PRIVACY POLICY

Who we are

Our website address is: www.austinadoptionagency.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Adoption Advocates, Inc. (“Adoption Advocates,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects information from you when you access our website located at www.austinadoptionagency.org and its affiliated pages, information, and content (the “Website”), submit a request for additional information, or otherwise use an online form to contact us.

Contact forms

When requesting information or completing the online form, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, city of residence or other information so that we may follow up with to provide the requested information or respond to your inquiry. You may visit our general Website without entering this information.

Cookies

AustinAdoptionAgency.com receives and stores certain types of information whenever you visit our website through the use of “cookies.” A “cookie” is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your system and is used to provide you with tailored information from a website. In most instances, you can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you a chance to decide whether to accept it. We use cookies to improve your overall online experience with Adoption Advocates as well as gather information about how our site is used. The information we collect using cookies and other tools, including Google Analytics, is used in non-identifiable ways, without any reference to your personally identifiable information. For example, we may use information we collect about Website users to optimize our Website and understand its traffic and usage patterns. In other cases, we associate the information we collect using cookies and related technologies with personal information, and in that case, this Privacy Policy governs how we use that information.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell, trade or otherwise transfer your Personal Information to outside parties. We may release Personal Information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; to defend ourselves in litigation or a regulatory action; to effect a merger, acquisition, or otherwise to support the sale or transfer of business assets; to enforce our Website policies; or to protect our or others’ rights, property, or safety.

How we protect your data

We implement a variety of security measures to reasonably safeguard Personal Information when you submit Personal Information to Adoption Advocates; however, we do not guarantee or warrant that the security measures cannot be breached.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Adoption Advocates may change its Privacy Policy from time to time and in Adoption Advocates’ sole discretion. You are encouraged to frequently check this page for any changes to our Privacy Policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we may provide a more prominent notice or email you regarding the changes. Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be effective upon the revised Privacy Policy being publicly available for viewing at the Website; the date the Privacy Policy was last revised is posted at the end of this Privacy Policy.

For questions, concerns or more information, please contact us online or in writing at: Adoption Advocates Inc. 1801 W. Koenig Lane Austin, TX 78756

Last updated: September 3, 2020