SchoolNotes.com takes seriously the issue of safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following to understand our views and practices regarding this matter.

• Does SchoolNotes.com ask for personal information?
• How Does SchoolNotes.com use my personal information?
• Will SchoolNotes.com disclose any of my personal information?
• Will SchoolNotes.com use my information for direct mailings?
• What about kids?
• Does SchoolNotes.com use cookies and "IP Addresses"?
• What else should I know about my privacy?
• For more information...

Answers

Does SchoolNotes.com ask for personal information?

Yes, we do. SchoolNotes.com asks for your name, email address, and other personal information when you register for an Account or use certain services, such as SchoolNotes.com "Go Notify". We may also ask for such information at other times, such as for certain promotions sponsored by SchoolNotes.com and/or our partners.

SchoolNotes.com's goal in collecting personal information is to provide community members and visitors with the most personalized web experience possible and our community sponsors with an efficient means to reach the right audience. Community sponsors never have access to individual account information. Only SchoolNotes.com has access to individuals' accounts.

SchoolNotes.com will not disclose any of your personal information, except as described below, or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, or to protect the rights or property of SchoolNotes.com.

SchoolNotes.com does disclose personal information in some limited circumstances, but this is specifically described to you when we collect the information, such as in our Page Content Guidelines and Member Terms of Service , or in the rules of certain promotions.

Under confidentiality agreements, SchoolNotes.com may match user information with third party data. Also, SchoolNotes.com may disclose aggregated user statistics (for example, 45% of our users are female) in order to describe our services to prospective partners, community sponsors, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.

Additionally, if you make a purchase through a store that is linked to by SchoolNotes.com, be aware that the information that you provide, including but not limited to, your credit card number and contact information, is provided to the owner of that store. These merchants have separate privacy and data collection practices. SchoolNotes.com has no responsiblity or liability for these independent policies. For more information regarding the merchant, their store, and their privacy policies, return to that store's home page and click on their Information link.

Yes, we will send you newsletters and information about our service, or other products and services we feel may be of interest to you. Only SchoolNotes.com (or agents working on behalf of SchoolNotes.com and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these direct mailings.

The mission of SchoolNotes.com is to improve education by improving communications between the school and the home. The safety of children is very important to us.

Any information collected from students is used only for purposes of statistical analysis, editorial participation, feedback, and those purposes described in the registration process. No individual information obtained from students will be passed on to a third party. This includes information obtained during the registration process for membership or enrollment for special contests/promotional opportunities on our site.

We encourage children prior to and during the registration process to include their parents in the registration process, and for the parents to read our Privacy Statement prior to registering.

Yes, cookies are used on SchoolNotes.com in three ways.

(1) We use cookies to be reminded of who you are and to access your account information (stored on our computers) in order to deliver to you a better and more personalized service.

(2) Cookies are also used to estimate our audience size. Each browser accessing SchoolNotes.com is given a unique cookie which is then used to determine repeat usage versus initial usage.

(3) Lastly, advertising networks that may serve ads onto SchoolNotes.com may also use cookies.

IP Addresses

SchoolNotes.com collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to report aggregate information to our community sponsors.

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Furthermore, while we strive to protect your personal information, SchoolNotes.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. In addition, SchoolNotes.com partners and third party Internet sites and services accessible through SchoolNotes.com or parties whom we inform you are collecting data in connection with sweepstakes, promotions, etc., have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of us. SchoolNotes.com has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.

• Electronic Frontier Foundation - a civil liberties organization working to protect your rights online.
• Electronic Privacy Information Center - established to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure.
• How to Protect Your Privacy - information from the Federal Trade Commission.