This privacy policy sets out how Oklahoma State Department of Education Child Nutrition
Programs uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.
Child Nutrition Programs is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.
Should we ask you to provide information by which you can be identified when using
this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this
privacy statement.
Statistical Information
Upon opening Child Nutrition's web site, certain information is automatically
collected about your visit. It is used for statistical purposes and will identify
you personally when you are logged in to the system. The information collected will
include the number of people visiting our site, as well as the internet access software
used by our visitors. We use such data to improve our site and make it fit the needs
of our user population. We may collect the following information when you visit
our site:
- The Internet Protocol (IP) address of your PC and Domain Name, but
not your Email address. The IP address is an identifier assigned to your
computer when you access the Internet. The Domain Name is the Internet name of
the host service through which you access the Internet (eg.
MyInternetProvider.com).
- The type of browser software and operating system used to access
our site.
- The date and time you access our site.
- The pages in our site that you visit.
- If you linked to our site from another site, the address of the
originating web site.
Cookies
Cookies are simple text files stored on your computer by a web site. Not all web
sites or web pages you visit generate cookies. Cookie text files are not executable
and cannot carry viruses or worms. Cookies can contain any string of text but typically
they are used to remember your browser preferences, to record your browsing behavior,
to identify you to a web site, and to improve the convenience of interacting with
web sites. Although you can prevent web sites from placing cookies on your computer,
disabling cookies can adversely affect your ability to view or interact with some
web sites. Child Nutrition's web site may use cookies to allow visitors to interact
with online applications. Child Nutrition does not use cookies to store a user’s
personal information.
What Do We Collect?
We may collect the following information:
- name and job title
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as address
- other information relevant to the application and claim submission/reimbursement
process
- detailed information about your business and business practices necessary to determine
your eligibility to participate in the USDA's Food and Nutrition Programs administered
by this agency
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest
easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note
that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be
responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide
while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.
You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the
website in question.
Controlling Your Personal Information
From time to time, we may be required to provide Personally Identifiable Information
in response to court order, subpoena, or government investigation. We also reserve
the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith
believe to be unlawful.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent
unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic
and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Your personally identifiable information is kept secure. Only authorized employees,
agents and contractors (who have agreed to keep information secure and confidential)
have access to this information.
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act
Statistical information and personal information is subject to disclosure, with
certain restrictions pertaining to access and confidentiality, under provisions
of the Oklahoma Freedom of Information Act.
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