PRIVACY POLICY
(Effective July 1, 2008)
Welcome to CincySchoolZone.com ("Website"), an interactive
online service operated by The E.W. Scripps Company and its
subsidiaries ("us", "we", or "our"). Please read the following to
learn more about our Privacy Policy, which includes compliance with
California Privacy Rights .
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through our Website. We have adopted this Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through our Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms of Use posted on
our Website, sets forth the general rules and policies governing
your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting
our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and
conditions.
We generally keep this Privacy Policy posted on our Website and you should review it frequently, as it may change from time to time without notice. Any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy. WHEN YOU ACCESS OUR WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, OR TO ANY CHANGES WE MAY SUBSEQUENTLY MAKE, IMMEDIATELY STOP ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE. If, at any point, we decide to use your personally identifiable information in a manner materially different than what was stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you of this change by e-mail to the last e-mail address provided to us. You will have a choice (by means of an “opt out” opportunity) as to whether we use the information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the Privacy Policy under which your information was collected if you opt out of the new policy.
A. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Our Website typically collects two kinds of information about
you: (a) information that you provide that personally identifies
you; and (b) information that does not personally identify you,
which we automatically collect when you visit our Website or that
you provide us.
(1) Personally Identifiable Information: Our definition of personally identifiable information includes any information that may be used to specifically identify or contact you, such as your name, postal address, phone number, etc. As a general policy, we do not automatically collect your personally identifiable information when you visit our Website. In certain circumstances, we may request, allow or otherwise provide you an opportunity to submit your personally identifiable information in connection with a feature, program, promotion or some other aspect of our Website. For instance, you may: (a) provide your name, postal/shipping address, email address, credit card number and phone number when registering with our Website, using our online store, or in connection with a contest entry; (b) provide certain demographic information about you (e.g., age, gender, purchase preference, usage frequency, etc.) when participating in a survey, poll or joining a club; or (c) post a general comment and/or recommendation on our Website. Certain information may not be personally identifiable when standing alone (e.g., your age), but may become so when combined with other information (e.g., your age and name). Whether or not you provide this information is your choice; however, in many instances this type of information is required to participate in the particular activity, realize a benefit we may offer, or gain access to certain content on our Website.
(2) Non-Personal Information: Our definition of non-personal information is any information that does not personally identify you. Non-personal information can include certain personally identifiable information that has been de-identified; that is, information that has been rendered anonymous. We obtain non-personal information about you from information that you provide us, either separately or together with your personally identifiable information. We also automatically collect certain non-personal information from you when you access our Website. This information can include, among other things, IP addresses, the type of browser you are using (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.), the third party website from which your visit originated, the operating system you are using (e.g., Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS, etc.), the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, NetZero, etc.), the search terms you use on our Website, the specific web pages you visit, and the duration of your visits.
B. HOW WE USE & SHARE THE INFORMATION
COLLECTED
(1) Personally Identifiable Information: The personally
identifiable information you submit to us is generally used to
carry out your requests, respond to your inquiries, better serve
you, or in other ways naturally associated with the circumstances
in which you provided the information. We may also use this
information to later contact you for a variety of reasons, such as
customer service, providing you promotional information for our
products or those of our parent company, subsidiaries or other
affiliated companies (“"affiliated companies”"), or to
communicate with you about content or other information you have
posted or shared with us via our Website. You may opt-out from
receiving future promotional information from us or our affiliated
companies, or direct that we not share your information with any
affiliated companies, as set forth below.
In certain instances we may also share your personally
identifiable information with our third party vendors performing
functions on our behalf (or on behalf of our affiliated companies)
– e.g., vendors that process credit card orders, deliver our
merchandise, administer our promotions, provide us marketing or
promotional assistance, analyze our data, assist us with customer
service, etc. Our vendors agree to use this information, and we
share information with them, only to carry out our requests. In
addition, we may share your personally identifiable information
with participating sponsors to a program or promotion (e.g., a
sweepstakes or contest) you enter via our Website, and with third
parties who assist us in using the content or other information you
have posted or shared with us via our Website (e.g., production
companies we may use). Further, we may share your personally
identifiable information with third parties such as our
co-promotional partners and others with whom we have marketing or
other relationships. Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, our
Terms of Use, or as set forth when you submit the information, your
personally identifiable information will not be shared or sold to
any third parties without your prior approval.
(2) Non-Personal Information: We use non-personal information
in a variety of ways, including to help analyze site traffic,
understand customer needs and trends, carry out targeted
promotional activities, and to improve our services. We may use
your non-personal information by itself or aggregate it with
information we have obtained from others. We may share your
non-personal information with our affiliated companies and third
parties to achieve these objectives and others, but remember that
aggregate information is anonymous information that does not
personally identify you.
C. OTHER USES & INFORMATION
(1) IP Addresses: An IP address is a number that is
automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing
the Internet. Web servers (computers that "serve up" web pages)
automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When
visitors request pages from our Website, our servers typically log
their IP addresses. We collect IP addresses for purposes of system
administration, to report non-personal aggregate information to
others, and to track the use of our Website. IP addresses are
considered non-personal information and may also be shared as
provided above. It is not our practice to link IP addresses to
anything personally identifiable; that is, the visitor's session
will be logged, but the visitor remains anonymous to us. However,
we reserve the right to use IP addresses to identify a visitor when
we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our Website
rules or to: (a) fulfill a government request; (b) conform with the
requirements of the law or legal process; (c) protect or defend our
legal rights or property, our Website, or other users; or (d) in an
emergency to protect the health and safety of our Website’s
users or the general public.
(2) Cookies, etc.: "Cookies" are small text files from a
website that are stored on your hard drive. These text files make
using our Website more convenient by, among other things, saving
your passwords and preferences for you. Cookies themselves do not
typically contain any personally identifiable information. We may
analyze the information derived from these cookies and other
technological tools we employ (such as clear gifs/web beacons) and
match this information with data provided by you or another party.
We may provide our analysis and certain non-personal information to
third parties (who may in turn use this information to provide
advertisements tailored to your interests), but this will not
involve disclosing any of your personally identifiable
information. Please note that advertisers that serve
advertisements on our Website and third-party content providers
that serve content on our Website may also use their own cookies
and other technological tools which are subject to the advertiser's
privacy policies, not this Privacy Policy.
If you are concerned about the storage and use of cookies,
you may be able to direct your internet browser to notify you and
seek approval whenever a cookie is being sent to your hard drive.
You may also delete a cookie manually from your hard drive through
your internet browser or other programs. Please note, however, that
some parts of our Website will not function properly or be
available to you if you refuse to accept a cookie or choose to
disable the acceptance of cookies.
(3) Email Communications: If you send us an email with
questions or comments, we may use your personally identifiable
information to respond to your questions or comments, and we may
save your questions or comments for future reference. For security
reasons, we do not recommend that you send non-public personal
information, such as passwords, social security numbers, or bank
account information, to us by email. However, aside from our reply
to such an email, it is not our standard practice to send you email
unless you request a particular service or sign up for a feature
that involves email communications, it relates to purchases you
have made with us (e.g., product updates, customer support, etc.),
we are sending you information about our other products and
services, or you consented to being contacted by email for a
particular purpose. In certain instances, we may provide you with
the option to set your preferences for receiving email
communications from us; that is, agree to some communications but
not others. You may "opt out" of receiving future commercial email
communications from us by clicking the "unsubscribe" link included
at the bottom of most emails we send, or as provided below;
provided, however, we reserve the right to send you transactional
emails such as customer service communications.
(4) Transfer of Assets: As we continue to develop our
business, we may sell or purchase assets. If another entity
acquires us or all (or substantially all) of our assets, the
personally identifiable information and non-personal information we
have about you will be transferred to and used by this acquiring
entity, though we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your
preferences are followed. Also, if any bankruptcy or reorganization
proceeding is brought by or against us, all such information may be
considered an asset of ours and as such may be sold or transferred
to third parties.
(5) Other: Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
we reserve the right to disclose any personally identifiable or
non-personal information about you if we are required to do so by
law, with respect to copyright and other intellectual property
infringement claims, or if we believe that such action is necessary
to: (a) fulfill a government request; (b) conform with the
requirements of the law or legal process; (c) protect or defend our
legal rights or property, our Website, or other users; or (d) in an
emergency to protect the health and safety of our Website's users
or the general public.
(6) Your California Privacy Rights: Residents of the State of California, under certain provisions of the California Civil Code, have the right to request from companies conducting business in California a list of all third parties to which the company has disclosed certain personally identifiable information as defined under California law during the preceding year for third party direct marketing purposes. You are limited to one request per calendar year. In your request, please attest to the fact that you are a California resident and provide a current California address for our response. You may request the information in writing at the address listed above.
D. PUBLIC FORUMS
We may offer chat rooms, blogs, message boards, bulletin
boards, or similar public forums where you and other users of our
Website can communicate. The protections described in this Privacy
Policy do not apply when you provide information (including
personal information) in connection with your use of these public
forums. We may use personally identifiable and non-personal
information about you to identify you with a posting in a public
forum. Any information you share in a public forum is public
information and may be seen or collected by anyone, including third
parties that do not adhere to our Privacy Policy. We are not
responsible for events arising from the distribution of any
information you choose to publicly post or share through our
Website.
E. CHILDREN
The features, programs, promotions and other aspects of our
Website requiring the submission of personally identifiable
information are not intended for children. We do not knowingly
collect personally identifiable information from children
under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 and believe he or she has disclosed personally identifiable information to us please contact us at the e-mail address or postal address listed above. A parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 may review and request deletion of such child's personally identifiable information as well as prohibit the use thereof.
F. KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION SECURE
We have implemented security measures we consider reasonable
and appropriate to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration
of the information under our control. Please be advised, however,
that while we strive to protect your personally identifiable
information and privacy, we cannot guarantee or warrant the
security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online
and are not responsible for the theft, destruction, or inadvertent
disclosure of your personally identifiable information. In the
unfortunate event that your "personally identifiable information"
(as the term or similar terms are defined by any applicable law
requiring notice upon a security breach) is compromised, we may
notify you by e-mail (at our sole and absolute discretion) to the
last e-mail address you have provided us in the most expedient time
reasonable under the circumstances; provided, however, delays in
notification may occur while we take necessary measures to
determine the scope of the breach and restore reasonable integrity
to the system as well as for the legitimate needs of law
enforcement if notification would impede a criminal investigation.
From time to time we evaluate new technology for protecting
information, and when appropriate, we upgrade our information
security systems.
G. OTHER SITES/LINKS
Our Website may link to or contain links to other third party
websites that we do not control or maintain, such as in connection
with purchasing products referenced on our Website and banner
advertisements. We are not responsible for the privacy practices
employed by any third party website. We encourage you to note when
you leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of all
third party websites before submitting any personally identifiable
information.
H. CONTACT & OPT-OUT INFORMATION
You may contact us as at the e-mail address or postal address
listed above if: (a) you have questions or comments about our
Privacy Policy; (b) wish to make corrections to any personally
identifiable information you have provided; (c) want to opt-out
from receiving future commercial correspondence, including emails,
from us or our affiliated companies; or (d) wish to withdraw your
consent to sharing your personally identifiable information with
others.
We will respond to your request and, if applicable and
appropriate, make the requested change in our active databases as
soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that we may not be able
to fulfill certain requests while allowing you access to certain
benefits and features of our Website.
I. SOLE STATEMENT
This Privacy Policy as posted on this Website is the sole
statement of our privacy policy with respect to this Website, and
no summary, modification, restatement or other version thereof, or
other privacy statement or policy, in any form, is valid unless we
post a new or revised policy to the Website.
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