MYAUTISMCOMMUNITY.COM PRIVACY POLICY
Effective as ofJune, 2009.
WELCOME
Welcome to the official website of myautismcommunity.com. We understand that your privacy is important, and we want you to be fully informed of what is going on when visiting myautismcommunity.com (“MAC,” “Site,” “We” or “Us”). We are working to make your personal experience when visiting or using our Site as social and useful as possible. To help us accomplish that goal, we will need to collect and use some information from you when you use our Site.
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect information we obtain from and about individuals through the Site. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully so that you will understand how we protect your privacy and how we may collect and use Personal Information.
Myautismcommunity.com is a general audience website and We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13 years of age.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Personal Information We Collect
Personal Information is information that can be used to identify you or contact you, such as first and last name, email address, or mailing address. We will not collect any Personal Information unless you choose to provide it to us. We collect Personal Information that you provide when you: 1) register for a membership; and 2) sign up to receive newsletters and other information.Public Areas
Any Personal Information you post on discussion boards, chat rooms, public question and answer forums, community home pages, or other public areas (“Public Areas”) of this Site will be disclosed publicly by virtue of your posting and thus is not governed by this Privacy Policy, and we do not control the use and disclosure of this information. Your Profile, which may include first and last name, email address, and any other information you choose to disclose will be available to the public unless otherwise indicated by your privacy settings. Personal Information that you post to a Public Area or communicate through a Public Area may be used by third parties to contact you or to communicate this information to others, including in other Public Areas of other websites. Please do not post any information, including Personal Information, in a Public Area that you do not want disclosed to the general public and used without limitation.General Use of Site
You may use some features of our Site without registering or submitting any Personal Information. In that case, the only information we collect will be the log information our servers automatically record and that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. This log information may include your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request, the pages that you visit while on our Site, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.Cookies
We collect anonymous, non-Personal Information about your use of our Site through the use of "cookies," which are small computer files that we transfer to your computer's hard drive. Cookies allow us to know how often someone visits our Site and the activities they conduct while on our Site (such as the pages visited). The information collected by cookies helps us generate content responsive to your interests and also allows us to statistically monitor how many people are using our Site and for what purpose.If you have set your browser setting to refuse cookies, then we cannot put a cookie on your computer. You can still participate in some of our online activities if your browser refuses cookies. However, if a myautismcommunity.com cookie is not present, it will limit our ability to customize our site for you, deliver a better online experience, and improve the features of our Site.
HOW WE USE COLLECTED INFORMATION
MAC will not use Personal Information you have provided for purposes other than those for which the information was collected, without asking for permission prior to such use. Uses for which we use your Personal Information with your permission may include: (1) addressing requested newsletters and emails; (2) processing membership applications; and (3) facilitating participation in Site activities like discussion boards and chat rooms.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Disclosure of Your Personal Information
Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy or as specifically agreed to by you, we will not disclose any Personal Information you provide through our Site to any company or person outside MAC without obtaining appropriate permission prior to such disclosure.Your Personal Information may be shared within our organization for the purposes of responding to any comments or questions you submit and/or providing follow-up information about our organization.
In addition, if We sell all or part of our business or make a sale or transfer of assets or are otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, We may transfer your Personal Information to a third party as part of that transaction.
Disclosure for Legal Reasons
We may release Personal Information to third parties: (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena, or court order; or (2) in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others, in which we believe it is reasonably necessary to investigate or prevent harm, fraud, abuse, or illegal conduct.Disclosure to Operations and Maintenance Contractors
Third parties with which we contract to maintain or service the Site or assist with our operations sometimes have limited access to your Personal Information in the course of providing products or services to Us. These contractors include vendors and suppliers that provide Us with technology, services, and/or content related to better operation and maintenance of our Site and others such as companies that process mailings. Access to your Personal Information by these contractors is limited to the information reasonably necessary in order for the contractor to perform its limited function for MAC. We require that these contractors 1) protect the privacy of your Personal Information consistent with this Privacy Policy, and 2) not use or disclose your Personal Information for any purpose other than providing us with products and services.Disclosure to Linked Sites
For your convenience MAC may provide links to websites operated by organizations other than MAC ("Third Party Websites"). Such websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. MAC does not endorse and is not responsible for the privacy practices of these Sites. If you choose to link to one of these Third Party Websites, you should review the privacy policy posted on that Site to understand how that Third Party Website collects and uses your Personal Information.Disclosure of Aggregate Information
MAC may provide non-Personal Information about you to third parties that does not allow you to be identified or contacted and that is combined with the non-Personal Information of other users (“Aggregate Information”). For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number of users of our Site and the activities they conduct while on our Site. We may not limit the third parties' use of the Aggregate Information, except that we do require third parties to whom we disclose Aggregate Information to agree that they will not attempt to make this information personally identifiable by combining it with other databases or otherwise.SECURITY
MAC uses reasonable administrative, technical, personnel, and physical measures to safeguard Personal Information in our possession against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification.
CHOICE
Your Privacy Choices
You are not required to submit any Personal Information to the Site—it is completely your choice. You may also opt out of receiving emails and newsletters at any time by clicking “Unsubscribe” at the bottom of emails we send.Updating Your Personal Information and Contacting Us
If you wish to review and/or update the Personal Information you have provided us, you may write to us at myautismcommunity@hotmail.com with your request.To delete your information or to contact us with questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, write to us at:
Email: myautismcommunity@hotmail.com
POLICY CHANGES
From time to time we may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the law, our information collection and use practices, the features of our Site, or technology. If we make revisions that change the way we collect or use your Personal Information, those changes will be posted in this Privacy Policy and the effective date will be noted at the beginning of this Policy. Therefore, you should review it periodically so that you are up to date on our most current policies and practices. If we materially change our practices regarding collection or use of your Personal Information, your Personal Information will continue to be governed by the Policy under which it was collected unless you have been provided notice of, and have not objected to, the change.