Privacy Statement

Thank you for visiting the Harris County Citizen Corps website. The Harris County Citizen Corps (“HCCC”) has developed this website in order to better serve you. HCCC attempts to ensure that the information in this website is accurate; however, changes will occur from time to time. HCCC cannot verify the accuracy of this information and some information may become out-of-date at any given time. The information is also general in nature and is not meant to replace all the applicable terms, conditions, limitations and exclusions related to the volunteer services and organizations discussed.

When you submit information on this website, you do so at your own risk. Please use your own judgment when sending information via the Internet. If you have either confidential or personal information, we recommend that you not send that information to HCCC via the Internet.

BY SENDING US YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, YOU EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZE US TO DISCLOSE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO VOLUNTEER AGENCIES ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU SUMITTED TO US VIA THE INTERNET INCLUDING YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS.

HCCC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY INFORMATION OR DATA COMMUNICATED OR POSTED BY YOU OR OTHER THIRD-PARTIES VIA THIS WEBSITE. BY COMMUNICATING VIA THIS WEBSITE, YOU AUTHORIZE HCCC TO USE, AND ALSO AUTHORIZE OTHERS TO USE, ANY MATERIALS COMMUNICATED BY YOU IN ANY MANNER OR MEDIUM .

The information on the website is presented in an informational format only. Although we provide links to other websites, we cannot verify the accuracy or confidentiality of external websites. Such links are provided as a courtesy to our website visitors. Downloads, copies or mirrors of this site are prohibited without the express written consent of HCCC.

HCCC will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special or other consequential damages arising out of any use of this website, or any other hyper-linked website that HCCC may provide to the user.

E-mail correspondence on the Internet may pass through public and private networks and may be accessed and viewed by other Internet users, without our or your knowledge or permission.

WARRANTIES

HCCC MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE ACCURACY, SUITABILITY, OR SAFETY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE OR ON ANY LINKED SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” AND WITH SPECIFIC DISCLAIMER OF ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILTY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

HCCC MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT HOSTS THE SITE ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER FORMS OF HARMFUL COMPUTER CODE.

WHEN YOU SUMBIT INFORMATION ON OR USE THIS WEBSITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ASSUME ALL RISK OF SUCH.

IN NO EVENT SHALL HCCC, ITS EMPLOYEES, ITS AGENTS, ITS VOLUNTEERS, OR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THESE PAGES, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE.

Aggregate Information; Use of Internet Cookies In order to keep improving our website, we collect certain information in aggregate from the users of our website. This information does not identify you personally, but allows us to determine the total number of people visiting our website and what pages they are most often visiting. Using this information, HCCC can determine which pages receive the most Internet traffic and that helps us make our website as user-friendly as possible.

We also collect information on our website through the use of “cookies.” A cookie is a small element of data that we can transfer to your computer hard drive that tells us if you are a repeat user and what pages best serve you. A cookie allows you easier access when you return to our site. The cookie does not track any personal information about you, such as name, address, or telephone number. Most computer browsers allow you to accept or reject cookies when a website is about to deposit a cookie file.

We may collect and store the name of the domain from which you access the Internet; the date and time you access our site; the item you requested from the server, and the internal address of the website from which you linked directly to our site.

Links to Other Websites Our website may contain links to other websites not owned or controlled by HCCC. These links are provided as a courtesy and convenience to our website visitors. HCCC is not responsible for the materials contained at any website linked to this site. HCCC cannot be responsible for the content, accuracy, timeliness, completeness, or privacy practices of other websites. Links to other websites do not imply an endorsement of the materials disseminated at those websites, nor does the existence of a link to another site imply that the organization or person publishing at that site endorses any of the material at this site. A link to another website is not intended to assign importance to that site or the information contained therein.

Cautionary Note: This Legal Disclaimer and Privacy Statement / User Agreement applies only to this website. When you follow a link to another site, this policy will not apply. You should check the legal disclaimers and privacy policies of each of those sites if you have concerns about how they handle personally identifiable information.

Updates to Legal Disclaimer and Privacy Statement / User Agreement We may change the contents of this statement at any time without notice due to state or federal law changes or changes HCCC makes to better accomplish HCCC’s mission and goals.