Infant Adoption Training Initiative/Spaulding for Children & Harmony
Privacy and Terms of Use
Spaulding
for Children Linking Policy
Spaulding for Children & Harmony provides links to
other organizations through this website. These links are provided for
additional information as a service to our customers. In providing these links,
Spaulding for Children & Harmony does not endorse the content, products, services or
viewpoints expressed by these external sites. Once you leave Spaulding for
Children’s website and link to an external site, the Spaulding for Children & Harmony
Privacy Policy no longer applies and users will be subject to the new site’s
policy.
Spaulding for Children & Harmony provides links to
the following types of organizations:
- Links to Other Governmental Units & Educational Institutions –
Spaulding for Children & Harmony provides links to federal, state, and local
governmental units, private providers of services that provide additional
services and information that users of Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s site may
find of interest. Links may also include educational institutions
including K-12 school districts, intermediate school districts (ISDs),
community colleges, and universities.
- Links to Private Organizations – Spaulding for Children & Harmony provides
links to private organizations if these organizations offer services that
complement the information or services offered by Spaulding for Children & Harmony.
The determination of whether to establish links to a private
organization’s website is made based on a “face value” on the content.
Spaulding for Children & Harmony makes no claims as to the validity, content or
correctness of these sites or information.
- Links to Non-Profit Organizations – Spaulding for Children & Harmony
provides links to non-profit organizations that users of Spaulding for
Children’s site may find of interest. The determination of whether to
establish links to a private organization’s website is made based on a
“face value” on the content. Spaulding for Children & Harmony makes no claims as to
the validity, content or correctness of these sites or information.
Spaulding
for Children Security Statement
Criminal activity, information pertaining
to such activity may be provided to law enforcement officials. Unauthorized
attempts to upload information and/or change information on the Spaulding for
Children portal or its composite web sites are strictly prohibited and are
subject to prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and Title
18 U.S.C. Sec.1001 and 1030.
State
of Spaulding for Children & Harmony Privacy Policy
Scope
Spaulding for Children & Harmony maintains this web
site as a public service. The following is the privacy policy regarding this
site.
The Collection and Use of Information
Spaulding for Children & Harmony collects
information from you under the following two circumstances:
- Information Collected Automatically – Some information is
collected from you automatically when you view Spaulding for Children & Harmony
pages and download information. This may include your Internet Protocol
address assigned by your Internet Service Provider, domain name and the
type of browser and operating system you used, the date and time you
accessed Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s site, the pages you requested and
visited, and the site you linked from to reach Spaulding for Children & Harmony.
Spaulding for Children & Harmony uses this type of information to statistically
measure site traffic and to improve the web site. The information is not
reviewed on an individual basis but is aggregated with other users for
comparison purposes.
- Information Voluntarily Submitted – Additional information may be
collected from you if you opt-in or voluntarily provide it in order to:
1.
Fulfill a request for
on-line services or
2.
Choose to personalize the site (register for a Spaulding for Children & Harmony account).
Spaulding for Children & Harmony uses the
information you voluntarily provide to tailor our site to your needs and
preferences and to provide the on-line services you are requesting. The type of
information we collect will vary with the service being sought and may include
your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, social security or federal
identification number, credit card number and expiration date, and/or driver
license number. If you simply wish to view pages on Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s
site, or conduct transactions, you do not need to personalize the site by
registering for an account.
Cookies
In order to customize your browsing
experience, Spaulding for Children & Harmony uses "cookies". Cookies allow
information to change as you navigate through the pages of a web site. Two
types of cookies can be used, "session-only" and
"permanent".
Spaulding for Children & Harmony uses cookies in
the following ways:
- If you wish to access information but do not want to personalize
the site, Spaulding for Children & Harmony uses session-only cookies to reserve some
storage on your computer in order to take your query and pass it along to
the page that will serve up the information you request. The session-only
cookies are erased either during web browser operation or after your web
browser is shut down.
- If you wish to conduct on-line transactions but do not want to
personalize the site, Spaulding for Children & Harmony uses session-only cookies to
process your request. The type of information voluntarily submitted to
fulfill your request varies by transaction and may include your name,
address, phone number, e-mail address, social security or federal
identification number, credit card number and expiration date, and/or
driver license number.
- If you choose to register with Spaulding for Children & Harmony to
personalize the site and wish to be remembered, Spaulding for Children & Harmony
uses permanent cookies that remain on your computer’s hard drive as small
text files. These permanent cookies allow Spaulding for Children & Harmony to
recognize you when you return to our site. When you register with
Spaulding for Children & Harmony, we ask you to identify yourself by your name and
email address. This allows Spaulding for Children & Harmony to customize the
presentation of information for you based upon what you have asked for
and/or voluntarily provided during previous visits. Spaulding for Children & Harmony
only uses permanent cookies with the permission of the user.
- If you choose to register with Spaulding for Children & Harmony to
personalize the site but do not wish to be remembered, Spaulding for
Children uses session cookies that are destroyed when you close your
browser.
Spaulding for Children & Harmony has links to other
web sites. When you link to one of these sites, Spaulding for Children & Harmony cannot
control their use of cookies and this privacy policy will not apply..
If you choose to do so, you can configure
your browser to notify you when a new cookie is received. You can also prevent
your browser from accepting any new cookies, view and delete existing cookies
or disable cookies altogether.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Spaulding for Children & Harmony will only send
personal information about you to others when:
- We have your consent to share the information; or
- We need to share your information to provide the product or
service you have requested; or
- We are authorized to do so by law (e.g., to respond to subpoenas,
court orders, legal process, or to requests pursuant to a statute
requiring or permitting disclosure
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Spaulding
for Children may amend this policy from time to time. Spaulding for Children & Harmony
will prominently display on this website any substantial change in the way we
use your personal information.
WEBSITE
DISCLAIMER
Spaulding
for Children and the other sponsors of Infant Adoption Training Initiative, are providing the
information on this Website as a public service. We do not guarantee the
accuracy of the information. No information on this site is intended to serve
as legal advice, medical advice, or an endorsement of any individual, agency,
service provider or service. Use of this Website is at your own risk.
Spaulding for Children & Harmony provides links to
other organizations through this website. These links are provided for
additional information as a service to our customers. In providing these links,
Spaulding for Children & Harmony does not endorse the content, products, services or
viewpoints expressed by these external sites. Once you leave Spaulding for
Children’s website and link to an external site, the Spaulding for Children & Harmony
Privacy Policy no longer applies and users will be subject to the new site’s
policy.
Spaulding for Children & Harmony provides links to
the following types of organizations:
- Links to Other Governmental Units & Educational Institutions –
Spaulding for Children & Harmony provides links to federal, state, and local
governmental units, private providers of services that provide additional
services and information that users of Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s site may
find of interest. Links may also include educational institutions
including K-12 school districts, intermediate school districts (ISDs),
community colleges, and universities.
- Links to Private
Organizations – Spaulding for Children & Harmony provides links to private
organizations if these organizations offer services that complement the
information or services offered by Spaulding for Children & Harmony. The
determination of whether to establish links to a private organization’s
website is made based on a “face value” on the content. Spaulding for
Children makes no claims as to the validity, content or correctness of
these sites or information.
- Links to Non-Profit Organizations – Spaulding for Children & Harmony
provides links to non-profit organizations that users of Spaulding for
Children’s site may find of interest. The determination of whether to establish
links to a private organization’s website is made based on a “face value” on
the content. Spaulding for Children & Harmony makes no claims as to the validity, content
or correctness of these sites or information.
The
Website contains links to other Websites. Other Websites that may be accessed
through this site may collect personally identifiable information about you.
The information practices of those third parties' Websites linked to our site
are not covered by Spaulding for Children & Harmony and the other sponsors Privacy
Policies.
We do
not endorse, ensure the accuracy of, or vouch for the safety and privacy of any
linked site. The Sponsors do not assume any responsibility for the content
found on those other sites. It is the responsibility of the Website user to
evaluate the content and usefulness of information obtained from other sites.
The immediate and fast moving nature of Websites means that there may be links
to sites that are changed or no longer functional. We apologize if this should
occur and assure you we are continually updating, reviewing and improving our
site and its content.
While
the Sponsors use reasonable efforts to provide accurate and up to date
information, much of the information provided through the Catalogue is
submitted by third parties and has not been independently verified by the
Sponsors.
Infant Adoption Training Initiative IS PROVIDED "AS IS." NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, IMPLIED,
EXPRESS OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY AND FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, OR ANY OTHER
WARRANTY, CONDITION, GUARANTEE OR REPRESENTATION IS GIVEN WITH RESPECT TO THE
CONTENTS OF THIS SITE, THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION
CONTAINED HEREIN OR LINKS TO OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES.
THE
SPONSORS, AND THE WEBSITE HOST, DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT ACCESS TO THE
CATALOGUE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR THAT THERE WILL BE NO FAILURES, ERRORS OR
OMISSIONS OR LOSS OF TRANSMITTED INFORMATION. THE INFORMATION, DOCUMENTS AND
RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED ON THIS SERVER COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES
OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
Use of
this Website is at your own risk, and the Sponsors will not be held liable for
any errors or omissions contained in this Website. In no event, shall the
Sponsors be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages, or any
damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, profits or injury whether
contract, negligence or any tort action arising out of, or in connection with,
the use or performance of the information available from the Sponsors Website.
Spaulding
for Children Privacy Policy
Scope
Spaulding for Children & Harmony maintains this web
site as a community service. The following is the privacy policy regarding this
site.
The Collection and Use of Information
Spaulding for Children & Harmony collects
information from you under the following two circumstances:
- Information Collected Automatically – Some information is
collected from you automatically when you view Spaulding for Children & Harmony
pages and download information. This may include your Internet Protocol
address assigned by your Internet Service Provider, domain name and the
type of browser and operating system you used, the date and time you
accessed Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s site, the pages you requested and
visited, and the site you linked from to reach Spaulding for Children & Harmony.
Spaulding for Children & Harmony uses this type of information to statistically
measure site traffic and to improve the web site.
- Information Voluntarily Submitted – Additional information may be
collected from you if you provide it in order to:
1.
fulfill a request for
on-line services or
2.
choose to give
additional information such as, but limited to registering a link, update your
agency information.
Spaulding for Children & Harmony uses the
information you provide to tailor our site to your needs and preferences and to
provide the on-line services you are requesting. The type of information we
collect will vary with the service being sought and may include your name,
address, phone number, e-mail address, social security or federal
identification number, credit card number and expiration date, and/or driver
license number.
Spaulding for
Children’s Web Site Linking
Requirements
Unless we have a written agreement with you, you may not
present the link to our web site in any way that suggests Spaulding for
Children or its partners have any relationship or affiliation with your web
site, or endorses, sponsors or recommends the information, products or services
on your web site. Link only to the home page of Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s web
site, unless you have Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s prior, written permission to
link to another page. Also, you may not without Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s prior,
written permission: (a) incorporate any content from our web site into your web
site (e.g., by in-lining or framing); (b) use any Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s
names or taglines or other information identifying Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s web
sites in any "metatag" or other information used by search engines or
other information location tools to identify and select web sites. Spaulding
for Children’s will not tolerate links from any obscene, scandalous, profane,
defamatory, unlawful web site, or any web site that may adversely affect Spaulding
for Children’s name, reputation, and/or goodwill. Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s
reserves the right to cancel permission to link at any time and for any reason.
License to Spaulding for Children & Harmony
When you post a message, upload a file, or otherwise provide
us with material for display on the web site, you are granting Spaulding for
Children a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide
license to:
- use,
copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit, publicly perform or display any such
communication; and
- sublicense
to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any of the foregoing
rights granted with respect to the communication.
The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any
proprietary rights in such communication, including but not limited to rights
under copyright, trademark, service mark or patent laws under any relevant
jurisdiction.
Interactive Areas
Services offered on Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s web sites may
include bulletin boards, forums and chat rooms ("Interactive Areas")
which allow feedback to Casey and real-time interaction between users. Spaulding
for Children’s does not control the messages, information or files delivered to
its unmoderated Interactive Areas. It is a condition of your use of the
Interactive Areas and this web site that you do not:
- Restrict
or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Interactive Areas.
- Pose
or transmit any information you know to be false or misleading.
- Post
or transmit any information that, in Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s opinion, is
inappropriate for children.
- Collect
or store personal data about other users of the Interactive Areas.
- Impersonate
another person, whether a third party or a Spaulding for Children & Harmony
representative or moderator; or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent
your affiliation with a person or entity.
- Post
or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory,
obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any
kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or
encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to
civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international
law.
- Post
or transmit any information, software or other material that violates or
infringes upon the rights of others, including material which is an
invasion of privacy or publicity rights or which is protected by
copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works with
respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or
right holder.
- Post
or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a
virus or other harmful component.
- Post,
transmit or in any way exploit any information, software or other material
for commercial purposes, or which contains chain letters, junk mail,
pyramid schemes or other forms of advertising.
You understand that Spaulding for Children & Harmony has no obligation
to monitor the Interactive Areas. However, Spaulding for Children & Harmony reserves the
right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law,
regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any
information or materials, in whole or in part, that in Spaulding for Children & Harmony’s
sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these terms and
conditions. Spaulding for Children & Harmony reserves the right to terminate your access
to the Interactive Areas upon breach of these terms and conditions.
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