We respect the privacy of the visitors to and users of the https://texasbenefits.center/  website (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy is for the purpose of advising you of the measures we use to protect the privacy of visitors to this Site, as well as the use and disposition of certain personal information voluntarily submitted by visitors to the Site and collected by us. It is important that you read this Privacy Policy carefully, as it, in conjunction with the Terms of Use applicable to the Site, applies to your access to and use of the Site and the content thereof. 

By accessing and/or using the Site and any content, you (1) acknowledge that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy, and (2) acknowledge, understand, consent, and agree that all of your use of and access to the Site and the content is subject to this Privacy Policy, as may be amended, supplemented, updated, altered, revised, or otherwise modified from time to time, in conjunction with the Terms of Use. 

1. Purpose of the Site.

The purpose of this Site is to provide individuals and families with information about pregnancy options and an opportunity to connect with qualified personnel who can answer questions and provide additional information.

2. Information Collected; Manner of Collection.

No personally identifiable information is collected by us merely upon your accessing the Site except for an IP Address, to the extent an IP Address is considered personally identifiable information, and information collected using cookies and similar technologies as explained in Section 7 of this Privacy Policy. However, there may be instances in which other personally identifiable information is collected from you during and as part of your use of the Site.  Additionally, visitors to the Site that wish and elect to communicate with us may be provided the opportunity to do so by phone, instant message, e-mail, or any other means as may be accessible through the Site, during the course of which we may collect personally identifiable information, including without limitation names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, physical addresses, and other personally identifying information, as well as other personal information, including health information, that is provided voluntarily by you and at your own discretion in the course of any such communications you choose to have with us.  

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information provided to us through any such communication channels, all of which represent the collection of personal information through means other than on or through the Site.

3. Use/Disclosure of Collected Information.

Information collected by us from you that you voluntarily disclose in the course of your connection and/or communication with Third Party Contacts accessed through the Site, may be used by us (a) to evaluate the activity and effectiveness of Third Party Contacts, (b) to provide, protect, maintain, improve, and enhance the services and visitor experience, as well as to develop new services, provided by and on the Site or otherwise; (c); (d) to protect us and other visitors to the Site; and (e) upon obtaining your consent, for any other purpose to which you may agree. We restrict access to personally identifiable information obtained by us from those who connect and/or communicate with Third Party Contacts to those employees, independent contractors, representatives, and agents who need to know the information for the purposes and usages identified in this Privacy Policy, and who are subject to contractual confidentiality obligations.

We will not disclose your personally identifiable information within our possession, custody, or control to any non-affiliated company, individual, organization, or entity, except in any of the following circumstances:

(a)To provide necessary information to third parties who perform services or functions for us or on our behalf in connection with the (i) provision of information or the performance of services, and (ii) management, operation, optimization, and maintenance of the Site; provided, however, that we have entered into an agreement with any such third parties that contains appropriate confidentiality protections;

(b)The disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) satisfy requirements imposed under applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, or any enforceable judicial or governmental demands, subpoenas, summons, orders, or decrees, (ii) enforce the Terms of Use, or (iii) investigate violations of the Terms of Use;

(c)In furtherance of the pursuit or defense of an actual or threatened legal proceeding and the claims and assertions made therein, whether asserted by or against us, provided such disclosure is limited to only that which is reasonably necessary to further our pursuit or defense of such claims and proceedings, as the case may be, and provided further that we take reasonable precautions to attempt to ensure the information disclosed does not become a matter of public record (though we will not be liable or responsible if, having taken such reasonable precautions, such information does become a matter of public record); or

(d)You have otherwise provided your consent to such disclosure. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and to the extent we may provide links or other opportunities for users to connect and/or communicate with third parties through the site, we assume no liability or other responsibility for the collection, retention, protection, security, use, disposition, or control of any personal information, including without limitation personally identifiable information, collected by, or provided by us in accordance herewith to, any third parties with whom you connect and/or communicate.

4. Retention of Information.

Any personal information collected and stored by us is held behind secure firewalls. As previously stated, we do not collect personal information from you upon your accessing the Site; rather, such information is only collected by us upon your voluntary election to disclose such information in the course of your connection and/or communication with Third Party Contacts that have been accessed through the Site.

5. Security.

The communication of information over the Internet, whether sent or received, is generally not secure.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Privacy Policy, Notice of Privacy Practices, or the Terms of Use, and in no way expanding the scope of privacy protections that may be set forth herein, we cannot, and do not, warrant or guarantee the confidentiality or security of any information in the transmission thereof to or from the Site. 

6. Protection of Children’s Personal Information.

Though the Site and its content are intended for general audiences, we do not intend that children will use the Site.  Accordingly, we do not intend to or knowingly collect, store, use, or disclose any personal information from children.  In the event we discover that we have collected personal information of a child under the age of 13, including without limitation the full name, home address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the child, we will either (a) block such child from providing personal information, or (b) seek to obtain consent from the parents of such child for the collection, storage, use, and disclosure of such child’s personal information. 

7. Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies and Mobile Device Identifiers.

What are first and third-party cookies? A “cookie” is a small file created by a web server that can be stored on your device (if you allow) for use either during a particular browsing session (a “session” cookie) or a future browsing session (a “persistent” cookie). “Session” cookies are temporarily stored on your device and remain there until they expire at the end of your browsing session. “Persistent” cookies remain stored on your device until they expire or are deleted by you. Local shared objects (or “flash” cookies) are used to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on a website. First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting, and they can only be read by that site. Third-party cookies are set by a party other than that website. 

What are “similar technologies”? In addition to cookies, there are other data collection technologies, such as Internet tags, web beacons, pixels (clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs), and navigational data collection (log files, server logs, etc.) that can be used to collect data as you navigate through and interact with a website. For example, web beacons are tiny graphics with unique identifiers that are used to understand browsing activity. UTM codes are strings that can appear in a URL when you move from one web page or website to another. The string can represent information about your browsing, such as which advertisement, page, or publisher sent you to the receiving website. 

Tracking-Pixels: A tracking pixel is a small piece of code we may use to collect and share with online advertisers’ information on your usage of our website, such as the pages that you have visited, or the way you have interacted with them. Through the tracking pixels, your browser automatically establishes a connection with the server of an online advertiser. In this way, the online advertiser receives information that you accessed. This can allow us to ensure that we are serving ads that match your interests, when you are visiting any online advertisers’ websites, or a website that includes ads served by such online advertisers. If you are authenticated to an online advertiser using tracking pixels, by being registered and logged in to a social network, the online advertiser can assign the visit to our website to your account. We have no influence on the extent to which the data collected through the tracking pixels is used by the online advertisers and therefore direct you to their privacy notices. Please note that, unlike cookies, you cannot control the deletion of tracking pixels yourself (e.g., by deleting them from your browser cache) because tracking pixels, unlike cookies, are stored on the servers of online advertisers and not in your browse. 

Other third-party technologies. Some third parties may use data collection technologies to collect information about you when you browse the Internet. We do not control these third parties’ technologies or how they may be used. If you have questions about targeted content, you should contact the responsible party directly or consult their privacy policies. 

What cookies and similar technologies are in use on the Site? The Site use the cookies and similar technologies to improve functionality, to measure and track how you interact with the Site, to perform analytics, to market to you, to track ad-driven activity, and to otherwise tailor our communications with you. 

Social Media Cookies and Similar Technologies. The Site use Social Media cookies and other similar technologies to collect information about your use of social media websites. 

Analytics Cookies and Similar Technologies. Analytics cookies and other similar technologies used by us collect information about your use of the Site and enable us to improve the way they work and operates. Specifically, analytics cookies provide us with information regarding what the most frequently visited pages on the Site is, help us record and debug any issues you may have with the Site, and show us how effective our advertising is. These analytics cookies do not allow us to see the usage of a single user but does allow us to see overall patterns of usage on the Site. We do not examine this information for individually identifying information, but we do use this information to understand the traffic on our Site. 

Advertising Cookies and Similar Technologies. Advertising and other similar technologies used by us are used to display targeting promotions or advertisements based on your use of the Site and interests and to manage our use of advertising resources. These cookies collect information about your activities on this and other sites to provide you with interest-based advertising. You can learn more about interest-based advertisements and your opt-out rights and options from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on its website (www.networkadvertising.org) and from members of the Digital Advertising Alliance on its website (www.aboutads.info). We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can also opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the NAI on its website. 

Facebook. We use Facebook’s technologies to serve relevant advertisements and to track Facebook ad-driven visitor activity. Facebook Connect also gives you the option to post information about your activities to your profile page to share with others within your network by using a single sign-in service to authenticate your identity.

You may learn more about Facebook’s policies by visiting https://www.facebook.com/policy.php, and you can also find instructions for opting out of receiving advertisements via that page. 

Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to collect and process statistical data about the number of people using the Websites and to better understand how they find and use the Site. The data collected includes data related to your device/browser, your IP address, and on-site activities to measure and report statistics about user interactions. The information stored is reduced to a random identifier. Any data collected is used in accordance with this Privacy Policy and Google’s privacy policy.

You may learn more about Google Analytics by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

You can learn more about Google’s restrictions on data use by visiting the Google Privacy Policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.

To opt-out of Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install the opt-out browser add-on feature.

For more details, visit the “Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on” page located at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en. 

Google Tag Manager. We use Google Tag Manager, which allows marketed website tags to be managed using an interface. The tool itself (which implements the tags) does not use cookies and does not register identifiable data. The tool causes other tags to be activated which may, for their part, register personal data under certain circumstances. Google Tag Manager does not access this information. Google Tag Manager is subject to the Google Privacy Policy located at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy. 

Google Marketing. We use Google’s marketing technologies (DoubleClick) to track user activity and to serve personalized advertisements. Your browser is assigned a pseudonymous ID, which is used to track the ads that have been served to your browser and to identify those on which you have clicked. The cookies enable Google and its partners to select and display ads based on your browsing behavior.

For more information on how Google uses this information, you can visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads and https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/7621162.

To block certain ads served by Google, please visit https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922 and https://adssettings.google.com.

Google’s Privacy Policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy. 

Choices About Cookies. Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may set your browser to refuse all or some types of cookies or to alert you when cookies are being stored. These settings may affect your enjoyment of the Site’s functionality. Adjusting the cookie settings may not fully delete all of the cookies that have already been created. To delete them, you should review your web browser settings after you have changed your cookie settings. The links below provide additional information about how to disable cookies or manage the cookie settings: 

Google Chrome:  https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en 

Firefox:  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences 

Microsoft Edge:  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09  

Safari:  https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac  and https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265

For more information about how to modify your browser settings to block or filter cookies, visit  http://www.aboutcookies.org/. You may learn more about internet advertising practices and related consumer resources at  https://youradchoices.com/control, https://thenai.org/about-online-advertising/faq, and http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices. 

Online Tracking Signals. We do not currently recognize browser settings or signals of tracking preferences, which may include “Do Not Track” instructions. “Do Not Track” is a web browser setting that seeks to disable the tracking of individual users’ browsing activities. We adhere to the standards set out in this Policy and do not currently respond to “Do Not Track” signals on the Site or on third-party websites or online services where we may collect information. 

Access to the Site from a mobile device, or other similar device (for example, a tablet), may result in our collection of a unique identifier associated with the device, as well as other information related to such device and the network it is on. 

8. Google Analytics.

The Site may contain links to third party websites that are not owned, managed, operated, or otherwise controlled by us.  These links are provided solely as a convenience to you, and we do not make any endorsement or recommendation of or regarding any linked third-party website or the content thereof; nor does such linking indicate any affiliation or sponsorship by us of any such third-party website.  Similarly, if a third party provides a link to the Site, it does not necessarily reflect a relationship with such third party.  Your access to and usage of any linked third-party website and/or the content thereof is solely at your own risk.  We assume no liability for your access or usage of any linked third-party website and/or the content thereof.  Your access to and usage of any linked third-party website and/or the content thereof is subject to the privacy policy and terms and conditions of use of and for such linked third party website.

9. Links to Other Websites.

We reserve the right to amend, supplement, update, alter, revise, or otherwise modify this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason.  Any such amended, supplemented, updated, altered, revised, or modified Privacy Policy shall be binding and immediately effective upon the posting thereof to the Site.  Your continued access and use of the Site upon the posting of any amended, supplemented, updated, altered, revised, or modified Privacy Policy constitutes your acknowledgment, acceptance, and agreement thereto and to be bound thereby.

10. Modification of Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to amend, supplement, update, alter, revise, or otherwise modify this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason.  Any such amended, supplemented, updated, altered, revised, or modified Privacy Policy shall be binding and immediately effective upon the posting thereof to the Site.  Your continued access and use of the Site upon the posting of any amended, supplemented, updated, altered, revised, or modified Privacy Policy constitutes your acknowledgment, acceptance, and agreement thereto and to be bound thereby.

11. Headings and Captions.

The headings and captions used in this Privacy Policy are for convenience only and shall not limit, expand, affect, alter, or otherwise modify the meaning of any text. 

12. Contacting Us.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, requests for additional information with respect thereto, or have a complaint or problem relating to this Site you may submit an enquiry via our contact form.