Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy

Introduction

Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County has created this Privacy Policy to explain why we collect particular information and how we will protect your personal privacy within our website. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the website located at the URL cacsmithcounty.org

In order to fully understand your rights, we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy. Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County reserves the right at any time and without notice to change this Privacy Policy simply by posting such changes on our site. Any such change will be effective immediately upon posting.

Because we want to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, this Privacy Policy notifies you of:

What personally identifiable information of yours is collected through the site
Who collects such information
How such information is used
What kind of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control
With whom your information may be shared
What choices you have regarding collection, use and distribution of your information
How you can correct any inaccuracies in your information

What Information We Collect and How We Use That Information

Our contact form requires users to give us contact information that may include name, email addresses, phone numbers, and similar information. We do not request or store sensitive information from our visitors, such as credit card or social security numbers.

Internet Protocol Address

We collect an IP address from all visitors to our site. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our site, analyze trends, track users’ movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Use of “Cookies”

Our site may use cookies to enhance your experience while using our site. Cookies are pieces of information that some web site transfer to the computer that is browsing that website and are used for record-keeping purposes at many websites. Use of cookies make web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords, your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular website and to make sure you don’t see the same ad repeatedly. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.

Your browser is usually set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our site will not function properly when you view them.

Security

All information provided to Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. We also protect account information by placing it on a secure portion of our site that is only accessible by certain qualified employees of Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information.

Personal Information

You may decide to send us personally identifying information, for example, in an electronic mail message containing a question or comment, or by filling out the contact form that provides us this information. We use personally identifying information from email primarily to respond to your requests. We may forward your email to other employees who are better able to answer your questions. We may also use your email to contact you in the future about our programs that may be of interest.

We will not obtain personal identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. Except as might be required by law, we do not share any information we receive with any outside parties.

We do not share your name or email address with any outside parties. Every email sent to you provides the opportunity to unsubscribe from receiving further email communications from us. You cannot remove yourself from our database, but you can prevent unwanted communication. To correct any inaccuracies in your information, send them to [email protected].

Other Websites

Our site contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such sites as their policies may be different than ours.