General Statement:
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This privacy statement explains our policies and practices regarding on-line information. It is through this disclosure that we intend to provide you with a level of comfort and confidence in how we collect, use, and safeguard personal and other information we collect or that you provide through this website and how you can contact us if you have any questions or concerns. It is our sincere hope that by explaining our data handling practices we will develop a trusting and long-lasting relationship with you.
Information About Our Organisation and Website:
This Privacy Statement applies to www.21stcenturylearningalliance.org.uk. The purpose of this website is essentially: (1) to provide the education community with our perspective on news and current events; (2) to stimulate a dialogue about the issues raised; and (3) to provide the community with a place to post their opinions and their stories.
Personally Identifiable Information We Collect From You:
When you visit the 21st Century Learning Alliance web site we will not collect any personal information about you unless you provide it to us voluntarily. Personal data includes information that is particular to you such as name, establishment name, street address, telephone number, and e-mail address. If you opt not to provide us with personal information, you can still access our website; however you may be unable to participate in certain conversations or receive information.
Our primary goal in collecting personal information from you when you visit this site is to provide you the functionality and services that you need to have a meaningful and personalised experience while using the site features.
How We Use the Personally Identifiable Information We Collect:
Personally identifiable information collected on the 21st Century Learning Alliance web site may be used to:
• Respond to your comments or requests for information
• Make the user experience more customer-friendly
• Generate site analytics that improve our site layout and content
• Comply with legal requirements
Other (Non-Personally Identifiable) Information We Collect From Site Visitors:
During a normal visit to our site, no personally identifiable information about you is collected. All information on our site is free to browse at your leisure without the need for you to provide us with any personally identifiable information. Our site does collect other non-personally identifiable information from site visitors. This means that we do not track these items on an individual basis that identifies the site visitor, but rather gather and collect this information on an aggregate [or anonymous] basis that includes all site visitors. Non-personal information includes tracking the site pages that are visited, the amount of time spent on our site, clicks, page views, and what regions visits are from.
Our primary goal in collecting aggregate information from you is to be able to perform site metrics that allow us to improve the functionality of the website. We need to collect aggregate information in order to track page visits, site click through analysis, peak site usage times and site layout re-design.
Sharing Your Information
Personal information that you provide to us in the course of engaging in dialogue with us through this website may be gathered and stored in our database and be used for purposes of contacting you for things like education research. We will never share personal information that we collect about you with commercial companies or other organisations without your express permission.
Security of Your Information
Safeguarding information of visitors to our website is important to us. We use systems, policies and procedures to maintain accuracy of information and to protect information from loss, misuse or alteration. When you send personal information, such as name, address and telephone numbers, we use “Secure Socket Layers” or SSL to protect your data. SSL is encryption technology that helps safeguard your personal information against misuse by unauthorised individuals.
Vendors, contractors or partners of the 21st Century Learning Alliance who have access to your personal information in connection with providing services for us are required to keep the information confidential. Vendors are not permitted to use this information for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for the 21st Century Learning Alliance.
Children’s Privacy
The 21st Century Learning Alliance does not knowingly intend to collect personal information from children under 13 years of age.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this online privacy statement for the 21st Century Learning Alliance or have any questions regarding the contents of this website please contact us at:
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Privacy Statement Effective Date and Revision Days
Occasionally we may update the privacy statement for this site in order to reflect any changes to our privacy practices. If we update this statement, the new statement will be posted to the website ten (10) days prior to the changes taking effect. The effective date of this privacy statement is 1st January 2010.
