Thank you for visiting the abortion.ca.gov website and reviewing the Conditions of Use Agreement. You agree that the terms of the Conditions of Use govern your use of the abortion.ca.gov website, and that the State of California Privacy Policy also governs your use of the abortion.ca.gov website. California wants you to know about the collection, use, security, and access to information that pertain to the use of the abortion.ca.gov website. By visiting this website, you are accepting the policies and practices described in this Conditions of Use Agreement.
Please note that this Conditions of Use Agreement is subject to change without notice, and that it reflects the state’s current business practices. This Conditions of Use Agreement is dated September 6, 2022.
Also note that each department within the state may have additional privacy and Conditions of Use policies specific to the mission and needs of their work. Be sure to review those policies as you access additional sites within the state.
Personal information and choice
“Personal information” is information about a natural person that identifies or describes an individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, social security number, physical description, home address, home telephone number, education, financial matters, and medical or employment history, readily identifiable to that specific individual. A domain name or Internet Protocol address is not considered personal information, however, it is considered “electronically collected personal information.”
According to Government Code § 11015.5., “electronically collected personal information” means any information that is maintained by an agency that identifies or describes an individual user, including, but not limited to, his or her name, social security number, physical description, home address, home telephone number, education, financial matters, medical or employment history, password, electronic mail address, and information that reveals any network location or identity, but excludes any information manually submitted to a sate agency by a user, whether electronically or in written form, and information on or relating to individuals who are users, serving in a business capacity, including, but not limited to, business owners, officers, or principals of that business.
“Electronically collected personal information” that we automatically collect includes statistical information about which webpages you visit. If you voluntarily participate in an activity that asks for specific information (i.e., completing a request for assistance, personalizing the content of the website, sending an email, or participating in a survey) more detailed data will be collected. If you choose not to participate in these activities, your choice will in no way affect your ability to use any other feature of the website.
If any type of personal information is requested on the website or volunteered by the user, state law, including the Information Practices Act of 1977, Government Code Section 11015.5., and the federal Privacy Act of 1974 may protect it. However, this information may be a public record once you provide it, and may be subject to public inspection and copying if not otherwise protected by federal or state law.
Additionally, departments and agencies of the state of California under the authority of the Governor are required to adhere to the Privacy Policy which is also accessible on this website.
A special note about minors
We do not collect personal information about minors on this website.
Information collected and how it is used
On this website, we collect:
- A count of the number of individual page views this site has delivered
- The state a visitor was in when the page was viewed
- The type of browser used to visit this website
- The date and time of site visits
- The webpages or services accessed at this site
We do not let any third-party record information that can be traced back to you.
We do not collect:
- Any personal information like name, address, email address, or phone number
- Any electronically collected personal information like your IP address
- We do not use third-party services that collect any personal information
The information we automatically collect or store is used exclusively to improve the content of our web services and to help us understand how people are using our services. This information does not identify you personally and is used for gathering website statistics. The information we automatically collect and store in our logs about your visit helps us to analyze our website to continually improve the value of the materials available. Our website logs do not identify a visitor by personal information or electronically collected personal information, and we make no attempt to link other websites with the individuals that browse the state’s website.
Government Code § 11015.5.(a)(6) prohibits all state agencies from distributing or selling any electronically collected personal information, as defined above, about users to any third party without the permission of the user. The state does not sell any “electronically collected personal information.” Any distribution of “electronically collected personal information” will be solely for the purposes for which it was provided to us.
The state may provide or distribute certain lists and statistical reports of regulatory information as provided by law, but no personal information is sold or distributed, and all relevant legal protections still apply to the state’s websites.
Public disclosure
In the State of California, laws exist to ensure that government is open and that the public has a right to access appropriate records and information possessed by state government. At the same time, there are exceptions to the public’s right to access public records. These exceptions serve various needs including maintaining the privacy of individuals. Both state and federal laws provide exceptions.
All information collected at this site becomes public record that may be subject to inspection and copying by the public, unless an exemption or privilege in law exists. In the event of a conflict between this Conditions of Use Agreement and the Public Records Act, the Information Practices Act, or other law governing the disclosure of records, the Public Records Act, the Information Practices Act, or other applicable law will control.
Personal information
Under Government Code § 11015.5., if you choose, you may have any personal information collected about you discarded without reuse or distribution, provided we are contacted in a timely fashion. As noted above, we do not collect any personal information on the abortion.ca.gov webpage.
Security
The state, as developer and manager of this website, has taken several steps to safeguard the integrity of its telecommunications and computing infrastructure, including but not limited to authentication, monitoring, auditing, and encryption. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation, and day-to-day practices of the entire state operating environment as part of its continuing commitment to risk management. This information should not be construed in any way as giving business, legal, or other advice, or warranting as fail proof, the security of information provided via the state’s supported website. The technical standards governing security are enforced by the Department of Finance.
Links to other sites
Our website has links to sites we feel might be useful to you and which may provide services. When you link to another site, you are no longer on our site and are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.
The State of California accepts no responsibility for the content or accessibility of the external websites or external documents linked to on this website.
This website and the information it contains are provided as a public service by the State of California. This system is monitored to ensure proper operation, to verify the functioning of applicable security features, and for comparable purposes. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring. Unauthorized attempts to modify any information stored on this system, to defeat or circumvent security features, or to utilize this system for other than its intended purposes are prohibited and may result in criminal prosecution.
Limitation of liability
The state attempts to maintain the highest accuracy of content on its website. Any errors or omissions should be reported for investigation.
The state makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the absolute accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of this website and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this website. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to the contents of this website or its hyperlinks to other Internet resources. References or links in this website to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name are for the information and convenience of the public, and do not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the State of California, or its employees or agents.
This Conditions of Use Agreement is subject to change without notice.
Ownership
In general, information presented on this website, unless otherwise indicated, is considered in the public domain. It may be distributed or copied as permitted by law. However, the state does make use of copyrighted data (e.g., photographs) which may require additional permissions prior to your use. In order to use any information on this website not owned or created by the state, you must seek permission directly from the owning (or holding) sources. The state shall have the unlimited right to use for any purpose, free of any charge, all information submitted via this site except those submissions made under separate legal contract. The state shall be free to use, for any purpose, any ideas, concepts, or techniques contained in information provided through this site.
The State of California does not own, maintain, or have the right to relicense the proprietary California abortion finder search, which is licensed to the state by abortionfinder.org. Please contact abortionfinder.org with any questions about its dataset.