Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://westernmassautismdirectory.com

You can contact us with any questions or comments at westernmassautismdirectory@gmail.com

Why we collect personal data

We use your personal information to provide, maintain and improve this site. By using this site you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

We rely on community members contributing resources to this directory via email or our contact form.

What data we collect

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms and Emails

If you choose to use our contact form or email us directly you agree to share your email address with the owners of this website. To protect your privacy we ask that you avoid sending personal information through our contact form or directly through email.

Log Files

Like many other web sites, WesternMassAutismDirectory.com makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’s analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

WesternMassAutismDirectory.com uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use cookies from Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States. Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use reports proved by Google Analytics to help use understand website traffic and web-page usage.

Who we share your data with

We use cookies from Google Analytics.

How long we retain your data

For users that send us an email or use our contact form, we delete your personal information as soon as your resource is reviewed.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Protecting Children

We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. WesternMassAutismDirectory.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that WesternMassAutismDirectory.com has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the contact in the first paragraph) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

How we protect your data

This website is scanned regularly for security vulnerabilities in order to make your visit as safe as possible.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.

Contact information

If you need any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at WesternMassAutismDirectory@gmail.com