Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.

This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Kansas DASC Geo Portal web site. On all pages of this site we collect basic information about your computer and your browser in order to track and document usage, as well as improve the functionality of the web site.

In addition, on some pages we require you to register in order to access downloads and the community functionality of the web site. We require registration for accessing downloads because DASC is required to report annually on usage of our services. Your registration allows us to more accurately track and report that information, which will help ensure the continued availability of this service.

When you register with this site, we ask for:

Name
Address
Email address
Phone number
Professional associations and affiliations

As mentioned above, we use the information you provide about yourself to track usage for reporting to the State of Kansas. All reporting is in aggregate, and your specific information will not be used for reporting purposes. In addition, if you make a specific request of the DASC staff, we will use the information you provide to contact you and arrange delivery of your data.

We do not share your information with outside parties.

If you opt-in to receive information about new and updated datasets or relevant announcements, we will contact you via email with that information. You have the option to remove your name from our email list at any time

We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our web site and to report usage to the State of Kansas. We do not disclose anything that could be used to identify individual visitors.

When you register with this web site, you have the opportunity to make your contact information visible to the other users of this web site. This information will only be visible to other registered users when they are logged in. The list of registered users is intended to be used as a community resource for users of GIS data in the state of Kansas. We provide this service to encourage state and regional agencies to support and mentor each other. Abuse of this functionality (for example, using the list of site members for marketing of commercial GIS services) will not be tolerated, and we reserve the right to remove access of any user who violates the spirit of this web site.

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by logging in and accessing the Account Information page. You can also contact the DASC staff by phone or email and we would be happy to update your information for you.

To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at 785-864-2000 or send us an email at hallberg@kgs.ku.edu.