EduConnect respects customer privacy and the privacy of those accessing our website, or
those websites hosted by us. We undertake to protect the confidentiality of
our customers and users including all personal information supplied in the
course of contracting with us for services.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND USAGE POLICIES
Personal Information Collected
Given that our services include student
information management, it is necessary that we store and maintain
confidential information about the schools we serve, along with personal
information regarding the administrators, staff members, parents and
students associated with these schools.
EduConnect will not
market our products or services to parents or students using this
information, nor will we directly contact parents or students without the
school's prior consent. We will not sell or provide your
personal information to any third parties for commercial or marketing
purposes.
School Administration
EduConnect
may use school
information to contact appropriate representatives at the school. For
example, we may send marketing or promotional materials including emails or
other information to school administrators; we may respond to your comments,
questions or requests for information; or we may contact you as necessary to
provide general customer support. When a school becomes a customer of
EduConnect
, the school administration will be
required to submit information regarding your business, its staff members
and clients (parents, guardians, students and other associated parties).
While this information will be managed on your behalf within
EduConnect’s
product databases by means of our
software interfaces, the information itself remains the property of the
client school as the owner of the data. You may request the complete removal
of your information from our systems at any time; such removal will be
completed within 30 days of our receipt of your written request.
Staff Members
EduConnect
client schools
will generally collect personal information regarding their staff members,
including but not limited to contact information and professional and
academic credentials. Staff members who wish to review or update their
personal information may do so by contacting the school administrator
responsible for maintaining such data. In addition, confidential information
generated in the course of business, such as student evaluations and
electronic communications, are acknowledged to be the intellectual property
of the school.
EduConnect will not share personal
information pertaining to school administrators or staff members with anyone
outside of our company, subject to the limitations described above.
Families
EduConnect
client schools
will generally collect personal information regarding the parents,
guardians, family members and other parties associated with their students
(e.g. physicians, emergency contact neighbors, etc.) This information may
include, but not be limited to, employment, insurance, medical, religious,
financial and contact information. Family members who wish to review or
update their personal information may do so by contacting the school
administrator responsible for maintaining such data. In addition, the school
administration has the option to make available certain
EduConnect
software interfaces which allow family members
online access to review and update selected personal information.
EduConnect will not directly share personal information pertaining to
parents, guardians or other parties associated with the family with anyone
outside of our company, subject to the limitations described above.
School administrators have the option of making
limited portions of their clients' personal information available in various
public venues, such as printed or online student or family directories.
Requests for removal from such publications should be made to the school
administration.
Students
School administrators, staff members and
responsible family members will generally use
EduConnect
software interfaces to collect personal information regarding students,
including but not limited to medical, insurance, financial, behavioral,
academic, religious, demographic and contact information. Responsible family
members who wish to review or update the personal information regarding
their student(s) may do so by contacting the school administrator
responsible for maintaining such data. In addition, the school
administration has the option to make available certain
EduConnect
software interfaces which allow responsible
family members online access to review and update selected personal
information regarding their student(s).
EduConnect
respects all
applicable national and international children's privacy regulations.
EduConnect
complies with the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC §1232g, 34 CFR Part 99) which is a
federal U.S. law that protects the privacy of student education records.
EduConnect does not collect personal information directly
from children, and any information we retain pertaining to students will not
be shared with anyone outside of our company, subject to the limitations
described above.
It is the responsibility of our client schools to
utilize our services (e.g. the collection of information from students by
means of customer-designed web forms) in a manner that complies with FERPA
and similar regulations unique to the jurisdiction within which our client
schools operate.
Access to Customer Information:
EduConnect
will use the
information necessary to deliver products and services that you specifically
request to receive but we will limit this information to only what is
necessary and required to complete a transaction.
EduConnect
also reserves the right to disclose your personally identifiable information
in order to respond to duly authorized information requests of governmental
authorities, where required by law, when we believe that disclosure is
necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding,
court order, warrant, subpoenas or similar legal process. If
EduConnect
is involved in a merger, acquisition, or
sale of all or a portion of its assets, the client will be notified via mail
and/or email of any change in ownership or uses of your personal
information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal
information.
DATA SECURITY
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data
accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place
appropriate practices to safeguard and
secure the information we manage on behalf of our customers and the
information we collect and manage. To protect your privacy and security, we
will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting
access to information. We use secure connections to protect sensitive
information during its transmission. No method of transmission over the
Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however.
Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
COOKIES
When you visit our website, we may collect some
non-personal information about you. The collection of this non-personal
information is done through the "cookie" technology. When you view our
website we may store some information on your computer. This information
will be in the form of a small text file, also called a "cookie". Cookies
allow us to provide for the security and continuity of your session. Most
browsers can be configured not to accept cookies or to indicate when a
cookie is being sent but not accepting a cookie may result in difficulty
viewing our website.
Neither our cookies nor web log
information collects any personal information. This information will not
remain on your computer after you leave our website.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The most current version of our Privacy Policy
will always be posted on our website at www.eduk12.net. The date of the
last change will always be posted on the bottom of the Privacy Policy page.
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to
this web page, our home web page, and other places we deem appropriate so
that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
If you have any questions about the EduConnect privacy statement,
contact us at
compinfo@educonnect.com
.