Harbor Regional Center observes all state and federal laws for the protection of the privacy of individuals served by Harbor Regional Center and personal identifying information. The state law that is most relevant in this regard is the Lanterman Act. The federal law is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, usually known as HIPAA.

Your privacy is very important to us, and we are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy describes how and if your personal information may be required or used and your choices about that when you visit this website or subscribe to any of our communication channels.

By using this site, you are consenting to Harbor Regional Center collecting and processing your personal information (only when necessary) in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as it may be amended from time to time.

Personal Information – Collection and Use

In general, you can visit the Harbor Regional Center website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself.

The choice of whether to and how much personally identifiable information you provide to Harbor Regional Center is entirely up to you and is voluntary. Harbor Regional Center provides certain services or opportunities for visitors of our site. In order to provide these services to you, there are times when we may need information from you, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and phone number. Some examples of when we may need information are if you choose to register for a workshop online, make an online donation, apply or request eligibility, apply for a career opportunity, or request information. Harbor Regional Center uses a secure, encrypted SSL checkout process verified by an SSL certificate, for personally identifiable information and credit card data used in submission of user information through application forms, workshop registration, e-commerce transactions or charitable donations. SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer, which provides endpoint authentication and communications privacy over the Internet using cryptography.

Except when required to do so by law, we do not share any of the personal information you provide to us with any third party other than service providers. Service Providers are contracted with Harbor Regional Center, assist us in providing the information and/or services you have requested and who need to know the information in order to verify or fulfill your transactions with us. They do so in accordance with our agreement with those service providers, which indicate that the service provider agrees to comply with our privacy standards as described in this privacy policy. We do not sell, rent, lend or give your personally identifiable information to or share it with any other company or third party agency, except as permitted or required by law. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Anonymous Information

This type of information cannot be tied back to a specific individual user. Like many other Web sites, Harbor Regional Center receives and collects information about your session when IP addresses (the internet address of a computer) are logged to track a user’s session (the user remains anonymous). When HRC receives information about your session, we may use it as part of aggregated statistics for research or to improve our site. In general, IP addresses are logged to track a user’s session while the user remains anonymous. This data is analyzed for certain trends and statistics, such as which parts of our site users are visiting and how long they spend there. This anonymous information about your session or about you may be collected using technology such as “cookies” and “web beacons.”

External Links

This privacy statement applies to all Web pages under our domain and not to any Web pages not under our domain, regardless of any hyperlinks from a Web page under our domain to a Web page not under our domain.

This Web site contains links to other sites. Unless we expressly state otherwise, Harbor Regional Center makes no representations whatsoever concerning the content of those sites. The fact that Harbor Regional Center has provided a link to a site is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship or affiliation with respect to such site, its owners or its providers. Please be aware that Harbor Regional Center is not responsible for the privacy practices of other Web sites. Please check the privacy statements of these other sites for more information about their policies on collection and use of personal information.

Mobile Devices, Phone calls and SMS

If you provide us with a telephone number when submitting a form or while interacting with our site and you affirmatively consent to be contacted at that number, we may contact you by telephone and/or text message using automated technology as such telephone number(s). Standard messaging, data and other fees may apply.

By texting a keyword to short code 50809, you consent to receive one or more automated texts, alerts, or updates at the phone number from which you texted; up to 4 messages per month. Data obtained from you in connection with this SMS service may include your cell phone number, your carrier’s name, and the date, time and content of your messages, as well as other information that you provide. We may use this information to contact you and to provide the information you request from us. By subscribing or using this feature, you acknowledge and agree that we will have the right to change and/or terminate the service at any time, with or without cause and/or advance notice.

You may opt-out of receiving text alerts and updates at any time. To cancel or end SMS alerts or updates, text STOP to 50809 in reply to a text message you receive. You may also notify us by calling: (310) 465-2800 or emailing texthelp@haborrc.org.