Willow Creek Academy Privacy Policy
Background
General Policy
Personal Information
Non-Personal Information
Cookies
Important Notice for Kids
Links to Other Sites
I. Background
Thank you for visiting the Willow Creek Academy web site. By accessing or using our web site, you agree to the terms of the Willow Creek Academy Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not access or use our site. Willow Creek Academy web site reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy periodically at its discretion. This page should be reviewed from time to time, so that you can be aware of any changes. Your use of the site will be subject to the most current version of the Privacy Policy at the time of such use. If you have comments about the policy or about the use of your personal information, please contact us at:
Willow Creek Academy
630 Nevada Street
Sausalito, CA 94965
II. General Policy
The Willow Creek Academy web site recognizes the privacy concerns of visitors to our site (http://www.uscharterschools.org) and the importance of protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information collected from them. As a general policy, no personally identifiable information, such as a visitor's name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number, is collected on our web site unless you choose to provide that information to us.
III. Personal Information
You may send us an e-mail message or comment to our site. The message will usually contain your return e-mail address. If you include personally-identifying information in your e-mail or comment because you want us to address issues specific to your situation, we may use that information in responding to your request.
Remember that e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. Please send only information necessary to help us process your request.
IV. Non-Personal Information
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the Web site, read pages, or download information, our Web site's operating system will automatically record some general information about your visit including but not limited to:
- the Internet domain for your Internet service, such as "xcompany.com" or "xcompany.net" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a college or university domain.
- the type of browser (such as "Netscape version X" or "Internet Explorer version X") that you are using.
- the type of operating system that you use (such as Macintosh, Unix, or Windows).
- the date and time you visit our site, and the web pages that you visit on our site.
- the address of the previous web site you were visiting, if you linked to us from another web site.
We use this information for statistical analysis, reporting purposes, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. This tracking system records web site activity overall. It does not track information about individuals.
V. Cookies
A "cookie" is a small data file that web sites commonly write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file contains information that can identify you anonymously in order to track traffic patterns and add functionality to the website. Cookies don't identify you personally, but rather identify your computer when you visit our site. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.
The cookies on the Willow Creek Academy web site do not collect information about you, but only about your browser "session."
Your browser can be set to warn you before accepting cookies. In this case, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You may choose to refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser.
VI. An Important Notice for Kids
In keeping with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, children under 13 years of age must have permission from a Parent or Legal Guardian before providing personal information. The Willow Creek Academy web site will not knowingly receive personal information from children under 13 years of age who have not received prior Parental Consent. When Parental Consent has been obtained, the Willow Creek Academy web site will receive and use personal information from children as described in this Privacy Policy. Any personal information from a child stored by the Willow Creek Academy web site will be deleted upon written request from the child's Parent or Legal Guardian. Deletion requests should be addressed to:
Willow Creek Academy
630 Nevada Street
Sausalito, CA 94965
VII. Links to Other Sites
Our Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for the Willow Creek Academy web site, but we also provide links to other web sites. When you leave the Willow Creek Academy web site, you will be going to sites that are beyond our control. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. The privacy policies and procedures described here do not apply to any external links. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any site you link to from ours, especially if you share any personal information. Be informed. You are the person best qualified to protect your own privacy.