The purpose of this statement is to inform users of the Site with regard to the collection and use of personally identifiable information. Nothing herein should be construed to, nor does it, create any new or different rights than those available under existing State and federal laws. For the purposes of this statement, "personally identifiable information" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual who is the subject of the information. This includes, but is not limited to, information such as names, addresses, email addresses, social security numbers and credit card numbers. MCFS may request personally identifiable information to provide requested information or services. In the state of South Carolina, laws exist to ensure that the public has a right to access appropriate records and information possessed by the government and/or state agencies. At the same time, there are exceptions to the public's right to access certain records in order to preserve the privacy of individuals. Such exemptions are authorized by both State and federal laws. Information collected by MCFS, may be subject to inspection and copying by the public, unless such an exemption in law exists. In the event that there is a conflict between this Privacy Policy and a State or federal law governing the disclosure of public records, the applicable State or federal law shall control.

MCFS collects, retains, and uses personal information about you only when you choose to voluntarily provide such personal information when you register for a MCFS service or request information from MCFS.

MCFS collects, retains, and uses personal information only where it is lawful and is essential to administer and to provide products, services and other opportunities requested by a user.

The Site automatically receives and records information on our logs from your browser including your IP address, which is then linked to personally identifiable information if a user has chosen to subscribe to a service.

E-mail addresses obtained as a result of requests to the MCFS Web site will not be sold or given to any organization outside of MCFS for marketing purposes. The information collected is subject to the access and confidentiality provisions of the State's Freedom of Information Act and other applicable sections of the South Carolina Code of Laws and/or federal law. E-mail or other information requests sent to the MCFS Web site may be maintained to respond to the request, communicate updates to the MCFS page that may be of interest to citizens, or provide the MCFS Web designer with valuable customer feedback to assist in improving the site. Individuals will be provided with the option to subscribe/unsubscribe to communications regarding new service updates at any time.