Website Privacy Notice
We recognize that you may be concerned about our use and disclosure of your personal information. Your privacy is very important to us, and the following will inform you of the information that we, South Bay Families Connected and Families Connected, may collect from you, and how it is used. By using the shared website, FamiliesConnected.org and SouthBayFamiliesConnected.org, you are accepting the practices described in this policy.
Information Collection
We may collect non-personal information, such as a domain name and IP Address. The domain name and IP address reveals nothing personal about you other than the IP address from which you have accessed our site. We may also collect information about the type of Internet browser you are using, operating system, what brought you to our Website, as well as which of our Web pages you have accessed.
Additionally, if you communicate with us regarding our Website or our services, we will collect any information that you provide to us in any such communication and in our online forms. We do not share that information, including email addresses provided.
Information Use
We use the collected information to assess aggregated visits to website pages and the geographic areas the website serves. This helps us improve website resources.
Security
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it.
We do not ask for, or collect sensitive information (such as credit card data) as we do not charge for any services related to the website.
Cookies
We do not use "cookies". A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to their site. For instance, when that sites uses a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once. There is no log-in on this site. Additionally, we do not track or target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on this site.
Sharing
We will not sell or otherwise provide the information we collect to outside third parties for the purpose of direct or indirect mass email marketing.
We will disclose personal information and/or an IP address, when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities and conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on our company
Protect and defend the rights or property of our Website and related properties
Identify persons who may be violating the law, the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing our Website or its related properties
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example through e-mail, discussion boards, or elsewhere - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personal information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online.
Links
This Website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site may request information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and email address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site and education events.
Consent
By using this Website, you consent to the collection and use of information as specified above. If we make changes to our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page. Please review this page frequently to remain up-to-date with the information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. You must review the new Privacy Policy carefully to make sure you understand our practices and procedures.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at or via email to lsmcommunicationsasst@gmail.com.
Families Connected and South Bay Families Connected Social Media Public Policy
As an organization that promotes conversation about health and community, we at South Bay Families Connected and Families Connected welcome the engagement of our social media followers. Our postings on social media receive a variety of comments, and many of such comments contribute to our social media pages. However, we reserve the right to remove comments and/or content on South Bay Families Connected posts/pages that we identify as dangerous or inappropriate.
Comments/content are subject to removal if identified as:
Threatening, abusive or hateful
Obscene or indecent
Defamatory or libelous
False, deceptive or misleading
Compromising the safety of Torrance Memorial staff
Exposing any patient information
Containing photos obtained without proper consent
Containing copyrighted material
Spam, self-promoting or irrelevant in nature
Violating policies
In addition, we at South Bay Families Connected and Families Connected reserve the right to restrict or block users who repeatedly post such comments/content. Our social media pages are a platform for positive, productive and insightful conversation. Thank you for your participation along with your cooperation.