This site is owned and operated exclusively by OPEN PATH – The Family-Building Resource of Northern California, a non-profit entity in the State of California. We understand and share your concerns about privacy; as a result we have put this page together in order to communicate to you exactly how and why we collect personal information from this web site and what it is used for. We also provide a way to "opt-out" of receiving communications from us. If you wish to do so, please send us an email with "unsubscribe" in the subject area.

Information you give to us will be exclusively used as you request (to provide you with an application, for example) or to help facilitate our serving you. Please read this Privacy Policy for details about what information we collect, how it is used, and how it is protected.

What information does OPEN PATH collect?
OPEN PATH collects the following information from this website:

1. When you register on our website, we will ask for your email.
2. When you become a basic member, we will ask for contact information such as your name, address, and email.
3. When you become a professional member, we will ask for your business/organization contact information such as company name, address, and email.

How is the information used?
We use information about businesses and individuals only to serve our business and individual clients: to help us assess your situation so we may offer better services or to provide you with resources, white papers, or other information.

Is the information shared?
Your information may be shared with members of our staff or in order to assist you better. OPEN PATH does not share your information with any third parties except for the following: From time to time we may engage or employ contractors to perform functions on our behalf. Such parties will have access to only that personal information required by them to perform their functions, may not use such information for any other purposes, and are bound to conform to the OPEN PATH Privacy Policy.

Does your site use cookies?
We do use cookies.

Do you track site usage?
Yes. OPEN PATH tracks the movement of our visitors through our site through a variety of means. These include:

1. Reports based on links visited
2. Reports based on source of entrance to the site domain
3. Reports based on search engines and search terms used to find our site
4. Reports based on amount of time spent viewing specific sections/pages
   of the site

Please note however that we do not track the movement of individual users. This is because the software we use does not allow for the personal identification of individual users. That is, individuals remain anonymous when visiting www.youropenpath.org until they choose to provide personally identifying information via login or other means. If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please contact us.

Protection for Children
As is consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA),OPEN PATH does not knowingly request personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent first.