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Introduction & Overview

The Children’s Council of San Francisco’s BizNest Incubator Program is committed to protecting your privacy and all data associated with those who participate in the Program’s offerings. The following information details the privacy policies and practices associated with the BizNest Incubator website and the associated online tools and offerings, herein referred to as the “Program Offerings”.

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The Information We Collect & How It Is Used

Identifying Information. When you use the Children’s Council BizNest Incubator online tools, register for workshops or sign up to receive information about BizNest Incubator offerings, we collect the following information.

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your phone number

We may also collect:

  • Your physical address or the physical address of your child care program

Unless we obtain your permission, personal identifying information will never be shared with anyone except the Children’s Council of San Francisco administrative team. It will be used only for the purpose of administering the BizNest Incubator Program Offerings, providing you with the information and/or assistance you requested and effectively communicating with and assisting you with your use of any BizNest Incubator online tools that you sign up to use.

For example, we may send an email (or use your phone number) to confirm registration for a workshop or to confirm registration for the Step-by-Step License Guide tools. We also use your email and phone number to respond to your specific questions. We use text messaging only if you ask us to use it as a way to communicate with you. We are not responsible for any expenses you may incur related to text messaging.

Information About Your Child Care Business. If you run a child care business (or plan to do so), we may also collect your child care business or program name, postal address and specific information about various aspects of your business or program that you provide when you use our online tools.

Combined summary data, with no identifying information (of individuals or programs), may be used for the following purposes: tailoring professional development offerings to the needs of the child care businesses which we support, program research and evaluation, communicating the impact of BizNest Incubator offerings to policy makers and planners, or demonstrating the importance of our program offerings for running a successful child care business to include the positive impact in the lives of young children. For example, a report may show that family child care businesses that use the BizNest Incubator tools are able to navigate certain aspects of the licensing and licensing renewal process with greater efficiency, but we would not share individual site information.

Participation in the BizNest Incubator Program offerings is voluntary. Choosing not to participate will not affect the funding or services you or your child care business receives from Children’s Council of San Francisco, program partners, or from the State of California.

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How Your Information Is Protected

The BizNest Incubator website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Your name, email address, phone numbers, physical address and child care program data are maintained on secured files accessible only by the BizNest Incubator administrative team. However, as with any Internet endeavor, absolute security of information transmitted through channels (communication networks, hardware, software) not directly operated or controlled by us or our partners cannot be guaranteed.

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How to Update Your Information

We rely on child care businesses and other users of the BizNest Incubator online tools to provide updates to information that they have provided to us, such as contact information or information about their business. If you register to use BizNest Incubator online tools, you can update your information by logging into the tool. After logging in, click on the Update Profiel menu item and follow the instructions provided. Please contact us if there is other information you would like to update.

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Opt Out Policy

Participation in BizNest Incubator offerings is always voluntary, and you may stop participating at any time. If you no longer wish to receive notifications about our program offerings or support contacts related to use of the online tools, please contact us to request removal from the email list.

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Use of Cookies

We use cookies on this website to allow us to personalize your experience—that is, to display the information you have already entered, to allow you to record further information and to provide feedback based on the data you supply. No personal identifying information is stored on any cookie. If you do not accept cookies, you will not be able use any of the BizNest Incubator offerings that require you to log in to use the online tools or offerings. For other offerings that do not require you to log in, your experience will not be personalized if you do not accept cookies.

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Notification of Changes to this Policy

In the unlikely event any substantial changes are made to this privacy policy, registrants for any of the online tools will be notified via email (provided you are still on our email list). Examples of substantial changes include changes in the way your identifying information or child care business or program data will be used or shared.

Minor changes also may be made (for example, updates made based on feedback to make the website more usable). Those who have signed up to receive information or registered for any offerings will not receive email notification of such minor changes; the most recent version of the policy will always appear on this website.

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How to Contact Us

Questions regarding this privacy policy should be directed to the BizNest Incubator Team at incubatorteam@childrenscouncil.org.

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