MCT Privacy Notice



Our Commitment to Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices.

 

Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice outlines the types of information we gather when you visit our app, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it. Please read it thoroughly so that you understand how your information is collected and protected.

 

Automatic Information Collection

We do not collect personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us.

We do collect the following information to measure server performance, analyze user traffic patterns and improve the content of our app:

  • the Internet protocol (IP) address of your device or network,

  • the last date and time connected to our app

  • the operating system software on the device you used to visit our site



Information You Provide

Our app requires you to register for an account. We ask you for some personal information in order to create an account and we will use that information to provide you with information relating to your early care and education programs needs.

Personal information volunteered by you through your filling out of our forms or submitting emails and/or electronic documents is used only to perform functions, activities, or services directly related to determination of eligibility for, and administration of early care and education services for which you are applying.

Access to your personal information is restricted to County personnel and contractors who need the information to perform their duties in connection with the administration of these programs.



Disclosure and Dissemination

We do not sell any personal information to any third party. However, some de-identified information collected by this site is subject to disclosure in response to a public records request, as required by the California Public Records Act. Information disclosed under the California Public Records Act will not reveal your identity. These laws exist to ensure that government is open and that the public can access appropriate records and information possessed by government agencies.

Legal exemptions to this public disclosure exist to protect individuals' privacy.



Site Security

We monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or to otherwise cause damage to the site. Anyone using this Web site expressly consents to such monitoring.

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration or destruction of data, including your personal and private information.



Cookies

Cookies are small files that websites put on your computer/device to store info about your preferences. Cookies can improve your browsing experience by allowing sites to remember your preferences or letting you avoid signing in each time you visit the site. We use “cookies” in this way. We use cookies to improve quality of our service and not to track any personal information.

The use of cookies is a standard practice among Internet websites and most Internet web browsers may be customized to reject cookies, to only accept or reject cookies by user intervention, or to delete cookies. You can delete cookies through your browser when using our site, and it will still function fully.