Copyright and Policy

Copyright

Material on this web site is copyrighted by Children's Institute. Written permission must be obtained from Children's Institute for use of materials.

Unless otherwise specified, all pages and information are copyrighted by Children's Institute. All graphics are the property of Children's Institute and may not be duplicated without prior written permission.

If you see something in a Children's Institute document that should be corrected, please contact Mary Maiolo. Be sure to give the full URL (web address) of the document in your e-mail.

Links to third party sites

Many links on this web site will let you leave the Children's Institute site. These linked sites are not controlled nor endorsed by Children's Institute, nor is Children's Institute responsible for the contents. We provide these links to you only as a potential resource which requires your evaluation. Should you discover inappropriate links on the Children's Institute site, please sent the URL (web address) to Mary Maiolo.

Privacy

Any information, including names, mailing/email addresses, phone numbers and dollar amounts acquired through the shopping cart and the "Donate Now," "Contact Us," and "Subscribe" forms on the Children's Institute site will be used solely for the purpose of sending agency or program information specifically requested by the individual contacting our organization. All collected information is considered highly confidential. This information will never be sold, traded, or otherwise used except as stated on the form. Should you wish to review personal information or request corrections to that information, please contact Mary Maiolo.

Children’s Institute uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous data from browser cookies of site visitors. This helps us to better understand our audience, so that we can continue to make improvements on our website that make it more informative and easy to use. For more information on how this data is used, see Google's Privacy & Terms.

Security

Children’s Institute’s website is physically located behind a managed hardware firewall and uses industry standard encryption protocols. Each page is secured and encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS) technology which is verified by the Certificate Authority InCommon. Credit card transactions are PCI compliant and credit card information is NOT stored on Children’s Institute’s servers. Donations are processed through Donor Perfect's Payment Services and all other payments are processed through the payment gateway Authorize.NET.