Privacy Statement
This web site
is brought to you by your school district, school, or organization
(the "Organization") for educational and instructional purposes. This
site uses the SuccessMaker Internet™ software of the NCS Learn business
group of Pearson Digital Learning (NCS Pearson).
Your use of this
site is subject to all terms and policies posted on this site (including
this Privacy Statement, the Terms of Use
and all applicable Organization policies and terms). This Privacy
Statement may be revised from time to time through an updated posting.
Revisions are effective upon posting. If you do not agree with this
Privacy Statement or any other terms or policies governing this site,
you may not use this site and you should contact the Organization
or the administrator or teacher who gave you your user identification
and password to use this site.
If you are
a student, please talk to your teacher or your parents or guardian
about any questions that you have. You should also check with your
teacher or your parents or guardian before sharing any personal information
about yourself or other students on this site or any other Internet
site.
Collection
and Use.
The Organization controls, defines and manages the collection, disclosure,
communication, management, use and storage of all data on this site,
subject to all applicable policies of the Organization and this Privacy
Statement. The SuccessMaker Internet software allows the Organization,
at its option, to enter or collect on this site certain information
about users, including name, address, telephone numbers, and email
address.
To assist the
Organization in school administration and providing instruction to
its students and tracking student progress, the following demographic
and related information may, at the Organization's option, be entered
or collected on this site about students: (a) name; (b) picture; (c)
address; (d) telephone numbers; (e) email addresses; (f) parent/guardian
contact information (telephone numbers, addresses and email addresses);
(g) birthdate; (h) emergency contact (name, phone numbers and relationship
to student); (i) teacher; (j) tutor(s); (k) class(es);and (l) grade.
Student progress,
work and results from taking SuccessMaker Internet coursework are
collected automatically by this site: (a) to provide customized content;
(b) to assign or link to further coursework or resources; (c) to review
and track courseware completion and results; and (d) to provide information
that may be usable by teachers, administrators, tutors, parents and
students for assessing or fostering student learning and progress.
Non-personally identifiable data may be aggregated for statistical
use by either the Organization or NCS Pearson.
Access.
Access to this site is controlled and managed by the Organization
through user identifications and passwords issued by the Organization.
The Organization handles assignment of user identifications and passwords,
changing passwords for a particular user identification and deleting
user identifications and passwords.
The Organization
may terminate access to this site at any time for any reason. User
identifications and passwords are personal and may not be shared.
User identifications and passwords must be kept confidential. It is
important that you exit under your user identification and password
at the end of each session.
Please contact
the Organization immediately if you need a new password, if you no
longer wish to use this site, if you do not want personally identifiable
information about you or your child collected or communicated on this
site, or if you become aware of any unauthorized use or access to
this site.
Security.
This site uses the SuccessMaker Internet software product of NCS Pearson.
The SuccessMaker Internet application uses encryption to protect user
information transmitted over external data lines. This site is hosted
on servers maintained by NCS Pearson. This Privacy Statement does
not extend to anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet,
and therefore beyond the control of the Organization and NCS Pearson.
NCS Pearson will
have access to personal data collected or communicated through this
site only as needed to provide services to the Organization in connection
with this site. NCS Pearson will take appropriate, commercially standard
steps to keep such information confidential and use it solely as needed
to perform NCS Pearson's obligations to the Organization. NCS Pearson
may disclose any personally identifiable information to the extent
required by subpoena, court order or other legal process or if needed
for security purposes or because of the sale or transfer of its business
or assets or if so directed by the Organization.
Cookies.
The use of cookies is common in the Internet industry. Cookies are
small text files that a web site transfers to your computer's browser.
Cookie technology tells the web site non-personally identifiable information,
but does identify your computer, browser and Internet specifications.
This site may use cookies to measure traffic patterns, personalize
content and control security.
IP Addresses.
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer
by your Internet service provider. This site may collect IP addresses,
the associated URLs, domain types, the browser type used to access
the site, the country, state and telephone area code where the users'
Internet service provider's servers are located, the pages of this
site that users viewed during their visit and any search terms entered
on the site. Collection of IP addresses is generally for system administration
purposes, to gather broad demographic information, to monitor the
level of activity on the site and for security reasons. Personally
identifiable information may be linked to IP addresses to protect
the security or integrity of the site.
Links to Other
Sites. This site may contain links to other sites on the Internet.
The information practices of those web sites are not covered by this
Privacy Statement or any other policies or terms applicable to this
site. You should read the terms and policies of these other web sites
before supplying information to that site or otherwise using the site.
Please also see the Terms of Use.
Email.
This site may allow you to send email message to other users of this
site. Your email address and personal information voluntarily disclosed
in such email messages will be accessible to anyone who receives or
is forwarded that email. If you are a student, you should check with
your teacher or your parents or guardian before sharing any personal
information through email.
Additional
Information about Privacy. If you have any concerns or questions
about privacy on this site, please contact the Organization or the
administrator or teacher who gave you your user identification and
password to use this site.