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Privacy PolicyLast revised: April 28, 2006 Advocates for Children of New York ("AFC," "we," "us") provides a variety of online services, making it easier for parents, guardians and other interested individuals and organizations to find out about New York City's public schools and school system, general information on their legal rights in the New York City public school system, and to voice their opinions. We do this various websites, including www.advocatesforchildren.org, www.insideschools.org, www.lrecoalition.org, www.nysteachs.org, and www.nysparentnetwork.org. We share your concerns about the protection of your personal information online. This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") describes our practices regarding any personal information that we collect through our site. By visiting or using the Site, you signify that you agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not use the Site. This Policy is the sole authorized statement of AFC's practices with respect to the online collection of personally identifiable information and usage of such information through the Site. Any summaries of this Policy generated by third-party software or otherwise (for example, in connection with the "Platform for Privacy Preferences" or "P3P") shall have no legal effect, are in no way binding upon AFC, shall not be relied upon as a substitute for this Policy, and neither supersede nor modify this Policy. What Information Does AFC Collect? AFC collects two types of information about visitors to the Site ("Visitors"): (a) "Personally Identifiable Information" -that is, information from which an individual can be identified, such as an individual's full name and email address-that Visitors provide when using certain of the Site's services (including but not limited to submitting feedback about the Site or a specific school, or utilizing the Site's "Speak Out" feature to compose and/or forward a letter); and (b) "Tracking Data," which is automatically collected from every Visitor while visiting or using the Site. We also collect information from Visitors through the use of "cookies." Our collection of Personally Identifiable Information and Tracking Data, as well as our use of cookies, is described in more detail below. Personally Identifiable Information. You do not have to provide Personally Identifiable Information to visit or use the Site in general. Personally Identifiable Information ("Your Information") includes information such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, street address, credit card number and credit card expiration date. AFC collects Your Information only when you voluntarily provide it to us on our Site, such as during an online transaction to purchase products or subscriptions, make donations, sign up to receive emails, become a member or complete registrations or surveys. You may need to provide Your Information to participate in certain AFC programs and activities or receive certain services or offers. Please note that when you purchase some items offered on our Site, you must provide Your Information to a third-party service provider on its Web site. In these circumstances, you will know that you are on another Web site because the URL will change. You should read the privacy policy of the third-party site before providing Your Information. However, particular services made available through the Site may require you to submit Personally Identifiable Information-for example, signing up for email updates or using Speak Out. We collect such Personally Identifiable Information only when you affirmatively provide it to us. Remember that no Personally Identifiable Information is actually submitted to us through the Site until you click the "SUBMIT" or similar button on the form into which you have entered such information. If you contact us by email through the Site, we may keep a record of your contact information and correspondence, and we may use your email address, and any information you provide in your message, to respond to your message. Tracking Data. Tracking Data consists of information we collect automatically from each Visitor, such as browser type, operating system, Internet service provider, IP address, and referring page or site. Tracking Data is not associated with individuals in a personally-identifiable manner. Tracking Data may include information such as the total number of your Site or page visits and the average time you spend on a page or area of the Site. Collecting Tracking Data is a standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by most websites. We use the Tracking Data to conduct, and possibly provide to third parties, aggregate analyses of Site traffic patterns. Cookies. Cookies are small data files containing information that is written to a website visitor's hard drive by a web server. The Site currently uses cookies for temporary session support only. The cookies used on the Site do not collect any Personally Identifiable Data. Cookies, are an industry-standard technology used by most websites and are not designed to cause damage to your computer systems or files. If you do not want information to be collected about you through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure built into most web browsers that allows you to automatically decline cookies, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of cookies to your computer. Note, however, that declining cookies may prevent a Visitor from using certain of the Site's services. How Does AFC Use the Information It Collects? Services. The Site enables parents, guardians and other interested individuals to submit feedback about specific schools and/or compose and forward to appropriate officials letters on issues of concern in connection with specific schools. The Site makes available important information about New York City's public school system and schools, when finding out such information otherwise can be difficult and confusing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Policy, AFC may, although we are not required to, make publicly available any such information by posting it on the Site or distributing it in other ways, provided that we do so without posting or distributing Personally Identifiable Information about you or your child in connection with such information. AFC keeps records in our database of the information you submit, including Personally Identifiable Information. Upon your request, we will make reasonable efforts to remove your Personally Identifiable Data from our active databases. Speak Out. If you use "Speak Out" on Insideschools.org to forward a letter to appropriate officials, you may choose to "opt in" to allow us to forward a copy of your letter, which includes Personally Identifiable Information, to parent organizing groups. Please note that we are not responsible for retracting Personally Identifiable Information from such organizations once it has been shared pursuant to the terms and conditions of this policy. In addition, please remember that the recipients of the letters you create using "Speak Out" will also have access to your Personally Identifiable Information. If you do not want to share certain information with such recipients, do not include it in your letter. Email Updates. If you sign up to submit feedback, use "Speak Out", seek advice, ask a question, receive email updates, or contact AFC by email and you do not "opt out" of receiving email alerts about developments concerning New York's public schools and related issues, we will from time to time send such emails to you at the address you provide. These emails will clearly provide you with a method of "opting out" of receiving future communications of a similar nature. Disclosure to Service Providers. AFC works with third parties who provide services that may include, but are not necessarily limited to, website hosting, internet services, data analysis, and other services of an administrative or technical nature. AFC reserves the right to share Personally Identifiable Information with such third parties for the purpose of providing such services. Use of Email Addresses In Sending Notices Regarding the Site and Our Policies. From time to time, in our sole discretion, we may email information regarding the use of the Site or its services, or changes to our Terms of Use (available on Insideschools.org) or this Policy, to Visitors who have provided us (whether through a specific Site service, an email link, or otherwise) with their respective email addresses. Other Disclosures. Finally-and notwithstanding any other provision of this Privacy Policy-AFC reserves the right to disclose Personally Identifiable Information about our Visitors to third parties under any of the following circumstances: when we believe in good faith that the law permits it (for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena); to our legal advisors; to enforce our Terms of Use; to protect the rights, property, safety or security of AFC, our Visitors, or the public; or to respond to an emergency. We also reserve the right to report any suspected illegal activity to law enforcement individuals or entities for investigation or prosecution. Except as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy, we do not currently share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties. Other Important Notes Regarding Privacy Security. AFC has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of that Visitor information which is under our control. Unfortunately, no security system, or system of transmitting data over the Internet, can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personally Identifiable Information, we cannot guarantee the security of our servers, the means by which information is transmitted between AFC's servers and your or any third parties' computer(s), or any information provided to, through or in connection with the Site, and you provide all such information at your own risk. Correcting Your Information. Upon your request, we will make reasonable efforts to remove your Personally Identifiable Information from our active databases. To make this request, please contact us and ask to remove your Personally Identifiable Information from our active databases. Such information will be deactivated as soon as reasonably possible. Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes, and there may also be residual information that will remain within our databases and other records. We reserve the right, from time to time, to re-contact former Visitors of the Site. Third Party Sites, Email Addresses and Services. Third parties may collect information about you, through cookies or other technologies, when you link to their websites from the Site or when you contact them through email links on the Site. Your Internet or other service provider(s) may also collect information about or submitted by you while you use the Site or other websites on the Internet. You acknowledge that we do not monitor or control the websites or information collection or privacy practices of these or any other third parties, and are not responsible for their practices or the content of their websites or services or any other conduct in which they engage. We provide links on the Site to third-party sites and email addresses only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link on our Site does not imply our endorsement of the linked site. You should review the privacy policies of such third parties to understand how they collect and use information. Specific Exclusions. This Privacy Policy does not restrict or prohibit AFC's use or disclosure of public information or of information that was not provided by Visitors themselves to AFC. Furthermore, AFC reserves the right to transfer any and all information that we collect from Visitors, or that we otherwise collect in connection with the Site, to a third party in the event that we sell or transfer substantially all of our assets related to the Site to such third party. Changes to This Policy. You will always be able to determine when this Policy was last revised by checking the "Last revised" legend at the top of the Policy. We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy from time to time, which we may provide to you by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, posting the revised draft of the Policy on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following changes to the Policy will signify your acceptance of those changes. Online vs. Offline Practices. Please note that this Privacy Policy applies solely to our online information-gathering and dissemination practices in connection with the Site, and does not apply to any of our practices conducted offline. Questions. If you have any questions regarding AFC's Privacy Policy, please contact us. |
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