Kinship Center Privacy Policy
Welcome to the Florida Kinship Center's (FLKIN's) website. We've created this privacy policy because we respect the privacy of visitors to our site. Please read this policy carefully because we want you to understand the types of information collected on our website, the ways in which that information is used and protected, and the choices you have about collection of that information.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact us:
By mail:
Florida Kinship Center
University of South Florida
School of Social Work
4202 East Fowler Avenue, MGY 132
Tampa, FL 33620
By e-mail:
kinfo@flkin.org
By phone:
In the Tampa Bay area: 813-974-8414
Elsewhere in Florida, Tollfree: 1-800-640-6444
Do I Have to Submit Any Personal Information When I Visit the FLKIN Website?
No. You don't need to give us any identifying information about yourself in order to access most of the FLKIN website. You can visit our pages and learn about our programs and services without sharing any personal information.
Does FLKIN Collect Any Non-Personal Information From Its Website Visitors?
Yes. Whenever you access FLKIN's website to read or download information, FLKIN collects certain non-identifying information from you. This information includes the number assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet (your "IP address"), the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (i.e. Aol.com), the time and date you access our site, the web pages you accessed, and the Internet address of the website from which you linked to the FLKIN website.
None of this non-personal information allows us to identify or contact you. We use this information to help us evaluate how our website is being used. By gathering this information, we can learn, among other things, how many people visit www.flkin.org, which FLKIN pages are most and least popular, and which other websites are the most frequent referral sources for the FLKIN website. We use this information to make our web pages more useful to our visitors. We may also use the information to direct general marketing strategies, but will not market to you individually.
When Does FLKIN Collect Personal Information from Its Visitors?
If you decide to take advantage of some of our online services, we may collect from you certain identifying information. For example, if you subscribe to one of our mailing lists, register for one of our trainings online, purchase one of our products, complete an online survey, or use any of our other interactive forms, you will be asked for your name, address, email address and perhaps other personal information. Please remember that you can always choose not to participate in services requiring the submission of such information.
How Might FLKIN Use the Personal Information that Is Collected?
The information we collect is used to improve the content of our web page, to send out mailings with information on upcoming events and services, and to contact consumers for marketing purposes. We will not share this information with other organizations to help them contact consumers for marketing purposes. Also, please contact us if you'd like to change or correct the information you've provided us in the past.
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.
How Does FLKIN Protect Security and Confidentiality?
To protect your privacy, we use technologies and processes such as encryption, access control procedures, network firewalls, physical security and other measures. In addition, we allow only authorized employees or agents access to personal information. Although we cannot guarantee there will be no unauthorized access to personal information, these measures increase the security and privacy of information traveling to, from and within www.flkin.org.
Who Can I Contact with Privacy Questions?
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us by mail, telephone, or email at the addresses listed above.
Will This Privacy Policy Change?
If FLKIN makes any changes to this policy, we will post them on this page. Because we will post changes without notice, please check back here periodically.
How Does FLKIN Protect the Privacy of Children?
FLKIN is very concerned about the privacy of any children who might visit our site. We will not knowingly collect or maintain any personal information about children without first getting caregiver or parental consent. If we are notified that we have inadvertently collected personal information about any child, we will immediately delete that information from our database. Please contact us if you are aware of information being provided by a child.
We are very appreciative to our funding agencies. Because we are a non-profit center that is solely dependent on grants and donations, we are in need of continued funding and support. If you would like to make a conribution to the center, visit the USF Foundation site.