Teach Plus endeavors to protect your personal privacy. This Privacy Policy addresses Teach Plus’ practices regarding information collected from users of the teachplus.org. This Privacy Policy does not address or govern any information-gathering, use, or dissemination practices related to information collected from you other than directly through or from the Site, such as from other websites, telephone, facsimile, postal mail, personal delivery, or other or additional offline means or media.
Information We May Collect
Personally Identifiable Information
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personally identifiable information” means any information by which someone can be personally identified, including name, address, telephone number, email address, and other information incidental to providing goods or services (also referred to herein as “personal information”). We collect personally identifiable information from you only when you voluntarily provide us with this information, such as when establishing an account, contacting us with a question or comment, utilizing an “Email to a Friend” feature, or signing up to receive emails about our latest products and services.
Browsing Information and Cookies
When you visit the Site, our web servers may automatically recognize certain non-personally identifiable information about you, such as your domain name, access provider, IP address, and browser language. The Site also uses a browser feature known as a cookie, which assigns a unique identification to your computer. The information collected from cookies allows us to provide better customer service to you and to improve features of our Site in a variety of ways, including by determining whether you have visited the Site in the past and which pages of our Site you have visited.
If you are uncomfortable with the idea of your information being used in this way, most computer systems and web browsers offer privacy settings and options, such as disabling cookies or opting for “Do Not Track” features. [We do not override these settings or options.] However, in order to access certain content, features, services, products, or benefits of the Site, you may be required to provide us with certain information, including some types of personally identifying information. If you do not wish to provide such information through the Site or if you opt to utilize the aforementioned privacy features of your computer system or web browser, you may be unable to obtain certain content, features, services, products, or benefits of the Site.
How We Use Your Information
By providing personally identifiable information to us, we are better able to match your interests. Teach Plus may use your personally identifiable information [to communicate with you and to send you information by email, or other means about our programs, reports and news, contests, and promotions]. In general, we use personal information collected on the Site for the specific purpose for which it was volunteered. The Site uses interfaces with social media websites or platforms that are owned and/or controlled by third parties, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others (“Social Media Sites”). If you choose to “like” or share information from the Site through any Social Media Sites, if you are a member of a Social Media Site the interfaces on our Site may allow the Social Media Site to connect your website visit to your Personal Data. The information that you share with the Social Media Sites will be governed by the specific privacy policies and terms of service of the Social Media Sites and not by this Privacy Policy. You should review the privacy policy of that Social Media Site before choosing to access and use any Social Media Sites, including interacting with our pages on those sites.
Managing Your Personal Information and Options
[You may use the Site without providing any personally identifiable information.]
We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. If you have signed up to receive electronic newsletters or promotional emails from Teach Plus, including newletters, program information, and event information, or to otherwise receive communications about our \services, you will have the right at any time to opt out of receiving marketing emails or to specify which, if any, communications you would like to receive from us.
[If you would like to opt-out of receiving marketing via email, click the unsubscribe link on the footer of marketing emails.]
Security
The confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from [CLIENT] via the Site or via email cannot be, and is not, guaranteed. You acknowledge that the technical processing and transmission of content via the Site may be transferred unencrypted and involve: (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting to networks or devices. Accordingly, [CLIENT] is not responsible for the security of information transmitted via the Site or the Internet generally.
Links to Third Party Websites
The Site may also contain links to third party websites, for the convenience of users in locating information, products, or services that may be of interest. If you access a third party website from a link on this Site, any information you disclose on that website is not subject to this Privacy Policy. It is possible that these links may be used by third parties or others to collect personal or other information about you. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites, advertisers, or third parties or the content of such websites and it is your sole obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these other websites. We do not control the use of cookies or the collection of information by these third parties, nor how they manage such information. It is solely your obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these other websites, advertisers, and any third parties.
Questions or Concerns
If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns regarding privacy, please send us a detailed message to info@teachplus.org; or call (202) 309-2423 and we will make every effort to resolve your concerns.
