropriate to our scholarly and institutional activities;
• comply with applicable law and legal process; and
• carry out another purpose disclosed when the information is collected or with your consent.

We do not use personal information to determine the intellectual position or viewpoint a person must hold in order to access the Institute’s publicly available scholarship.

How We Disclose Information

Service Providers

We may provide information to vendors and service providers that assist us with functions such as website hosting, analytics, email delivery, security, event administration, document management, and other operational activities.

We seek to limit such disclosures to information reasonably necessary for those providers to perform services on our behalf.

Editorial and Scholarly Activities

Information associated with a submission or scholarly contribution may be provided to editors, reviewers, advisers, or other participants in an editorial or scholarly process when reasonably necessary to evaluate or administer the work.

Information intended for publication may become public if the contribution is published.

Legal and Protective Purposes

We may disclose information if we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

• comply with applicable law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or other legal process;
• protect the rights, property, or safety of the Institute or others;
• investigate fraud, misuse, or security threats; or
• enforce applicable agreements or policies.

Organizational Transactions

If the Institute undergoes a reorganization, combination, transfer of assets, or similar institutional transaction, information may be transferred as reasonably necessary in connection with that transaction, subject to applicable law.

With Your Direction or Consent

We may disclose information for another purpose that we describe when you provide it or when you direct or consent to the disclosure.

Sale of Personal Information

The Mirandola Institute does not sell personal information in exchange for monetary consideration.

If our practices materially change, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any choices required by applicable law.

Third-Party Links

The Site may contain links to websites, publications, platforms, or services operated by third parties.

The Institute does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.

Children

The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to the Institute, please contact us at hello@mirandolainstitute.org so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.

Your Choices and Requests

You may contact us to request that we correct, update, or delete personal information that you have provided to us, subject to applicable legal, archival, editorial, security, and recordkeeping requirements.

You may also unsubscribe from newsletters and similar communications using the unsubscribe mechanism included in those communications.

Requests may be sent to hello@mirandolainstitute.org.

Depending on where you reside, applicable law may provide additional rights concerning access to, correction of, deletion of, or other treatment of your personal information.

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to administer Institute activities, maintain appropriate scholarly or institutional records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with legal obligations.

Published materials and records forming part of the Institute’s scholarly or editorial record may be retained for archival and intellectual-record purposes.

Security

The Institute uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

No system for storing or transmitting information can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted through or stored by the Site.

International Visitors

The Site may be accessible from jurisdictions outside the United States. If you provide information to the Institute from outside the United States, that information may be processed or stored in the United States or other jurisdictions in which our service providers operate.

Applicable privacy protections may differ among jurisdictions.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy as our activities, technologies, or legal obligations change.

When we make material changes, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site and update the effective date. We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

Contact Us

Questions, comments, or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be directed to:

The Mirandola Institute
Los Angeles, California
hello@mirandolainstitute.org