MYSI endeavors to safeguard the integrity of its communications. Security measures have been integrated into the operations of the MYSI web site as part of risk management.
Thank you for visiting the MYSI web site. This web site collects NO PERSONAL information about you when you visit our web site unless you voluntarily provide that information to us, for example, by sending us an email or completing an online form.
If you do nothing other than browse the site, view pages, or download information, the website will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. Your web browser software transmits most of this information. This information does not personally identify you. Information that is automatically collected and stored consists only of the following information about your visit:
- The IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you “surf” the web) from which you access the MYSI web site
- The type of browser and operating system used to access the MYSI web site
- The date and time that you visited the MYSI web site
- The pages of the MYSI website that you visit
- If you linked to the MYSI web site from another web site, the address of that web site
- The name of the country where your server is located
As stated above, the web browser software that you use transmits this information. We may occasionally review this information to assist us in making our website more useful to visitors by monitoring how many visitors the web site has and the different types of technology being used to view and visit the MYSI web site. We do not track or record personal information about individuals or their visits.
If you participate in an online survey or send us an email during your visit to our web site, the following information will be collected:
- The email address and contents of the email
- Information given in response to a survey or form
We use your email to respond to you, in order to address issues you identify, or we may improve our web site. Survey information is utilized only for the specified purposes.
Personal information includes information that is identifiable to a specific person and includes such things as an individual’s name, address, and phone number. A domain name or Internet Protocol address is not considered “personal information”.
NO PERSONAL information is collected about you unless you voluntarily choose to provide it by participating in an activity that requests such information, such as sending us an email or taking part in a survey or completing an online form. Your choice to participate in these activities or not, does not affect your ability to use the MYSI web site.
If personal information is requested on the web site or volunteered by the user, state law and the federal Privacy Act of 1974 may protect it. However, this information is a public record once you provide it and may be subject to public inspection and copying if not protected by federal or state law.
Please note that personal information provided by children online or through email is treated in the same fashion as information provided by an adult, and may be subject to public access.
You can review any personal information that we collect about you and can recommend changes to information believed to be in error, by submitting a written request that shows the incorrect information. You may contact us if you believe that your personal information is being used in a manner other than what was intended when given. We will make reasonable attempts to verify your identity in all cases, before granting access or making corrections.
We do not use cookies to collect information. A cookie is a file that contains unique identifying information that a web site could use to track passwords, the date that you last looked at a particular page or identify your visit session at a specific web site.
Contact Info
MYSI
3001 W. 111th Street, Suite 103
Chicago, IL 60655
Office: 773-840-4600
Fax: 773-840-4605
myschicago@myschicago.org