Your privacy on the internet is of the utmost importance to us. Because we gather certain types of information about the users of bmrp.com, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for lowcountryfamilycounseling.org – what information we gather, how we use it and how to correct or change it. This Statement only addresses our activities from our servers. Other sites (including those to which this Website links and third party sites or services with which bmrp.com showcases) may have their own privacy policies and practices, which we do not control.
Information Low Country Family Counseling gathers and tracks onlowcountryfamilycounseling.org gathers two types of information about users:
• Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions.
• Information lowcountryfamilycounseling.org gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers’ needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances does lowcountryfamilycounseling.org divulge any information about an individual user to a third party. lowcountryfamilycounseling.org gathers user information in the following processes:
• Optional voluntary information: We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:
• “E-mail this to a friend” policy: Our site users can choose to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking “e-mail this to a friend.” The user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email. The information is not used for any other purpose.
• Usage data: lowcountryfamilycounseling.org tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. lowcountryfamilycounseling.org does break down overall usage statistics according to a user’s domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user’s browser). lowcountryfamilycounseling.org sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don’t like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. • Cookies: We may place a text file called a “cookie” in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can’t read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. lowcountryfamilycounseling.org uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you’ve set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
Consistent with the Federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.
USE OF INFORMATION
Low Country Family Counseling LLC uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, and comments boards.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don’t like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don’t track which terms a particular user enters.
lowcountryfamilycounseling.org creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don’t track the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
lowcountryfamilycounseling.org operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers. Opt-out policy We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include: • Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users. User consent By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by lowcountryfamilycounseling.org. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
BLOCKING USERS
If a user persists in posting objectionable comments/messages/solicitations, that user’s IP address will be permanently banned from the site, and all comments by that user will be deleted immediately. Some examples of comments/messages that will not be allowed on the lowcountryfamilycounseling.org include, but are not limited to:
- Irrelevant comments/messages/solicitations that have nothing to do with web content at hand or consists of incomprehensible symbols or characters.
- Solicitations or advertisements of any kind, whether in content or through a link to a site providing such content.
- Obscene comments/messages/solicitations, including but not limited to swearing, racist remarks, or pornographic remarks.
- Attacks directed at others.
- Information that is confidential or illegal to share, including anything that would infringe on copyrights.
- Comments/messages/solicitations that include threatening, harassing, defamatory or libelous material.
EXTERNAL LINKS DISCLAIMER
lowcountryfamilycounseling.org provides links to external, third party Web sites. Though we provide these links, lowcountryfamilycounseling.org shall not be held responsible for the content on those Web sites. lowcountryfamilycounseling.org does not guarantee, approve of, or endorse any information or products available on these Web sites. Links on lowcountryfamilycounseling.org do not indicate any association between lowcountryfamilycounseling.org and the external Web site. Furthermore, lowcountryfamilycounseling.org does not operate or have any control or responsibility whatsoever over the information, products or services found on external, third party Web sites linked to through lowcountryfamilycounseling.org. We cannot guarantee in any way the accuracy of this information, nor does lowcountryfamilycounseling.org make endorsement to that effect, including, but not limited to, warranties of any kind regarding title, non-infringement, or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Users of lowcountryfamilycounseling.org assume complete responsibility for their use or reliance on information from external Web sites. Any concerns regarding content, services or products on external Web sites should be addressed to the administrators of those Web sites, and NOT to lowcountryfamilycounseling.org.
FAIR USE POLICY
lowcountryfamilycounseling.org Web sites, produced and administered by Low Country Family Counseling, typically display images as part of posts written by our editors. The types of images editors are authorized to use on lowcountryfamilycounseling.org Web sites include:
- Images licensed from photographic archive vendors.
- Images commissioned by lowcountryfamilycounseling.org.
- Images used to illustrate a newsworthy story under the Fair Use doctrine.
- Images where the use is transformative, such as for satire.
- Images so widely distributed on the Internet that they are deemed to have become part of the public domain.
If you think we have published an image or text that infringes upon your copyright, we will address your concerns; however, if the image falls into one of the categories listed above, we believe that our use of the image is legitimate and we will not remove it from lowcountryfamilycounseling.org Web sites.
Please note that we will respond only to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The text of the Act can be found at the U.S. Copyright Office Web Site. To file a notice of infringement with us, you must provide a written communication (by e-mail with an attached and signed PDF or by fax) that sets forth the items specified below.
To enable us to address your concerns, please provide the following information:
- For each allegedly infringing image or piece of text that you wish to have removed from one of our sites, provide the exact permanent URL for the page containing the material.
- Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you; an e-mail address is preferred, as well as a telephone number.
- Provide the following information detailing your claim to ownership of the copyright in the allegedly infringing material: - proof of copyright in the image or text concerned, namely proof of registration of the image under the DMCA, OR, absent such registration, - a detailed description of where the photograph was taken, by whom, who or what the subject of the image is, AND - evidence to support your claim that you own the copyright in the image. We will not comply with requests to remove an image where the complainant cannot prove that they own the copyright in the image in question.
- Include the following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”
- Sign the document and mail it to / Attn: Low Country Family Counseling Legal, 49 Pennington Dr., Unit C, Bluffton, SC 29910 or e-mail it to lowcountryfamilycounseling@gmail.com.
Please note that you will be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) if you materially misrepresent that any material on our sites is infringing upon your copyrights. In a recent case, a company that sent an infringement notification seeking removal of online materials that were protected by the Fair Use doctrine was ordered to pay such costs and attorneys’ fees. The company agreed to pay more than $100,000. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether material available online infringes your copyright, we suggest that you first contact an attorney. Please note that a copy of each legal notice we receive will be sent (with your personal information removed) to Chilling Effects for publication.
NOTICE OF TERMS OF USE
If and when Low Country Family Counseling makes changes to its Terms of Use, those changes will be posted to this statement, as well as any other places Low Country Family Counseling deems appropriate in order to make users aware of such changes.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Terms of Use, or to notify Low Country Family Counseling of any violations, please contact us by e-mail at lowcountryfamilycounseling@gmail.com or by mail at Low Country Family Counseling/49 Pennington Dr., Unit C, Bluffton, SC 29910. Any and all correspondence with Low Country Family Counseling or lowcountryfamilycounseling.org Web sites, including, but not limited to, documentation or images, are considered the property of Low Country Family Counseling. Low Country Family Counseling reserves the right to publish any and all correspondence, in whole or in part, on its Web sites.