Privacy Policy

At Adoption Center of Illinois (ACI) we take your privacy very seriously. The following information outlines our policies regarding your personal data and what may be used and/or shared with others.

Your Information and How We Use It

This site collects two kinds of information: (1) information that personally identifies you (such as your name, phone number and e-mail address); and (2) information that does not personally identify you (such as the number of users who log on to the Site on a daily basis). By providing contact information, users acknowledge and give explicit consent to OPT IN and be contacted via the methods of communication they provided about adoption from Adoption Center of Illinois, including SMS text messages. If phone number is provided, users can Reply STOP to opt out anytime and receive no further SMS communications. Reply HELP for client care contact information. Messages and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary.

We do not share personal information with any third party.

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to monitor Web site traffic. We also use your IP address to gather broad demographic data.

When you request information or register to attend a class, we ask for contact information. We do not share this information with anyone, but may use it to send future correspondence. You may opt out of any mailings by following the Opt Out instructions below.

ACI may conduct online surveys that ask you for contact information (email address) and demographic information (zip code or age). We use demographic information for marketing planning purposes. We may use contact data from surveys to send you information about our products and services.

This site contains links to other resources and web sites. ACI does not control the policies and cannot be responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites.

Public Forums

ACI may add chat rooms, forums, message boards, blogs and/or news groups to this site. Please remember that these are public forums, so any information that you disclose is no longer private. We advise that you exercise caution before providing identifying personal information in these forums.

Site Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Opt In / Opt Out

You are always free to opt-out of any email program or stop receiving texts at the point where we request your contact information. Reply STOP or UNSUBSCRIBE to opt out at any time. ACI will then stop all communications.

If you wish to remove your contact information from our database and not receive future communications from us, you may also send an email to pbrown@adoptillinois.org with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please call us at 773.334.2300 or contact us.