About Us > Privacy Policy
The Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Greater Kansas City (LGCCKC) is committed to protecting the privacy of its members. LGCCKC recognizes the interest of its members in the confidentiality of their personal information. LGCCKC only maintains personal information that is relevant to the LGCCKC mission and seeks to maintain accurate, complete, and timely information.
The security of personal information is important to the LGCCKC. The LGCCKC maintains all personal data with reasonable technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect against loss, unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, modification, and improper disclosure. No computer system or information can ever be fully protected against every possible hazard. The LGCCKC provides reasonable security controls to protect personal information against foreseeable hazards.
The LGCCKC maintains member databases that contain mailing, billing, and member profile information. The LGCCKC also maintains databases of member and non-member registrations for LGCCKC events and activities. The information in these databases is used by authorized LGCCKC board members and trained volunteers to mail announcements and communications related to LGCCKC events and activities; respond to member inquiries; and help us improve services to our members. Member records are maintained as long as an individual is an LGCCKC member and for a reasonable period (usually about five years) following a membership lapse. Purchases and credit card transactions are retained for as long as appropriate to meet contractual, tax, or auditing needs.
All personally identifiable information contained in the LGCCKC membership, purchase, and registration databases is treated as confidential and will be used only for the purposes stated in this policy, except where required by law.
Just like any other record keeper, the LGCCKC may be required to disclose personal information in response to valid legal process. This includes a search warrant, subpoena, or court order. Disclosures may also be appropriate to protect the LGCCKC's legal rights or during emergencies if physical safety is believed to be at risk. These disclosures are possible although unlikely.
Personal data about LGCCKC members may, from time to time, be collected or shared with outside contractors, auditors, consultants, and others working on behalf of the LGCCKC to assist in carrying out the mission of the LGCCKC. The LGCCKC informs those recipients about safeguarding personal information, and requires them to use it only for an authorized purpose consistent with this privacy policy, and to return it or destroy it upon completion of the activity.
The LGCCKC does not sell, rent, or exchange email addresses of its members. The LGCCKC uses email addresses to send the following types of information and requests:
- Completing voluntary surveys seeking feedback for quality and service improvement purposes;
- Supplying you with information, including LGCCKC news, events, and services, as well as similar information from like-minded organizations; and
- Requesing voluntary time or monetary contributions to the LGCCKC.
The LGCCKC does not log the identity of visitors. However, we may keep access logs, for example containing a visitor's IP address and search queries. We may analyze log files periodically to help maintain and improve our Web site and enforce our online service polices. Cookies are only set when users visit restricted portions of our website. Raw log files are treated as confidential and retained for no longer than two years.
On some pages of our site we allow individuals to submit information for the purposes of joining the LGCCKC; renewing or updating their membership; donating money to the LGCCKC; ordering products and services; or registering for an event or activity. Information collected on these pages will be used according to LGCCKC's privacy policy.
If you have questions about our policies or compliance, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Updated July 2007.