NCS Privacy Policy Notice for Web-based Services
When you visit the website and social media pages of the Northcoast Children’s Services (NCS), we collect no information about you, other than information automatically collected and stored, unless you choose to provide that information to us.
Information Automatically Collected and Stored from the NCS website
When you browse through any website, certain personal information about you may be collected. We automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit:
- Domain name used to access the Internet (e.g., gmail.com if you are using a Google account, or stanford.edu if you are connecting from Stanford University’s domain)
- Date and time of the visit
- Pages visited
- Type of browser used (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
- The website address from whence you came
We use this information for statistical purposes and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. Unless it is specifically stated otherwise, no additional information will be collected about you.
Personally Provided Information
You do not have to give us personal information to visit our websites. If you choose to provide us with additional information about yourself through an email message, form, application, survey, etc., we will only maintain the information as long as needed to respond to your question or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. Communications are maintained for historical purposes as required by record retention requirements for state & federal grants. We do not share personally identifiable information unless required by law.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies are not used on this site. “Persistent Web cookies” are defined as Web cookies that can track the activities of users over time and across different websites.
Disclosure
NCS does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless required for law enforcement by statute.
Intrusion Detection
This site is maintained by NCS. For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized law enforcement investigations, and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these sources may be used to help identify an individual seeking to intrude on the website.
Systems of Records
Information originally collected in traditional paper systems can be submitted electronically (e.g., electronic commerce transactions and information updates about eligibility). Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed pursuant to the state & federal grant record retention requirements.
Official NCS Social Media Pages and Third-party Websites
We maintain accounts on third-party websites as tools to better interact with the public. These include social media sites like Facebook & Instagram. The security and privacy policies of third-party websites apply to your activity on those sites. Users of third-party websites often share information with the general public, user community, and/or the third party operating the website.
You should review the privacy policies of all websites before using them and ensure that you understand how your information may be used. You should also adjust the privacy settings on your account on any third-party website to match your preferences.
NCS Accounts
Third-party website privacy policies used by NCS include:
Information Collected and Used from Third-party Websites
If you have an account with a third-party website and choose to follow, like, friend, or comment on a third-party website managed by NCS, certain personal information associated with your account may be made available to us. This is based on the privacy policies of the third-party website and your privacy settings within that website. We do not share personally identifiable information made available through these websites.