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Privacy
Policy
Welcome
Welcome to www.CLCStamford.org.
This site is owned by Childcare Learning Centers Inc. This Privacy
Policy is designed to tell you about our practices regarding collection,
use, and disclosure of information that you may provide via this
site. Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy before using
or submitting information to this site. This site is intended for
use by residents of the United States.
Your Consent
By using this site you
agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Whenever you submit
information via this site, you consent to the collection, use, and
disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
About Children
We will not knowingly
collect information from site visitors who are children under the
age of 13. We encourage parents to talk to their children about
their use of the Internet and the information they disclose to Web
sites.
Active Information
Collection
Like many Web sites,
this site actively collects information from its visitors both by
asking you specific questions and by permitting you to communicate
directly with us via e-mail and/or feedback forms. Some of the information
that you submit may be personally identifiable information (that
is, information that can be uniquely identified with you, such as
your full name, address, e-mail address, phone number, and so on).
Some areas of this site
may require you to submit information in order for you to benefit
from the specified features (such as newsletter subscriptions, tips/pointers,
donations). You will be informed at each information collection
point what information is required and what information is optional.
Passive Information
Collection
As you navigate through
a Web site, certain information can be passively collected (that
is, gathered without your actively providing the information) using
various technologies and means, such as Internet Protocol addresses,
cookies, Internet tags, and navigational data collection.
This site may use Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses. An IP Address is a number assigned to your
computer by your Internet service provider so you can access the
Internet and is generally considered to be non-personally identifiable
information, because in most cases an IP address is dynamic (changing
each time you connect to the Internet), rather than static (unique
to a particular user's computer). We use your IP address to diagnose
problems with our server, report aggregate information, determine
the fastest route for your computer to use in connecting to our
site, and administer and improve the site.
A "cookie"
is a bit of information that a Web site sends to your Web browser
that helps the site remember information about you and your preferences.
"Session" cookies
are temporary bits of information that are erased once you exit
your Web browser window or otherwise turn your computer off. Session
cookies are used to improve navigation on Web sites and to collect
aggregate statistical information. This site uses session cookies.
"Persistent"
cookies are more permanent bits of information that are placed on
the hard drive of your computer and stay there unless you delete
the cookie. Persistent cookies store information on your computer
for a number of purposes, such as retrieving certain information
you have previously provided (e.g., passwords), helping to determine
what areas of the Web site visitors find most valuable, and customizing
the Web site based on your preferences. This site uses persistent
cookies.
"Internet tags"
(also known as single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs, and
1-by-1 GIFs) are smaller than cookies and tell the Web site server
information such as the IP address and browser type related to the
visitor's computer. This site uses Internet tags. Tags have been
placed both on online advertisements that bring people to the site
and on different pages of the site. These tags indicate how many
times a page is opened and which information is consulted. We do
not collect or seek personally identifiable information through
these tags.
"Navigational data"
("log files," "server logs," and "clickstream"
data) are used for system management, to improve the content of
the site, market research purposes, and to communicate information
to visitors. This site uses navigational data.
Use and Disclosure
of Information
Except as otherwise stated,
we may use your information to improve the content of our site,
to customize the site to your preferences, to communicate information
to you (if you have requested it), for our marketing and research
purposes, and for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.
If you provide personally
identifiable information to this site, we may combine such information
with other actively collected information unless we specify otherwise
at the point of collection. We will take reasonable measures to
prevent personally identifiable information from being combined
with passively collected information, unless you consent otherwise.
New subscribers to our
mailing list must submit their names and e-mail addresses. This
is the minimum information needed to allow us to properly manage
the list. This information is not publicly viewable and is not shared
with third parties, other than in the limited circumstances described
below. We will not sell or license your email address to third parties.
You will be removed from our list upon request.
We may disclose your
personally identifiable information to third parties, located in
the United States and/or any other country, but only:
1. To contractors we
use to support our business (e.g., fulfillment services, technical
support, delivery services, and financial institutions), in which
case we will require such third parties to agree to treat it in
accordance with this Privacy Policy;
2. In connection with
the sale, assignment, or other transfer of the business of this
site to which the information relates, in which case we will require
any such buyer to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy
Policy; or
3. Where required by
applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations.
In addition, we will
make full use of all information acquired through this site that
is not in personally identifiable form.
Access and Correction
To keep your personally
identifiable information accurate, current, and complete, please
contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to
update or correct personally identifiable information in our possession
that you have previously submitted via this site.
Security
We take reasonable steps
to protect your personally identifiable information as you transmit
your information from your computer to our site and to protect such
information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure,
alteration, or destruction. You should keep in mind that no Internet
transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free. In particular, e-mail
sent to or from this site may not be secure, and you should therefore
take special care in deciding what information you send to us via
e-mail. Moreover, where you use passwords, ID numbers, or other
special access features on this site, it is your responsibility
to safeguard them.
Links to Other Web
Sites
This site may contain
links or references to other Web sites. Please be aware that we
do not control other Web sites and that, in any case, this Privacy
Policy does not apply to those Web sites. We encourage you to read
the privacy policy of every Web site you visit.
Other Terms
Your use of this site
is subject to our Legal Notice.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions,
comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the information
practices of this site, please contact us as follows:
Childcare Learning Centers,
Inc.
Attention: Francine Normann
64 Palmer’s Hill Road
Stamford, CT 06902
francinenormann@clcstamford.org
Changes to This Privacy
Policy
If this Privacy Policy
changes, the revised policy will be posted on this site. Please
check back periodically, and especially before you provide any personally
identifiable information. This Privacy Policy was last updated on
August 6, 2004.
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