ED2CHAT Privacy Statement
About
ED2CHAT.com
ED2CHAT.com is an online service
for all educators. We will allow our members to set up unique
personal profiles that can be linked together through fellow educators.
ED2CHAT members can view each others' profiles, communicate with fellow
educators, get information on professional development, jobs, classroom
displays, share photos of themselves, show photos of their classrooms,
post journals and comments, give advice to fellow educators, post their
favorite books and quotes, and describe their interests. ED2CHAT members
can change their profile information at any time and can control how
other members and the service communicates with them.
ED2CHAT.com cares deeply about online
privacy If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please
email us at ED2CHAT@gmail.com.
Information Collection and Use by
ED2CHAT.com
ED2CHAT.com collects user submitted information such as name, email
address, and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to
those users relating to the ED2CHAT.com service. ED2CHAT.com also collects
other profile data including but not limited to: personal interests,
gender, age, education and occupation in order to assist users in finding
and communicating with each other.
ED2CHAT.com also logs non-personally-identifiable
information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user
data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the site This data
is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the website services.
This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties
to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User
IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes
User Profile information including
members' pictures and first names are displayed to people in order to
facilitate user interaction in the ED2CHAT.com social networking community.
Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new educators
to join ED2CHAT, to add users to members' educators' networks, and to
send notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting
educators, adding educators, and notifications, a user's email address
is not shared or displayed to people within a user's personal network
Users within a personal network communicate on ED2CHAT.com with each
other through the ED2CHAT.com service, without disclosing their email
addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other members.
To facilitate searching and finding educators and acquaintances on the
service, ED2CHAT.com allows users to search for other members using
first and last name, email address, and schools and/or companies where
users may have attended or worked.
We may also use a user's email address
to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service. Users may
choose not to receive email of this type by changing their "notification"
setting to "Do not send me notification emails" in the user
"Account Settings"
From time to time, ED2CHAT.com or a
partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on ED2CHAT.com.
Users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email
address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate.
We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that you
have explicitly requested to receive information from. It will be clear
at the point of collection who is collecting the personal information
and whose privacy statement will apply.
Use of Cookies
ED2CHAT.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record
session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are
not repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter,
advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile
information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any
personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. You
may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some
cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set -- each browser is different,
so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change
your cookie preferences -- however, you must enable cookies from ED2CHAT.com
in order to use most functions on the site Please note that ED2CHAT
allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some
of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers'
use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the ED2CHAT
Privacy Policy.
Links
ED2CHAT.com contains links to sites. ED2CHAT.com is not responsible
for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking
to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that
site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on ED2CHAT.com.
Chat Rooms,
Educator Journals, Message Boards, Classifieds and Public Forums
Please be aware that whenever you
voluntarily post public information to Journals, Message Boards, Classifieds
or any other Public Forums that that information can be accessed by
the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited
communications.
Correcting/Updating or Removing
Information
ED2CHAT.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information
at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such
as Edit Profile and Account Info.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose
not to by selecting 'Do not send me notification emails' in the user
profile 'Account Settings'. Users who do not wish to receive ED2CHAT.com
newsletters may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me ED2CHAT newsletters'
in the user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and
ED2CHAT.com newsletters also include the above instructions for opting-out
of those communications in the future.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site
may be delivered to users by ED2CHAT.com or one of our Web advertising
partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies
allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you
an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information
about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements
and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad
network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be
of most interest to you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies
by ED2CHAT.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Security
ED2CHAT.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords
ED2CHAT.com takes precautions to insure that member account information
is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information
that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member
information to those employees who need access to perform their job
functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff.
Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account
information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure,
and other factors may compromise the security of member information
at any time For any additional information about the security measures
we use on ED2CHAT.com, please contact us a privacy@ED2CHAT.com
Sharing and Disclosure of Information
ED2CHAT.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, ED2CHAT will
not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe
that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or
to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received
by ED2CHAT.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable
law; (2) to enforce the ED2CHAT.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect
our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and
users of the service. ED2CHAT reserves the right to transfer personal
information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that
information as a result of the sale of ED2CHAT or substantially all
of its assets to that successor in interest For more information see
the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make
changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the
changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor
changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes
have been posted If, however, we are going to use users' personally
identifiable information in a manner materially different from that
stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice
on our Web site for 30 days.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices
of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us
at: ED2CHAT@gmail.com.