Privacy Policy
Foundation for Early Learning Privacy Statement
Last updated as of October 2, 2006
Your PRIVACY is important to us. We NEVER trade, sell or rent the contact information of our subscribers. Your home address is used to determine your elected officials by your district and to keep our internal records up-to-date. We only gather personal information from you via the Internet if you provide it voluntarily. The Foundation for Early Learning is committed to protecting your privacy. The policies below are applicable to the Foundation for Early Learning website. In general, we only gather personal information from you via the Internet if you provide it voluntarily.
What Personal Information Do We Collect?
In offering and providing this website to you, we collect certain information relating to your use of the website, including information that identifies you, such as your name, address or credit card, as well as other information that you provide to us ("personal information"). In addition, personal information includes information that we collect from our interactions with you, for example, when you send us e-mail. You do not have to provide any personal information unless you choose to do so.
Domain Name
Our Web server automatically recognizes, but does not collect or use your domain name (IP address). The Foundation for Early Learning anonymously tracks your visit in order to compile statistical information about the use of our website. We do not collect individual information about you or your use of this site through your IP address.
Cookie Use
Cookies are pieces of information that are stored on your computer to help identify you while you visit our website. We use cookies to make visiting and using our website easier -- so that you don't have to continually re-enter form information and so that we can tailor your visit to your expressed preferences. We do not use cookies to surreptitiously collect any personal information from your computer. Your browser can be set to reject cookies if you desire, but this may make some of our website difficult or inefficient to access.
Email Addresses
Our website does not automatically recognize your e-mail address. We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us by mail or and on some of our web pages. We use e-mail links to allow you to contact us directly with questions.
How Do We Use Personal Information
You do not have to provide any personal information. If you subscribe to our web messages and provide personal information, your home address may be used to identify your elected officials by legislative district, to validate you as an official constituent, and to keep our internal records up-to-date. In this case your name and other information will be placed on our mailing list unless you choose to opt-out of receiving hard copy mailings. We will provide options to opt-out from these mailings at multiple locations on our website. We do not sell any customer lists or e-mail addresses. Although, the Foundation for Early Learning is a partner in the Washington Children's Web Communication Hub, personal information you provide is only available to partner organization(s) to which you have subscribed.
Opting-Out; Corrections
This site gives you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving additional information from the Foundation for Early Learning and to correct or update any personal information that we may have. If you do not want to receive additional information, please express your preferences on your Subscription Management Page http://www.childrenshub.org/fel/smp.html.
Site Usage Statistics
We may create and share reports containing anonymous, aggregate data about our users or otherwise use or share aggregate data about our users. This data will not contain any of your personal information.
Third-party Agents
We occasionally have third party agents, subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures that perform functions on our behalf, such as credit card processing, shipping or stocking orders, providing customer service, etc. These entities have access to personal information of yours needed to perform their functions, and are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of that personal information. They are restricted from using or altering this data in any way other than to provide the requested services to the Site.
Emergency Situations
We may also disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on us or our website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of us or the website or our users, and (c) act under emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of our users, the website or the public.
Public Areas
Please remember that any information you share in public areas, such as message boards or feedback sections, becomes public, and therefore this privacy policy does not apply to any information you choose to make public. Please be careful about what you disclose and do not post any personal information that you expect to keep private.
Credit Card Security
The Foundation for Early Learning appreciates donations we receive which help us to continue our work. It is important to us that any information you provide when making an online donation remains secure. Your credit card information is secured by a reputable security company. The information is used only for that particular transaction and is not stored.
Security
The importance of security for all personal information associated with you is of utmost concern to us. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers. Personal information collected by our website is stored in a secure area that is not available to the public. In many instances, such as in the case of credit card numbers, your personal information is encrypted before you conduct your transaction. Only those employees who need access to your information in order to do their jobs are allowed access. While we make reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal information once we receive it, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or information we transmit to you from our website, and you do so at your own risk.
Links to Other Sites
You should be aware that when you are on our website you could be directed to other websites that are beyond our control. There are links on our website that take you to other websites outside our service. These links include links from sponsors and partners. These other sites may send their own cookies to you, collect data or solicit personal information. Please note that this privacy policy applies only to this website and not to other companies' or organizations' websites to which we link. We have clearly marked our website with our logo so you know where this privacy policy applies.
Sender of Messages
As a member of Foundation for Early Learning Online, you may occasionally receive messages of broad interest on issues related to children and families from one of our partner organizations in the Washington Children's Web Communications Hub. If you desire to receive messages only from individual organizations you can go to http://www.childrenshub.org/fel/smp.html and select those subscriptions on your Subscription Management page.
Privacy Policy Changes
We may change this Privacy Statement at any time by posting a new version of it. Please review this Privacy Statement periodically to stay abreast of any changes. Your continued use of this website after such changes are posted will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.
Your privacy is very important to us. If you feel that your privacy has been violated or that we have misused your information in any way, please contact info@earlylearning.org
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