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Privacy Policy

Liability Disclaimer

Kansas City International is owned and operated by the City of Kansas City, Missouri (“City”) through its Aviation Department.  Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained on KCAirports.com. The City, its officers, agents and employees, however, shall not be liable to any person or entity with respect to any liability, misleading information, loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by the information contained on the site.

Changes and additions to the information contained on KCAirports.com are made frequently. The City may make such changes and additions at any time.

KCAirports.com pages provide links and pointers to Internet sites controlled and maintained by others. These links and pointers are included solely for the convenience of users, and do not constitute an endorsement by the City to the sites linked or referred to. The user takes sole responsibility for use of third-party sites.

Privacy Policy

The purpose of the statement is to inform users of this site with regard to the collection and use of personally identifiable information.

Definition of Personally Identifiable Information

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.

Use of Constituent Email Addresses

Email addresses obtained as a result of a request to KCAirports.com will not be sold or given to other private companies for marketing purposes. Email or other information requests sent to the airport website may be maintained in order to respond to the request, forward that request to the appropriate agency, communicate updates to the airport page that may be of interest to citizens, or to provide the airport web designer with valuable customer feedback to assist in improving the site.

Disclosure to Third Parties

As a governmental agency, we are governed by open records laws. Any information that we receive through the use of our site is subject to the same provisions as information provided on paper. Otherwise, we do not share personally identifiable information with any third party without your permission. We disclose only in aggregate form our statistical analyses or demographics of users to third parties.

This information is not reported or used in any manner that would reveal personally identifiable information and will not be released to any outside parties unless we are legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings.

Non-Airport Websites

Various websites may be linked through KCAirports.com. Many of these sites, including private sector sites, may not be subject to Missouri code or federal law. Visitors to those sites are advised to check the privacy statements of those sites and be cautious about providing personally identifiable information without a clear understanding of how the information will be used.

Customer Use Policy

The Kansas City Aviation Department uses many outlets to engage with its citizens and customers, including social media. Part of this engagement includes the sharing of information between the Kansas City Aviation Department and users of official Kansas City Aviation Department social media sites. Please be aware that your engagement with the Kansas City Aviation Department through social media sites means that you are agreeing to the following:

Information Collected by the Kansas City Aviation Department via Social Media

The City is committed to protecting your individual privacy and securing personal information made available to us when you use our official social media sites. The Aviation Department does not collect or store personal information made available to us via our official social media sites, nor does it provide such information to third parties. However, it is important to remember that social media sites are public sites. Therefore, you are discouraged from disclosing personal information at any time. The Aviation Department does collect anonymous, demographic information via the owners of social media sites. This demographic information is used by the Aviation Department to determine the most effective use of social media.

KCAirports.com allows you to sign up to receive periodic communications, such as event notifications, Kansas City International Airport updates and promotional newsletters. The information obtained by these means is strictly used for the purpose identified in the sign-up form.

Commenting on an Airport Social Media Site

The Aviation Department encourages the use of its social media sites as a forum for discussion. However, all official Aviation Department social media sites are moderated for appropriate content. While comments will not be edited by Kansas City Aviation Department personnel, the following types of comments may be deleted:

  • Comments engaging in political activity including advocating for the election or defeat of any individual to elected public office or promoting the passage or defeat of any ballot question or measure.
  • Comments promoting or advertising a business or commercial transaction.
  • Comments including obscene, threatening or harassing language.
  • Comments including personal attacks of any kind.
  • Comments that target or disparage any ethnic, racial, age or religious group; gender; sexual orientation; or disability status.
  • Comments advocating illegal activity or including the posting of material that violates copyrights or trademarks of others.