Privacy Statement
This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices
for the Access Center (www.k8accesscenter.org)
The administrators of this site have agreed
to notify you of:
- What personally identifiable information of yours
is being collected from you through the web site
- The organization collecting the information
- How the information is used
- With whom the information may be shared
- What choices are available to you regarding collection,
use and distribution of the information
- The kind of security procedures that are in place
to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under the
Access Center's control
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
- If you feel that this project is not abiding by
its posted privacy policy, you should first contact the Access Center
by email, accesscenter@air.org.
Information Collection and Use
The Access Center is the sole owner of the information collected
on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others
in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. The Access
Center collects information from our users at several different points
on our website.
Registration
In order to use the interactive online components of this website,
a user must first complete the registration form. During registration
a user is required to give only their name and email address. They also
are able to provide additional information. This information is used
to contact the user about the services on our site for which they have
expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide demographic
information (such as income level and gender) and areas of interest.
Cookies
We do not use Cookies.
Cookies" are small bits of text that are either used for the duration
of a session ("session cookies"), or saved on a user's hard
drive in order to identify that user, or information about that user,
the next time the user logs on to a Web site ("persistent cookies").
The Department's Web site and its component sites do not use persistent
cookies. One or more of the Department's component sites may use session
cookies to provide streamlined navigation throughout their sites. These
session cookies are deleted from the component's server soon after your
session ends and are not collected or saved.
Log Files
We use IP addresses (a number that is automatically assigned
to your computer when you are using the Internet) to analyze trends,
administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic
information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally
identifiable information.
Sharing
We may anonymously share aggregated demographic information
with our partners, such as our advisory board and subcontractors. However,
these data are not linked to any personal information that can identify
any individual person.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware
that the Access Center is not responsible for the privacy practices
of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave
our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site
that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement
applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Listserv
If a user wishes to subscribe to our Listserv , we ask for
contact information ( name and email address.)
Surveys
From time-to-time our site requests information from users
via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary
and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this
information. Information requested may include contact information (such
as name and mailing address), and demographic information. Survey information
will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction
of this site.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’
information. When users submit sensitive information via the website,
your information is protected both online and off-line. Unauthorized
attempts to upload information or change information on this website
are strictly prohibited.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information
online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information
off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive
information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees
who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access
to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected
screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must
re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore,
ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.
Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees
are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy,
and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is protected.
Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information
on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage.
If you have any questions about the security at our
website, you can send an email to accesscenter@air.org.
Special Offers
Members will occasionally receive email about Access Center
updates including new Access Center reports and resources and upcoming
chat events. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present
the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see
our choice and opt-out below.
Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes
(such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service,
it is the users responsibility to alert the Access Center by emailing
us at accesscenter@air.org.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out’
of having receiving updates from the Access Center. To do this, please
send the Access Center an email at accesscenter@air.org
stating that you would not like to receive Access Center announcements.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose
it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information
in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected,
we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as
to whether or not we use their information in this different manner.
We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under
which the information was collected.
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