Privacy Statement

Kansas Office of Veterans Services is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to Kansas Office of Veterans Services website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Kansas Office of Veterans Services website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information:

Kansas Office of Veterans Services collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, Veteran status, home address and telephone number. Kansas Office of Veterans Services also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your zipcode and state of residence. 

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Kansas Office of Veterans Services. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Kansas Office of Veterans Services for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Kansas Office of Veterans Services website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Kansas Office of Veterans Services "contact us" form this information with be read by Kansas Office of Veterans Services staff to address your question/comment.

Kansas Office of Veterans Services encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Kansas Office of Veterans Services so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Kansas Office of Veterans Services is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Kansas Office of Veterans Services website.

Use of your Personal Information:

Kansas Office of Veterans Services collects and uses your personal information to operate the Kansas Office of Veterans Services Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Kansas Office of Veterans Services also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Kansas Office of Veterans Services and its affiliates.

Kansas Office of Veterans Services does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.  All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Kansas Office of Veterans Services, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Kansas Office of Veterans Services does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Kansas Office of Veterans Services keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Kansas Office of Veterans Services, in order to determine what Kansas Office of Veterans Services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Kansas Office of Veterans Services to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Kansas Office of Veterans Services websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Kansas Office of Veterans Services or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Kansas Office of Veterans Services; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Kansas Office of Veterans Services, or the public.


Use of Cookies:

The Kansas Office of Veterans Services website use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Kansas Office of Veterans Services pages, or register with Kansas Office of Veterans Services site or services, a cookie helps Kansas Office of Veterans Services to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Kansas Office of Veterans Services website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Kansas Office of Veterans Services features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Kansas Office of Veterans Services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information:

Kansas Office of Veterans Services secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Kansas Office of Veterans Services secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement:

Kansas Office of Veterans Services will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Kansas Office of Veterans Services encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Kansas Office of Veterans Services is protecting your information.

Contact Information:

Kansas Office of Veterans Services welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Kansas Office of Veterans Services has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Kansas Office of Veterans Services at kcvaweb@ks.gov. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem. Kansas Office of Veterans Services is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Kansas Office of Veterans Services website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Kansas Office of Veterans Services website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information:

Kansas Office of Veterans Services collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or telephone number. Kansas Office of Veterans Services also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your zipcode and state of residence.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Kansas Office of Veterans Services. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Kansas Office of Veterans Services for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Kansas Office of Veterans Services website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Kansas Office of Veterans Services contact us form this information with be read by Kansas Office of Veterans Services staff to address your question/comment.

Kansas Office of Veterans Services encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Kansas Office of Veterans Services so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Kansas Office of Veterans Services is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Kansas Office of Veterans Services websites.

Use of your Personal Information:

Kansas Office of Veterans Services collects and uses your personal information to operate the Kansas Office of Veterans Services Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Kansas Office of Veterans Services also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Kansas Office of Veterans Services and its affiliates.

Kansas Office of Veterans Services does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Kansas Office of Veterans Services may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Kansas Office of Veterans Services may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Kansas Office of Veterans Services, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Kansas Office of Veterans Services does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Kansas Office of Veterans Services keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Kansas Office of Veterans Services, in order to determine what Kansas Office of Veterans Services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Kansas Office of Veterans Services to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Kansas Office of Veterans Services websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Kansas Office of Veterans Services or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Kansas Office of Veterans Services; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Kansas Office of Veterans Services, or the public.

Use of Cookies:

The Kansas Office of Veterans Services website use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Kansas Office of Veterans Services pages, or register with Kansas Office of Veterans Services site or services, a cookie helps Kansas Office of Veterans Services to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Kansas Office of Veterans Services Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Kansas Office of Veterans Services features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Kansas Office of Veterans Services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information:

Kansas Office of Veterans Services secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Kansas Office of Veterans Services secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

Changes to this Statement:

Kansas Office of Veterans Services will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback.  Kansas Office of Veterans Services encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Kansas Office of Veterans Services is protecting your information.

Contact Information:

Kansas Office of Veterans Services welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Kansas Office of Veterans Services has not adhered to this statement, please contact Kansas Office of Veterans Services at kcvaweb@ks.gov. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.