Privacy Policy

Simply put, any information you provide us will not be provided to anyone else without your consent or a court order to do so. We do not and will not sell any information submitted to us, to anyone, at any time. What follows are the details of our privacy policy.

Please refer to our Terms of Use for additional information that has privacy implications.

Your use of this web site constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.

The South Family Genealogy Association operating as kentuckyroots.org (referred to in this document as "KYroots") owns and operates kentuckyroots.org and may operate other websites. It is KYroots' policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors and Users

Like most website operators, KYroots collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. KYroots' purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how KYroots' visitors use its website. From time to time, KYroots may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

KYroots also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users submitting any information on our web sites. KYroots only discloses user IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the web site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to KYroots' websites choose to interact with KYroots in ways that require KYroots to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that KYroots gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For more information about this information collected refer to our Terms of Use. In each case, KYroots collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the user's interaction with KYroots. KYroots does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. Users can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

KYroots may disclose potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information ONLY to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on KYroots’s behalf or to provide services available at KYroots’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using KYroots’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. This information does not include that which you have consented to being published and publicly availble.

KYroots will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone, ever, at any time. KYroots may disclose potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when KYroots believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of KYroots, third parties or the public at large.

KYroots takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Aggregated Statistics

KYroots may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. KYroots may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, KYroots does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. KYroots uses cookies to help KYroots identify and track visitors, their usage of KYroots website, and their website access preferences. KYroots visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using KYroots’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of KYroots’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If KYroots, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that KYroots goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of KYroots may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Advertisements

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by KYroots and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, KYroots may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at KYroots' sole discretion. KYroots encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a kentuckyroots.org account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Please refer to our Terms of Use for additional information that has privacy implications.