Privacy Policy

General Information:

The privacy of all individuals that visit and use the Community Living Exchange Collaborative Clearinghouse is important to us. This statement describes how we collect information and use information gathered on this website. We reserve the right to modify this statement and encourage you to review it from time to time.

You can be assured that we will not obtain personal identifying information about you when you visit this website unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing personal information is strictly voluntary. Except as may be required by law, we do not share any information we receive with any outside parties.

The Community Living Exchange Collaborative may maintain general information regarding use of the Clearinghouse, such as number of visitors, date and time, IP address and areas of the site visited. We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site and to help make our site more useful for visitors.

Privacy of our email lists:

The Community Living Exchange Collaborative maintains several email lists to keep email subscribers informed about recent publications and the latest developments in home and community-based care. We do not share, sell or otherwise disclose any personal information, including your name, address, or email addresses with other organizations or third parties. Only hcbs.org staff and our authorized agents have access to personally identifiable information provided by visitors to our site.

Security:

We have appropriate security measures in place to protect our site from the loss or misuse of information that we have collected from you. Our personalized forms and personal information are stored and served from a secure server. How You can Access or Correct Information You can access the personal information that you provided to hcbs.org or correct errors to such information, by returning to the original confirmation email sent to you after you registered for e-CLIPS or My Library and selected a the direct link to your profile. If you no longer have that message, visit www.hcbs.org/forgot.php

Passwords:

The e-CLIPS feature (ClearinghouseCLIPS, NewsCLIPS, and myLIBRARY) does not require a password since no personal information is saved or displayed.

Cookies:

Our site may use cookies. Currently we use them in our Discussion Forum. This information is collected by our server. This information allows you to store your password and personal preferences when you use the forum. It is not required and the forum will be accessible without this information.

External Links:

This site contains links to other sites. The Community Living Exchange Collaborative is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these websites.

Contacting Us:

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us.

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