GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY!
The National Runaway Switchboard is an information and referral
service. We do not operate a counseling service. If you are seeking
immediate help contact our free, 24-hour, confidential crisis hotline
at 800-621-4000. We do not seek to provide specific advice or address
specific situations and the site is made available to you on the
condition that The National Runaway Switchboard, its administrators
and sponsors do not accept any liability for any information contained
in or linked to or by this site.
PRIVACY POLICY
The National Runaway Switchboard respects the privacy of all visitors
to this site. Because protecting your privacy is very important
to us, The National Runaway Switchboard has established a privacy
policy that safeguards your personal information.
A. Information About You The National Runaway Switchboard does
not collect information which identifies individuals who visit the
site. However, use of the Internet may reveal the network identity
of the machine which is being used to access the Internet. The National
Runaway Switchboard retains this aggregated information for usage
statistics only. Access to and use of this information is restricted
to The National Runaway Switchboard management and staff. Users
may be requested to complete forms which have name, age, sex, location,
contact details, and professional grouping. The National Runaway
Switchboard does not disclose or publish information which identifies
individuals. The National Runaway Switchboard may from time to time
publish aggregated information about usage patterns.
B. Information About Your Session The National Runaway Switchboard
does use cookies for session integrity but they will not be used
to track individual users. We do record your preferred style settings
and these are linked to the login name and password that you choose.
This information is retained from session to session unless you
change your login name.
C. Your Email Address The National Runaway Switchboard does not
require you to submit an email address however at the end of our
contact forms we will ask for an address so we can reply to your
concerns or add you to our National Runaway Switchboard database.
Email addresses will not be disclosed to any third party without
your consent.
D. The Chat Room People using the Chat Room may be asked to register
by providing their email address. This information will only be
used to authenticate users and will not be disclosed to a third
party without consent. Any information revealed by yourself in a
contribution to the discussion forum, including your name and email
address, will be accessible by other users of the site and National
Runaway Switchboard takes no responsibility for the privacy of such
information. National Runaway Switchboard retains some information
about users of the Chat Room, including login name, name, sex, age,
location, professional grouping and email address. This information
is retained to provide smooth operation from session to session
and to maintain the integrity of the Chat Room. It will not be used
for any other purpose or disclosed to a third party without your
consent. Users may, of course, choose to enter new login details
each time they visit the Chat Room. If you have any comments or
suggestions in relation to this policy, please contact us via the
feedback form.
E. Exceptional Circumstances In exceptional circumstances where
we believe someone is in imminent danger of serious harm to yourself
or another person, we reserve the right to disclose personal details
to police or appropriate person without consent. The National Runaway
Switchboard also reserves the right to gather more extensive information
than stated above if it believes an attempt to access the site raises
a security issue such as hacking.
REFERENCES TO OTHER SITES
References to other sites are provided as an information service
only and should not necessarily be construed as an endorsement of
those sites or the information contained within them. Similarly,
omissions should not be construed as non-endorsement. Although every
care is taken to provide links to suitable material from this site,
the nature of the Internet prevents us from guaranteeing the suitability,
completeness or accuracy of any of the material that this site may
be linked to. Consequently, The National Runaway Switchboard can
accept no responsibility for the content of that material including
any unsuitable or inaccurate material that may be encountered. Also,
the National Runaway Switchboard is not responsible for the accuracy
or legitimacy of information found elsewhere on the Internet and
there is no guarantee that any of the sites listed will be available
at any particular time. The National Runaway Switchboard does not
guarantee any services which might be announced or provide any authorization
direct or indirect relating to use of information or links. All
of the material published electronically on this site is for informational
purposes only. While every care has been taken in the compilation
of the information, The National Runaway Switchboard does not guarantee
that the information is current, complete or correct and accepts
no responsibility in these respects. Unless otherwise stated the
authorized version of all reports, guides and other information,
should be sourced from official printed versions available from
The National Runaway Switchboard or the owner of that material.
NOTIFICATION
The National Runaway Switchboard asserts copyright and all other
intellectual rights in this web page and code used to create it
except where otherwise specifically stated. All trade marks which
appear on this web page are the property of their respective owners
and are indicated by the appropriate symbol. The National Runaway
Switchboard also reserves copyright and all other intellectual property
rights in all its documents appearing on or linked to this web site.
Users of this web site may download these documents for educational
purposes only. Permission to use for commercial purposes should
be sought from The National Runaway Switchboard. Except where allowed
in this notice, no information appearing on or linked to by this
web site in which The National Runaway Switchboard has reserved
copyright shall be reproduced in any form, including electronic
form, without The National Runaway Switchboard express permission.
