THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION
OF OUR
CONCERN FOR PROTECTING YOUR RIGHTS
UNDER STATE PRIVACY LAWS.
We collect personal information about you and all our clients
from the information you submit on our applications or other forms, and
through information, we obtain over the course of your business
relationship with our affiliates, others, and us.
As a rule, we
will not disclose any personal information about our clients or former
clients to anyone, consistent with our professional confidentiality
obligations. However, upon your request, we will disclose information
about you, and we may be required by law to disclose personal
information about you, as, for example, in response to a subpoena or
other court order.
We follow State regulations regarding the
confidentiality of information. The use or disclosure of information
pertaining to the child or the child's family shall be restricted to
purposes directly related to the administration of the subsidized child
care services. Data collection and dissemination of information shall be
handled in such a manner as to ensure confidentiality of the names and
addresses of all individuals. We abide by there guidelines whenever we
share information necessary for the administration of the subsidized
child care services with the Department of Education, participating
child development agencies, the county welfare department, and
participating Head Start providers, local child care planning councils,
and any other participating agency in the county.
We employ precautions to maintain the security of our data
transmitted via computer. We provide access to your personal
information only to those employees who need to know the information to
provide you with services. We maintain physical, electronic and
procedural safeguards to guard your personal information. We have been
and continue to be bound by professional standards of confidentiality
that are even more stringent than those required by law.
We
pledge equal access to services and employment regardless of race, sex,
color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, disability, or
sexual orientation. Please call us if you would like to review this or
any other matter in detail.