| Privacy Policy |
| Monday, 29 January 2007 | |
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Kaufman County CERT, Inc. is aware that people visiting this website are concerned about their privacy, what information is collected and how it is used. For this reason, we have create, with the approval from our parent organization , this Privacy Policy. Before we outline our policy below, all visitors need to know that Kaufman County CERT, Inc. like most organizations has a duty to report illegal use of our website and its information or contact information contained within. Privacy PolicyWebsites Affected: The only website that is affected by this Privacy Policy is www.KCCERT.org. Any URL domain name that points directly to this website shall also be considered a part of this website and will comply to this policy, expect subdomains that are used by other organizations, such as Kaufman County Citizen Corps, Inc. User Information: The information that is provided by you while visiting this website will never be sold, rented out, leased, given away, auctioned off, or otherwise allowed to leave our control for the benefit of another. The only organizations that have direct or indirect access to this data is Kaufman County CERT, Inc., Southern Search & Rescue, Inc. and it's division, which we are one. No data will be provided to individuals outside of those that require access to it, to be able to perform such duties that the data was collected for. Cookies: We do use a limited amount of cookies on this website to assist in delivering the information that is requested. If you have a user account, a cookie is used to remember you account information when you are logged into the system. Cookies that are issued by this website will contain only server usable information and can only be used by this server. Outside advertisers (see Advertisers below) may also issue cookies through their banners that are located on this website, we are not able to control these cookies, nor are we responsible for their use. Please contact the advertisers directly for issues related to their cookies. Advertisers: We do use outside advertisers to place limited ad on our website that might be of interest to our visitors. These ads may come in various forms, including banners and text links. We work to insure that all links on our website only reach family friendly site, but we are not responsible for content provided by any external website, include those that come through our advertisers. Forms: This website contain various forms that are used in the daily operation of this site. These forms include, but are not limited to Contact Us forms and membership applications. The information received through these forms is used to complete the requested task that the form presents. Some forms on this website may request unique identifiers such as Social Security Numbers, Drivers License Numbers and other items. These forms are used to request membership into the organization and this type of information is required to complete the registration process. The information collect in the membership forms is strictly regulated and can only be accessed by key personal within the organization or it's parent organization, as required by law. All forms that are used to collect financial information, such as credit card numbers or bank informatio, for the purpose of making a donation or payment are not contained on this website and the information that they collect is not maintained here either. The forms for collecting such information are contained on secure webservers. This includes credit card and online check donation forms contained on our parent organizations secure server located at https://www.southernrescue.org/secure/donate/CERT/, this information is maintained by us off the internet at a secure location. Other donation pages are maintained on websites such as PayPal and others. The information collected by those sites, are maintained by them and we do not have access to such information. Other forms collect information for the stated purpose of the form. Donation Payment Options: Kaufman County CERT, Inc. uses all of the following (but not limited to) payment options for collecting donations and payments.
This site does contain links to external website, Kaufman County CERT, Inc. and it's parent organization are not responsible for the content of such sites. We strive to only link to family friendly content, but we can not confirm all content all the time. Public Forums: This website may provide access to forums, message boards and/or news groups. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas are public information and you should exercise caution when disclosing personal information. Security: This site has security measures in place to the loss, misuse and/or alteration of information maintained on this site. Some areas of this website are protect and require login infomation to access. All attempted logins are recorded and may be present to law enforcement agencies if needed. Children's Policy: This website may contain areas designed for children, but we do not actively request or obtain any information about the status of a person visiting our site. We do not know if the visitor is a minor or adult. Therefore parental permission to visit this website is not required. If a minor uses the Contact Us form, we will respond to the contact request only for the purpose of fulfiling the request and not to obtain information about the submitter. Choice/Opt-Out: Our sites provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving promotional/marketing (NOT DONATION REQUEST) information from us, expect we shall send only one donation request a year to the people that choose to opt-out. If you are a user of our e-newsletter, you have an unsubscribe link contained at the bottom of the email. You can also send an opt-out request to the following email address or snail mail address: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Kaufman County CERT, Inc. Data Quality/Access: If you feel that we contain and present inaccurate information regarding you on this website, please use the above shown email address, so that information may be corrected. Updates and Changes: Kaufman County CERT, Inc. and Southern Search & Rescue, Inc. reserve the right to makes changes to this policy at any time and such changes shall take effect upon publishing on this page Legal Use of Data: We will provide any and all information to any law enforcement agency, provided that they have valid proof of an investigation of a crime and that this information is/might be related. Proof can be provided in the form of a Search Warrant, Court Order, Subpoena, or other court recognized legal form. We will provide information to the United States Internal Revenue Service. The information provided to the IRS will only be what is needed to complete and file our necessary forms each year, as required by law. The providing of data for the purposes stated above does not violate this privacy policy as they are required by law. This policy is current as of January 1st, 2007. |