Privacy Statement for Exploration School, Inc. Web Sites This privacy policy explains how Exploration School, Inc. (Exploration) collects and uses information by means of our website at www.explo.org. what information we collect and how it is used We collect website usage information (from web logs which track IP address activity) on an aggregate basis, to help us administer our website and identify usage trends, but we do not link IP addresses to personally-identifiable information (such as your name or email address or other information that could be used to identify you as a unique user) or use personally identifiable information to monitor your specific web usage patterns on our site. We collect personal information if you choose to disclose it to us by one of the following means: online requests for viewbooks, DVDs, and other Exploration materials If you wish to receive a catalog, DVD, or other materials about our Programs, you may complete a request form and send it to us electronically or by printing it and then sending it to us by mail or fax. In order to send these materials to you, we will ask you to provide contact information (your name, email address, and mailing address), as well as information about the eligble student's age, so that we can ensure that we send the correct materials for our age-specific programs (i.e., Junior Program-eligible students receive Junior Program materials, Intermediate Program-eligible students receive Intermediate Program materials, and Senior Program-eligible students receive Senior Program materials). email If you contact us by email, whether through our online email form or by sending us an email from your own account, we may retain the content of your email messages, including your email address and our responses. online applications Enrollment applications for students and employment applications for faculty are available from our websites. Information provided in these applications is used for registration and hiring. Contact information contained therein may be used to get in touch with enrolling families or prospective employees. Our student and employment applications are available online through a third party vendor, InfoSnap Please consult InfoSnap for more information on their service, as well as the InfoSnap privacy policy. user accounts If you sign up for an account on any our networks (alumni site, faculty site, user portal, etc.), Exploration will collect your email address as part of the registration process to verify your account and/or setup a private user password. In addition, we will collect personally identifiable information you chose to submit as part of your user profile. with whom information is shared Exploration may share personal information for the following reasons: We work closely with outside organizations, such as schools, colleges, and universities, as well as outside companies, to provide you with some of the services we offer, and also for performing some functions on our behalf. As a result, these companies and organizations have access to the information that you provide to Exploration. We may share the information that you provide to us with trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Exploration. These companies may use your personal information to help Exploration communicate with you about offers from Exploration and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information. We will release your personal information to the proper persons when we believe, in good faith, that we are required to comply with a law or legal process, enforce our user agreements, or protect the rights, property or safety of Exploration or other persons or entities. Because a customer information database is customarily considered a business asset, Exploration shall have the right to transfer it in a merger or sale of some or all of its company or in an action for bankruptcy. Your information will continue to be treated in accordance with this privacy policy by the acquiring or merged company unless you are notified and provided an opportunity to opt out of any changes. how can you correct or update your personal information If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our services, you can correct, update, or ask us to remove the personal data that you have provided by sending an email via our email form, by sending a fax to Exploration at 781.762.7425, or by contacting the Exploration Admissions Office at 781.762.7400. how we protect children's privacy Protecting children's privacy is important to us. In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, we do not collect or maintain information by means of our website from children that we know are under the age of 13 without parental consent. Children under the age of 13 should not disclose or provide any personally identifiable information without parental consent. If we discover that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with such information, we will delete such information from our records. links to third party sites For your convenience, our website may provide links to other sites that might interest you. These sites are operated by third parties. Exploration does not review or monitor the privacy practices of websites that link to or from our site and we do not exercise control or authority over such websites. Please be aware that Exploration is not responsible for the data collection practices and privacy policy procedures of linked websites, nor for the content of such websites. Please be aware when you leave our website (www.explo.org) and read the privacy statements of every site that collects information about you. If you choose to access a third party website linked to our site, you do so at your own risk. your consent to this policy By using Exploration's websites and providing us with your personal information, you are accepting the privacy practices described in this policy statement. We may update this privacy policy from time to time. If we do, we will post those changes on our website so that you can always be aware of the information that we collect and how we use it. Please check back here occasionally. You will always find the latest version posted here. If we do update our privacy policy in a way that will change the manner in which we use your personally identifiable information, we will notify you by sending an email to the email address that you provided, so that you will have an opportunity not to consent to such a change. If you choose not to consent to the change, we will continue to use your personally identifiable information in accordance with the version of the privacy policy in effect at the time we collected the information. copyright and limitations on use All content on this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, illustrations, logos, audio clips, video clips, data compilations, and software, is the property of Exploration and is protected by United States and international copyright law, trademark law, and trade secret law, as well as other state, federal and international laws and regulations. We own a copyright in our website as a collective work and/or compilation, and in the selection, coordination, and arrangement of the content. We grant you a license to access and use this website and its content solely for your personal, non-commercial purposes. Apart from these limited rights, we do not grant you any other licenses or rights in any of the content of the website. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, transfer, create derivative works from, or sell any content, information, software, products, or services found on or obtained from this website without the express written consent of Exploration School, Inc. how you can contact us If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of the Exploration website, or your dealings with this website, please contact us via our email form or write us at: Exploration Summer Programs 932 Washington Street PO Box 368 Norwood, MA 02062