Privacy Policy

Who we are

We create innovative product and service models that give individuals with disabilities and their families the skills and opportunities to realize full lives.

Important: Photo Consent Policy

Photos and videos taken at public Center for Independent Futures events may be published in print or online for download, online photo albums, newsletters, and/or social media including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Such events include paid ticketed events like SPARK and Something’s Cooking, free at-large community events (such as disseminating information or a free film screening), or events sponsored by our Young Professionals Board. This does not include participant activities such as art club, bike club, etc. Participants in these activities have the option to give and remove consent for future photos at any time. However, attendance at the aforementioned public events are not included in the photo release form.

By paying for admission to public events and/or attending a free public event, you consent to having your photo taken and potentially published through the above-mentioned mediums unless you expressly and contemporaneously request that your photo not be taken by the photographer.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We collect your payment information for tickets through a secure PayPal connection, and we promise not to share your information with any other organization or individual. Furthermore, we promise to only use your contact information sparingly as is necessary.

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.

Contact forms

You can find our contact forms at https://independentfutures.com/contact-us/ where you can send us any concerns. You may also email center@independentfutures.com and your email will be forwarded to the most appropriate party.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

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

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in 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 we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are 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.

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