Privacy Policy

Missouri Military Academy (“MMA,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Website Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.missourimilitaryacademy.org/ (our “Website”).

This Policy applies to information we collect on this Website, in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website, and when you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

This does not apply to information collected by us offline or through any other means, or from any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to, be accessible from, or on the Website.

Please read this Policy before using the Website. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Policy. our policies and practices may change at any time, but any changes to this Policy will be posted on the Website and will only apply going forward, not retroactively. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so you are encouraged to review this Policy whenever you visit the Website.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or other identifiers by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address; and
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically as you navigate through the Website. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
From third parties, for example, our business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website. Please be aware that some links on our Website may take you to forms on other websites, such as application forms and donation forms. These websites are not subject to this Policy.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete.
Your search queries on the Website.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

the IP and the name of the Internet domain you used to access the Internet;
the IP address or URL of the website from which you directly linked to this Website;
the date and time you accessed this Website;
the pages you visited on this Website;
the browser and operating system you used to access this Website; and
the search terms used on our search engines.

The information we collect automatically does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
Speed up your searches.
Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies are used for various purposes to gather information and facilitate navigation. Our Website may use cookies for re-marketing. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
Web Beacons. Pages of our the Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related Website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain Website content and verifying system and server integrity).

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present our Website and its contents to you.
To provide you with information or services that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
If applicable, to create, maintain, customize, and secure your account with us.
To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses.
To protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions or investigating fraud that has already occurred.
To personalize your experience and to deliver content and product and service offerings relevant to your interests.
To allow you to participate in interactive features on our services.
To process your requests.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
To notify you about changes to our Website or services.
To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website, services, technology assets, and operations.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our Website users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Policy:

To any of our affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our operations.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of MMA’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by MMA about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you email us, we will use your email address to respond to you.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply other agreements between us and you, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of MMA, our faculty, staff, students, families, or others.

Data Security

MMA takes reasonable steps to protect your information. Only authorized employees, agents, and contractors are permitted to access your information. However, the transmission of information via the Internet cannot be completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Information Received From Third Parties

If you choose to connect to our Website through a social network such as Facebook, we may automatically collect your profile information. This information allows us, among other things, to improve the delivery of our web pages to you and to measure our Website traffic. Learn more about Facebook’s privacy policy here.

We do not control third parties tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about any third party’s policies or procedures, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

Other sites

Our Website may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of these websites or any other sites that are linked to from our Website, or any damage to, or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property, or for any loss or corruption of data resulting from any third party website navigated to or accessed from links hosted on or contained in our Website. If you decide to access any website linked to in our Website, you do so entirely at your own risk. We do not guarantee that you will receive an alert when you leave our Website, and it is your responsibility to determine when you have left the Website. Any personal information you provide on linked pages or applications is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party’s privacy policy. We encourage you to learn about their privacy and security practices and policies before providing them with personal information.

Privacy Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about our privacy policy, you may contact us at the following email address: informationrequest@missourimilitaryacademy.com

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy. Any changes to this Policy will be posted on the Website. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Policy to check for any changes.

Effective Date

This Policy is effective as of 31 March 2025 and supersedes all prior versions.