This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for this website owned and managed by Kids Mental Health. Kids Mental Health is committed to protecting the privacy and accuracy of information to the extent possible, subject to provisions of state and federal law.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us or for its intended purpose of informing system change. We will not share your information other than as necessary to fulfill your request, to inform children’s behavioral health system improvement, or as subject to state or federal law.

This website uses Google Analytics to help analyze how visitors use the site. Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The anonymous information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors’ use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for Kids Mental Health.

We will never use Google Analytics to track or to collect any personally identifiable information. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifiable information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Forms

Kids Mental Health has Provide Input, Join Email List, and Contact Us forms users may choose to fill out and submit on the website. These forms are completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to disclose personal information, such as name, email and comments/input. Website users can choose to submit feedback anonymously through the Provide Input formby leaving the name and email fields blank. When sharing comments/input received through the Provide Input form, we will remove information that would allow you to be personally identified. Input received will be stored and used only for its intended purpose of informing system change or responding to a submitted question or request. Personal information will not be sold to another party.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via our Contact Us form or emails given below:

  • See what data we have about you, if any.
  • Change/correct any data we have about you.
  • Have us delete any data we have about you.
  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Contact Us

If you need to contact Kids Mental Health regarding this privacy policy, please email tim.marshall@ct.gov.