# Privacy Policy

Learn how the Mormon Transhumanist Association protects your privacy, handles personal data, and works with third-party services to safeguard your information.

The Mormon Transhumanist Association (“MTA,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website, make a donation, purchase merchandise, or interact with our services.Information We CollectWe collect information you provide directly to us, such as your name, email address, mailing address, and phone number when you register for events, subscribe to our newsletter, make a donation, or purchase merchandise. We also automatically collect certain technical information when you visit our website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit, through the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies.How We Use Your InformationWe use the information we collect to operate and improve our website and services, communicate with you about events, publications, and organizational news, process donations and merchandise orders, send transactional notifications (such as donation receipts, order confirmations, and shipping updates), and analyze website usage to better understand and serve our community.No Sale of Personal InformationWe do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties for monetary gain or commercial marketing purposes. Your data is not a product. We share personal information with outside parties only to the minimum extent necessary to deliver the services you have requested, as described in the section below.Third-Party Service ProvidersTo deliver our services, we work with a limited set of trusted third-party providers. We share only the minimum information required for each provider to perform their specific function. We do not authorize these providers to use your information for any purpose beyond the service they provide to us. Our current service providers are as follows:Twilio (SMS and WhatsApp Notifications)We use Twilio to send transactional SMS and WhatsApp messages, such as event reminders and notification alerts. To deliver these messages, we share your phone number and the message content with Twilio. Twilio processes this data solely for message delivery on our behalf.Postmark (Email Delivery)We use Postmark to deliver transactional emails, including donation confirmations, order receipts, account notifications, and event-related correspondence. We share your email address and the relevant message content with Postmark for the sole purpose of delivering these communications to you.Stripe (Donations and Merchandise Purchases)We use Stripe to process donations and merchandise purchases. When you complete a payment, Stripe collects and processes your payment card information and billing details directly and securely. We share only the transaction-related information necessary to facilitate and confirm your payment. We do not store your full payment card details on our own servers.Printful (Merchandise Fulfillment)We u