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Website Privacy Policy

We’d like to inform you of the information we collect on this website, mcneillchildrensinstitute.com, and how we use it.

The address for McNeill Children's Institute is 1272 W. Main Rd., Bldg 2, Fl 2 Middletown, RI 02842. The local phone number for McNeill Children's Institute is 401-683-8063. Please contact us if you believe we’re not living up to this policy.

What Information We Collect

There are a number of technologies we and many other websites use to collect different information about you.

When You Browse Our Site

Our site is hosted on Squarespace, which has a number of tracking technologies that it uses for analytics and functionality purposes. You can find out more about these technologies directly from Squarespace's help center.

We have access to web analytics through Squarespace. Web analytics on Squarespace exposes:

  • Your IP Address and the location of that IP Address

  • What pages you visited

  • What web browser and computer operating system you used via a “user agent”

Web analytics on Squarespace also aggregates that data to let us know anonymous but time-stamped data about:

  • When forms are filled out

  • When buttons are clicked

In addition, we set a number of first-party cookies on your site. These cookies are:

  • Crumb

    • Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

    • Cookie

    • Session

  • ss_cid

    • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

    • Cookie

    • Two years

  • ss_cpvisit

    • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

    • Cookie

    • Two years

  • ss_cvisit

    • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

    • Cookie

    • 30 minutes

  • ss_cvr

    • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

    • Cookie

    • Two years

  • ss_cvt

    • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

    • Cookie

    • Two years

Squarespace also use local browser storage to store various parts of the website.

Finally, Squarespace has access to log files that include your IP address, how you reached our site, and each resource you requested from our site.

When You Submit a Form

There are two kinds of forms on our site.

The first type is to email us. When you submit this form, you are added to our CRM in Squarespace. This records your Email, your First Name, your Last Name, and the date of the most recent form submission. It also sends an email with your Phone Number and Message to admin@mci-ot.com, who will use that information to best direct your inquiry. This form also saves to a third-party database hosted on Google Sheets.

The second type is a newsletter signup. When you submit this form, you are added to our CRM in Squarespace. This records your Email, your First Name, your Last Name, and the date of the most recent form submission. It also subscribes you to our newsletter, which sends you mass emails. This form also saves to a third-party database hosted on Google Sheets.

HIPAA

As a health provider, McNeill Children's Institute is bound by HIPAA regulations. Our website does not provide services that are considered a transaction. Any transactions that are covered are external to this website, but we are committed to the safety of your information in those transactions according to the regulations.

You can view the regulations for HIPAA privacy at the Department of Health and Human Services website.

Concerned About Our Data Use?

We understand that the Internet isn’t the friendliest place. Here are some ways to control how we use your data. Please know that some things, like server logs, are not able to be controlled by you.

Removing Our Site's Cookies

To remove those non-identifying cookies from your browser, you’ll need to use the tool that comes with your browser. We provide some “how-to” pages for common browsers below.

Blocking Ad Tracking

All major browsers come with built-in privacy blockers that help stop you being tracked online with various different methods. We provide some "how-to" pages for common browsers below.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

Our website is not directed to children. Please visit the FTC’s Kids’ Privacy page for information from the FTC about protecting children’s privacy online.