Privacy Policy

ChildNeed Enterprises  LLC (“ChildNeed,”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy governs your access to and use of child-need.com and all related websites, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through child-need.com (the “Website“), whether as a guest or a registered user.

We are committed to respecting the privacy and security of our users. Our goal is to provide you with the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you.

When accessing the Website, ChildNeed will learn certain information about you, both automatically and through voluntary actions you may take, during your visit. This policy applies to information we collect on the Website and in email, text, or other electronic messages between you and the Website.

ChildNeed is providing you with this privacy policy to explain to you how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use our Website. This Privacy Policy is intended to provide you with information as to: (i) the type of information that is collected, (ii) how collected information is used and with whom it is shared; (ii) how we intend to protect the information; and (iii) how you can access, modify and/or delete such information.

We will not disclose your information to any person or organization outside child-need.com and its listed advocates and providers, except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We may collect information about you when you visit and interact with this Site. Some of this information may be automatically collected, and some is collected when you interact with the Site.

Information Automatically Collected: We may use automatic data collection technologies including Google Analytics to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. The type of information that may be automatically collected may include date and time of access of the Site, your traffic pattern through our Website, any communications between your computer and our Website, the Internet protocol address of the computer that you are using, the domain and host from which you access the Internet, the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your browser software and operating system, and the specific activities you are engaged in while visiting the Site.

The information collected automatically is used for statistical data and will not include personal information. Data is used to improve our Website and our offerings. To the extent that you voluntarily provide personal information to ChildNeed, our systems will associate the automatically collected information with your personal information.

Information You Provide to Us: ChildNeed collects information about you when you register with us or request services.  We also collect information when you voluntarily complete customer surveys, complete questionnaires or applications, submit your contact information in an option box or contact form, when you fill out forms, when you use search queries on our search feature, when you provide comments or other feedback, and when you open our emails or click links on our Website, in our marketing communications or on social media.  Website usage information is collected using cookies.

Information from which you can be personally identified may include your name, postal address, email address, telephone number, and credit card number (referred to as “Personal Consumer Information”) and/or any other identifier that permits the physical or online contacting of you in connection with your use of, or participation in any of the following: membership registration at the Website, surveys, content submissions, chats and in connection with other activities, services or resources we make available on child-need.com. In all these cases, we will collect personal consumer information from you only if you voluntarily submit such information to us. Further, ChildNeed may contact you based on the information you provide online whether in connection with your registration or in such places as the above described forums.

If you fill out a form to contact ChildNeed, the information collected is only needed to respond to you. If you provide a testimonial, your email address may be uses to confirm you sent the testimonial. You will only be  contacted for that stated purpose. Your email address will not be published publicly.

Of course, you may choose not to provide certain information to us, but if so, you may not be able to participate in all activities and transactions available at the Website.

Electronic Communication: When you communicate with us electronically, via email, you consent to our use of the information you have provided, and you further consent to receive electronic communications from us and our affiliated entities. If you would prefer not to receive such communications, you can opt out of our email lists by either clicking on the “opt out” line at the bottom of any email, or by emailing us directly at childneedpath@gmail.com

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Sharing of User Content on the Site

When you voluntarily send emails, questions, stories, photos and/or other User Content, you are authorizing ChildNeed to use or post these materials on the Website or in social media.  Please note that materials provided will not be returned.

Cookies

ChildNeed may use “cookies” and/or other technologies or files (collectively, “cookies”) to identify how visitors make use of this Site. Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information.  This information is used to track visitor use of the Website and to compile statistical reports on Website activity.  The information may include the date and time of Website visits, the specific pages viewed, time spent at our site and on specific pages, and the websites visited just before and just after our own, as well as your IP address.

This tracking information may be used to help us improve and enhance the Website experience for all of our visitors or for you individually. If you would prefer not to have such cookies stored on your computer, you may modify your browser settings to reject most cookies, or manually remove cookies that have been placed on your computer. However, by so rejecting the cookies, you may be unable to fully access the offerings on this Website.

You can set your browser to not accept cookies and the above websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser.  However, in a few cases, some Website features may not function as a result.

ChildNeed reserves the right to use technological equivalents of cookies, including social media pixels. These pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites so as to tailor advertising messages users see while visiting that social media Website. ChildNeed reserves the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policies of the various social media sites.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, the site will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Third-Party Cookies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers (“apps”). These third-parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

ChildNeed does not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

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.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

As required by law, in a matter of public safety or policy, or as needed in connection with the transfer of other business assets. In compliance with U.S. law, child-need.com does not share information with any unaffiliated third parties for marketing purposes.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so ChildNeed can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on the website (if any), the personal information provide is also usedin their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data held about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request any personal data we hold about you be erased. This does not include any data obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Information collected about you may be used to email you notifications of our new blogs, videos or manage your account and improve our overall performance.

Personal information which you supply to us may be used in a number of specific ways, for example:

• to email you resources
• to email you about services we are offering
• to email you links to our blog
• to email you about events we have coming up that you might want to attend
• to deliver any digital products you have purchased from us
• to share information about other services we think you might be interested in
• for fraud prevention
• for audit and debt collection
• for statistical analysis
• for use by employees in any of the above activities

We use your information collected from the Website to personalize your repeat visits to our Website.

In processing your requests, we may send your details to and also use information from credit card companies, credit reference agencies and fraud prevention agencies.

If required by court order or law, we will share your information with law enforcement agencies or courts of law.

Additional information

How we protect your data

Your information is not stored on any publicly accessible servers and therefore cannot be accessed by anyone who would use it for reasons other than your intent to contact us.

Links to Other Companies’ Sites

Our websites contain links to sites maintained by companies that are not affiliated with child-need.com. This privacy policy only applies to this Website so when you use a link on this Website to visit other websites, you should read their privacy policies, which are likely different than this one. ChildNeed is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites, and please use caution when visiting them. It is recommended to view the privacy policy posted on each site.

Security of Information

ChildNeed uses reasonable standards of confidentiality and security for this Website and for the Personal Consumer Information collected from the site.  ChildNeed restricts employees’ access to Personal Consumer Information. However, it is possible that someone may intercept or access communications, transmissions and/or Personal Consumer Information.  For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, the ChildNeed uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Email is not a secure form of communication. For this reason, please do not send private or confidential information to us via email. If you do so, it is at your own risk.  Some of the information you provide on our Website may be transmitted securely via Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL. Credit Card information and other sensitive information is never transmitted via email.

You must also seek to protect against unauthorized access to any information that you use in connection with this Website, and you should remember to close the browser once you have completed your activities on the Website or if you have decided to step away from your computer. In the event that ChildNeed determines that there has been a security breach resulting the unauthorized disclosure of Personal Consumer Information to a third party, ChildNeed will notify consumers whose Personal Consumer Information has been so disclosed by posting such information on the Website and, if email contact is possible, then an email will be sent advising of the status.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, ChildNeed uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Use and Sharing of Personal Consumer Information

Except as otherwise provided in this policy, ChildNeed reasonably attempts to ensure that personal consumer information about you as an individual user is never intentionally disclosed to any third party without having received your permission (through opting in or similar procedures) except as provided for in this policy or otherwise as permitted or required under law.

The following exceptions to this policy: specific information about you or your account will be released to comply with any valid governmental inquiry or legal inquiry or process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. Specific information will also be released in special cases, such as if there is an attempted breach of the security of the Sites or a physical or property threat to you or others. User information may also be transferred, including personal consumer information, in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, the sale of related assets or corporate division or other fundamental corporate change. Access to your personal consumer information may also be provided to contractors, vendors and third-party applications that are performing services in connection with the Website or the services offered.

Further, the information you enter when making a purchase will be shared with payment processors, financial gateways and your credit card company to authorize credit card payments. Such information may also be shared with necessary third parties solely for the purpose of carrying out the transactions.

Please note that if you give out personal information online such as in a forum or message board, that information is not protected, is visible to the public and other visitors of the Site and can be collected and used by third parties. Although we strive to protect our users’ privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of information you voluntarily post and we have no control over how such third parties may use your information. You disclose any personal information at your own risk.

In addition, you are responsible for the confidentiality of your information and password. You are responsible for all uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your registration or password.

GDPR Rights

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect on May 25, 2018. This regulation standardizes data privacy laws across the European Union (EU). If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:

• Right of Access: Find out what kind of personal information is held about you and get a copy of this information.
• Right of Rectification: Ask for your information to be updated or corrected.
• Right to Data Portability: Receive a copy of the information you’ve provided under contract so you can provide it to another organization.
• Right to Restrict Use: Ask for your personal information to stop being used in certain cases, including if you believe that the personal information about you is incorrect or the use is unlawful.
• Right to Object: Object to use of your information where a party is processing it on legitimate interest basis, and object to have your personal information deleted.
• Right to Erasure: Request that your personal information be deleted in certain cases.

To the extent that you provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

Changes to Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is kept under regular review and any updates will be placed on this webpage.  If material changes to the policy are made, you will be notified by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the Website home page. You are responsible for ensuring an up-to-date active and deliverable email address is on file for you, and for periodically visiting the Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

This privacy policy was last updated on March 7, 2022.

How to Contact Us

Please contact us via childneedpath@gmail.com you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you.