E-Mail Policy

Visit KC fully complies with the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. We will not share sell, rent or authorize any third party to use your e-mail address without your permission. If you feel you have received an e-mail from us in error, please contact us at feedback@visitkc.com.

In every email you receive from Visit KC there will be a link at the bottom of the email allowing you to unsubscribe from all future emails. There will also be an option to change your areas of interest.

When you sign up to receive e-mail from Visit KC , you can choose either plain text or HTML (with images) format. If you choose to receive emails in HTML format, we may place a one-pixel gif to determine whether or not readers viewed the e-mail. This process will not leave any information on your computer, nor does it collect information from your computer. Visit KC may share this data with others in aggregate for research purposes.

If you are not a current subscriber, but would prefer that Visit KC never e-mail you about Kansas City simply notify us by e-mail, at feedback@visitkc.com or telephone us at 800-767-7700.

Analytics Technology

This website uses Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the site. The tool uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for Visit KC.

We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any Personally Identifiable Information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website.

Ad Serving Technology

Visit KC’s websites use Google’s DoubleClick ad serving platform. Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website as well as other websites. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to Visit KC websites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings. For information on how to opt out of other behavioral advertising via third-party vendors, please visit aboutads.info.

Third Party Content, Links and Plug-ins

This website contains links to other websites not owned by Visit KC. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those, or any other, sites. If you have questions about how those websites collect and use data, you should carefully read those sites’ privacy policies.

This site may also offer you the ability to interact with social plugins from social media sites, such as Facebook (facebook.com) and Twitter (twitter.com). Your use of social network plugins is subject to each social media site’s privacy policy, which may be different from ours, so please read these policies carefully to understand their policies and your options. As with linked sites, Visit KC has no control over the information that is collected, stored, or used by social network plugins.

Crowdriff Terms & Conditions

This site uses Crowdriff, a content aggregation tool, to display user generated content. View our full Crowdriff Terms & Conditions.

Mobile Applications

To monitor and review engagement of our applications, Visit KC may collect data linked to your identity which include: usage data (product interactions), email address, first name, last name and photos submitted within the app. In addition, we also collect the following information that is NOT linked to your identity; diagnostics (crash data, performance data) and geo-location. If you'd like to delete any profile or user data associated with one of our mobile applications; please fill out the following form: https://www.visitkc.com/data-removal-request

Changes to our Privacy Policy

As our organization, membership, and services evolve, this Privacy Policy may be revised to reflect those changes. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason. Users are encouraged to check this webpage frequently to review the current Privacy Policy in effect.

Questions?

Please contact us at feedback@visitkc.com.

Terms of Service and Disclaimers

Terms of Service

Some or all of the information on this Web site(s) is provided by Visit KC on one or more for Visit KC's Web sites. Visit KC Web sites include the following Web sites: visitkc.com, visitkc.org, kansascity.travel, mustseekc.com, thekcsource.com, localkc.com, kansascitybeat.com, onlykansascity.com, 247kc.com, discoverkc.com, kcrestaurantweek.com, and kansascityrestaurantweek.com.

Visit KC provides this service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service (“TOS”), which may be updated by us anytime without notice to you. When using particular Visit KC services, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such services that may be posted from time to time. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the TOS. For specific services, Visit KC also may put forth specific Terms of Service that differ from this TOS. It is your responsibility to periodically review the TOS. If you do not agree with or understand the TOS, do not use Visit KC site.

Ratings and Reviews

Visit KC's Website (www.visitkc.com) contains interactive ratings and reviews where you or other third-parties may post traveler reviews and photos. You understand that all information, data, text, photographs, graphics, messages, or other materials (“Content”) are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated.

This means that you, and not Visit KC , are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit via the Site. Visit KC does not control the Content posted via the Site reviews and thus does not guarantee its accuracy, integrity, or quality. By using the Site you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent, or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Company be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, e-mailed, or otherwise transmitted via the Site.

You agree to not use the Site to:

1. upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
2. impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
3. forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Site;
4. upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships;
5. upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights (“Rights”) of any party;
6. upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation, except in areas designated for such purpose;
7. upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
8. interfere with or disrupt the Site or servers or networks connected to the Site, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Site;
9. intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having the force of law; or
10.  “stalk” or otherwise harass another or collect or store personal data about other Users.

Content Infringement

With respect to all Content you elect to post to the Site, you grant Visit KC the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, and fully sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such Content (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit for any commercial purposes any portion of the Site, use of the Site, or access to the Site, except in accordance with the TOS.

Termination

You agree that Visit KC, in its sole discretion, may terminate your password, account (or any part thereof), or use of the Site and remove and discard any Content within the Site for any reason. Visit KC may also, in its sole discretion and at any time, discontinue providing the Site, or any part thereof with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Site under any provision of this TOS may be affected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that Visit KC may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or the Site. Further, you agree that Visit KC shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Site.

Disclaimer

This site provides links to many web sites that are not controlled, maintained, or regulated by us. Visit KC is not responsible for the content of those linked web sites, nor does it assume responsibility for the use of the sites.

You agree to indemnify and hold Visit KC and its subsidiaries, Affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post to, or transmit through the Site, your use of the Site, your connection to the Service, your violation of the TOS, or your violation of any rights of another.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Visit KC makes no express or implied warranties, representations or endorsements whatsoever with respect to the site, the service or the content. Visit KC expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, express, implied, statutory or otherwise, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, with regard to the site, the service, the content, and any product or service furnished or to be furnished via the site. Visit KC does not warrant that the functions performed by the site or the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, or that defects in the site or the service will be corrected. Visit KC does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the content, or that any errors in the content will be corrected. The site, the service and the content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

Copyright

All commercial and advertising uses of the images and text on this Site are strictly forbidden without written consent. To receive permission, please send an email to feedback@visitkc.com or call 800-767-7700 and ask for the Communications Department.