PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy sets forth the policies of Horace Mann School with respect to nonpublic personal information you
provide to us through this web site (the "Site"). These policies may
be changed at any time, in which case the revised Privacy Policy will apply to information
collected after the date the Privacy Policy is changed and posted. By using our
Site, you consent to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
1.
Our Policy.
We recognize the value of your privacy and appreciate concerns
you may have about information you provide to us when you visit us online and
how we treat that information. We encourage you to read this entire Privacy
Policy as it sets forth our policies with respect to personal information you
provide us through our Site. Other privacy practices may apply to information
you provide to us through other channels. Personal information refers to
information that allows us to identify you, such as your name, address,
zip/postal codes, telephone number, organization name if applicable, e-mail
address, etc.
2. Personal Information Collected.
We maintain this Site
for informational purposes and in order to facilitate your interaction with us.
At our Site, we only collect personally identifiable data when voluntarily and
knowingly submitted by a visitor. You can have general access to our Site and
browse pages describing our school without providing any personal information
or being required to register at our Site. However, you may not be able to
access all parts of our Site or interact with us online without supplying
personal information. For example, you may need to provide us with your
personal information in order to complete online forms or applications. If you
register with the Site you will be provided with a Username and Password which
you must provide to us to login and to obtain access to password protected
portions of our site. If you ask to receive additional information, we will ask
you to provide us with your personal information so we can contact you to
respond to your request. We also will receive your personal information if you
submit it to us when you e-mail comments to the Site or if you complete surveys
on our Site.
3. Use of Information.
We do not disclose any of your
personal information to anyone, other than to our affiliates, except as
permitted by law, such as to our attorneys, and certain service providers, such
as third-party web site hosts. We will only release information about you if
you direct us to do so, if compelled to do so by law or in connection with any government
or self-regulatory organization request or investigation. We may also disclose
information you provide to us to companies that perform marketing services on
our behalf. If such a disclosure is made, we will require such third-parties to
treat your private information with confidentiality.
4. Cookies.
Visitors
to our Site should be aware that non-personal information and data may be
automatically collected by our Site through the use of "cookies."
"Cookies" are small pieces of data sent to your computer browser from
our web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. The data identifies
you as a unique user and facilitates your ongoing access to and use of the
Site. Cookies are used by us to recognize repeat visitors, frequency of visitor
use, store user preferences, and to track information and usage behavior. By
tracking user trends and patterns of how people search, we can better
understand our user base. This helps us deliver better and more personalized
services, improve the content and administration of our Site, facilitate use of
our Site by visitors and generally enhance your online experience when you
visit our Site. Cookies also help us to diagnose problems with our server. We
use "cookie" technology only to compile aggregate data about your
visits to our Site and not to obtain personal information. We may use this
information to collect demographic information and develop statistics about our
user base. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset
your browser to block all cookies from being loaded onto your computer or to
indicate when a cookie is being sent. Please be aware, however, that refusing
cookies can affect the performance of web sites and cause some parts of our
Site to not function properly.
5. Shared Aggregating Data.
We may share
aggregate, statistical and other non-personal information with certain other
third-parties with which we have a relationship. For example, we may share
aggregate information or statistics obtained from the use of
"cookies" or information you provide us as described above, which
does not identify you personally, such as user volume and demographics,
click-stream patterns and the domain name of the site from which visitors are
connecting. Always remember that the choice to provide us with your personal
information is your own and you can elect not to access portions of the Site or
use Site features that would require you to submit your personal information to
us on our Site.
6. Security.
We are very concerned with the safety and
security of your sessions on our Site, the information you provide us online,
and any transactions you conduct with us online. We have implemented and
maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards consistent with
industry standard protocol to help guard your nonpublic personal information,
including to protect against the loss, misuse, interception, access and
alteration of information you send us. We restrict access to nonpublic personal
information about you to those of our employees and our agents who need to know
the information to enable us to provide our services to you and we emphasize to
them the importance of maintaining the security, confidentiality and integrity
of your personal information.
7. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
We
comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
("COPPA"). COPPA requires that web site operators never knowingly
request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13
without requesting verifiable parental consent.
In accordance with COPPA, we
do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children
under the age of 13. We recommend that no one under the age of 18 submit
personally identifiable information to our Site. In the event that we determine
that a user of this Site is under the age of 13, we will not maintain or use
his or her personally identifiable information.
8. Hyperlinks.
This
Site contains hyperlinks or "links" to other sites, and other sites
may "link" to this Site. Web sites linking to and from this Site may
have different privacy practices from the ones described here. We are not
responsible for the data collection, privacy and information sharing polices
and procedures or the content of such web sites. This privacy statement applies
solely to information collected by this Site.
9. Contacting the Web
Manager.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy,
the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, please feel free
to contact us at:
Webmaster
Horace Mann School
231 West 246th St.
Bronx,
NY 10471
webmaster@horacemann.org
