SDS PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated November 13, 2015

 

Your privacy is very important to School District Strategies, Inc. (“we”, “us”, or “our”). Accordingly, this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) explains how we collect, use, and share the information you may provide us through the website located at www.schooldistrictstrategies.com (the “Website”). This Policy only applies to Personal Information (as defined below) gathered via the Website or otherwise provided by you to us. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, you must immediately cease use of the Website and any other services that we provide you. We may change this Policy at any time without prior notice by posting a new version at www.schooldistrictstrategies.com/privacy-policy. By continuing to use the Website, you are expressly accepting the then-current version of this Policy.

What Personal Information do we collect?

Personal Information” means information that can be used to identify you, and may include your name or contact information. We collect Personal Information that you voluntarily provide to us via the Website or otherwise, for example in registering for an account.

What do we use your Personal Information for?

Personal Information we collect from you may be used in the following ways: (i) to personalize your experience with the Website; (ii) to maintain and improve the Website; (iii) to process and fulfill transactions you request and to otherwise provide customer services; (iv) to promote and market our business; (v) to protect the security of the Website and our systems; (vi) to connect you with different individuals and entities in the real estate industry; and (vii) to communicate with you including by periodic emails (you will have the option to unsubscribe from any marketing communications).

How do we protect your Personal Information?

No Internet transmission can be guaranteed 100% secure. However, we use commercially reasonable security measures to maintain the security and privacy of your Personal Information in our systems.

Do we collect non-personal information?

We use cookies, small files that are transferred to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow), to automatically collect certain non-personal information, including information about your browser, operating system, device, referral URLs, and site activities. Cookies to help us remember and process the items in your account, understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregated data about Website traffic interactions so that we can offer a better experience and tools in the future. Most browsers contain settings to disable or block cookies, but this may render some parts of the Website limited or inaccessible.

In addition, we receive and collect IP addresses from all users of the Website since this information is automatically reported by your web browser each time you view a web page. We may also collect other information about your computer that you use to access the Website such as operating system and browser type. We may use this information for various purposes, including but not limited to: (i) diagnosing service or technology problems reported by users or engineers; (ii) sending the most appropriate advertising or other content based on geographic area or user information derived from this information; (iii) estimating the total number of users visiting the Website; (iv) assisting third parties to track effectiveness of the promotions they run our the Website; (v) storing information about your preferences to allow us to customize our Website; (vi) recognizing you when you return to our Website and helping determine which users have access privileges to certain content or services that we host.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We may share Personal Information with third parties under the following circumstances: (i) in connection with a court or government order or as otherwise required by law; (ii) in the event of a corporate sale, merger, acquisition, or other restructuring; (iii) in connection with our service providers who support the Website’s technical operations; (iv) in connection with third party requests or for the purposes of introducing or connecting you with other individuals and entities for various real estate projects and transactions; and (v) in connection with third parties to provide goods or services that you request. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personal Information except as may be permitted in this Policy. We may use and share non-personal information, such as that gathered by our use of cookies or IP addresses, as we determine is helpful to maintain or improve our business, sites, and services, including the Website.

Third Party Links

The Website may contain links to third-party websites not under our control or operation (each, a “Third Party Site”). We provide links only as a convenience, and we do not endorse nor are we responsible for the contents of any linked website or any website linked to or from a linked website. Third Party Sites have separate and independent privacy policies and terms of use, which we recommend you review before browsing. We have no control over, or responsibility or liability for, the content and activities of Third Party Sites or their operators.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Users may change their information through their Website account. The Website does not follow the Do Not Track setting of your web browser.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Our Website is directed towards users who are at least 13 years old, and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from anyone under 13 years of age. If we discover that we have collected Personal Information from a user under the age of 13, we will remove such information from our systems.

Termination

After any termination of your account, we shall have no obligation to maintain or provide any of your Personal Information and may thereafter, unless legally prohibited, delete all of your Personal Information in our systems or otherwise in our possession or under our control. We may also retain all or a subset of your Personal Information for business or legal purposes or in connection with routine backups of our systems.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions regarding this Policy, you may contact us by sending an email to info@schooldistrictstrategies.com.