Thank you for visiting the Autism Society of Colorado (ASC) website. We are committed to the privacy of our visitors. We collect no personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us. Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website.

Information collected and stored automatically: If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store information like the following concerning your visit:

• The internet domain (for example, “xcompany.com” if you use a private internet access account or “yourschool.edu” if you connect from a university’s domain);
• Your IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our website;
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
• The date and time you access our site;
• The pages you visit; and
• If you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website.

We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors, to learn about the number of visitors to our site, and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

Information protection: For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. If such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act or other law.

Information that you voluntarily provide: We do not collect personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide it to us. If you provide us with personally identifiable information, for example, by sending an e-mail or by filling out a form and submitting it through our website, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us provide you with the information and services that you request.

Submitting voluntary information constitutes your consent to the use of the information for the stated purpose. When you click the “Submit” button on any of the Web forms found on our sites, you are indicating your voluntary consent to use of the information you submit for the purpose stated.

How information is used: The information we collect is used for a variety of purposes (e.g., to register you for a conference, to respond to requests for information, and to fill orders). We make every effort to disclose clearly how information is used at the point where it is collected so you can determine whether you wish to provide the information.

ASC is not responsible for the privacy practices employed by non-ASC sites that may link to the ASC website or non-ASC sites hosted on ASC computers (e.g. websites of professional organizations.

Cookies: “Cookies” are small bits of text that are either used for the duration of a session (“session cookies”) or saved on a user’s hard drive in order to identify that user, or information about that user, the next time the user logs on the a website (“persistent cookies”). Some portions of this website use persistent cookies.

ASC does use session cookies to help us track how long individuals visit our site. ASC does not retain any information collected by these session cookies. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of a session, that is, when you close your browser.

Additional privacy information related to the survey is available from a link on the survey itself.
Interaction with children: This website offers some educational content to children under 13. No personally identifiable information is collected from these visitors unless voluntarily submitted as a request for information or services. The information supplied is used to respond to the user’s inquiries or to provide services requested by the user.

Links to other sites: Our website contains links to various federal agencies and private organizations. Once you link to another site, you are then subject to the privacy policies of the new site. It is always a good idea to read the Privacy Policy of any site you visit.

Your right under the Privacy Act: Information on the Privacy Act can be found on the following website: http://www.cftc.gov/foia/foiprivacyact.htm

Accessibility: The Autism Society of Colorado is committed to making its websites accessible to all site visitors in accordance with provisions of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998.

If you have difficulty obtaining information from any pages on the ASC website, please contact website@autismcolorado.org to get the material in another format. You should provide the URL of the website referencing that information.

If you have any 508-related questions, comments, or suggestions for improvement, please contact ASC at website@autismcolorado.org.

Disclaimer
 
Any mention of products or services within ASC web pages is for information only; it does not imply recommendation or endorsement by ASC.
 
Use of ASC Information:

These World Wide Web pages are provided as a public service by the Autism Society of Colorado (ASC). With the exception of material marked as copyrighted, information presented on these pages is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested.