INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
We are committed to
respecting your on-line privacy. We recognize your need to protect and manage
any personal information you share with us. We have established this Privacy
Policy to help you understand the concern we have for your personal
information.
Information Collection
Home Educators Association of Virginia collects information from
our users at several different points on our website.
Information Use
We track site traffic and usage
and create reports based on the server's log files. The reports DO NOT contain
information about particular individuals or personal information of any kind. Some
of the things we track include the number of visitors to a page, downloaded
documents, time and length of visit, browser and referrer of the visitor, most-visited
pages, and most-used paths through the sites.
We note which registered users have logged into our customer center. This information may be used to determine the potential interests of such users.
Children's Privacy
Because we do not collect any
personally identifiable information from children, our site is fully compliant
with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
Third-Party Ads and Information
HEAV is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC
Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a
means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to
amazon.com. This means that HEAV receives a commission on items purchased
through our Amazon links. As part of this relationship, Amazon may also serve
content and advertisements, collect information, and place or recognize
cookies. See Amazon.com’s Privacy
Notice for details.
Transcript and UCS Service
In order to provide transcript and Used Curriculum Sale services online, data is stored in a secured online database. HEAV uses reasonable security measures to protect the confidentiality of all information.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SITE
Mailing List
If a
user wishes to subscribe to our mailing list, we ask for contact information
such as name and e-mail address. While we cannot prevent users from signing up
other individuals to receive the newsletter, out of respect for our users'
privacy, we provide a way to opt-out of these communications. Please see the
Choice and Opt-out sections.
SHARING
Legal Disclaimer
Though
we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal
information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such
action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order,
or other legal process served on our website.
We DO NOT Share Personal Information with Third Parties.
Choice/Opt-out
Users who no longer
wish to receive our e-mails may opt-out of receiving these communications by
clicking on the "Click here to unsubscribe" link that appears in each e-mail.
LINKS
This website contains
links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Home Educators Association of
Virginia, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the
privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by
this website.
SECURITY
This website takes every
precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive
information via the website, their information is protected both online and
off-line.
If users have any questions about the security at our website, users can send an e-mail to webmaster@heav.org.
CORRECTING/UPDATING/DELETING/DEACTIVATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
If a user's personally
identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, e-mail or postal
address), or if a user no longer desires our service, the user can contact us
at office@heav.org to correct, update or delete/deactivate his or her personally
identifiable information. Alternatively, users can contact us by telephone or
postal mail at the contact information listed below.
CHANGES IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
We
reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please
review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will
notify you here, by e-mail, or by means of a notice on our home page.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If users have any questions or
suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at office@heav.org or through one of the methods listed below.
The Home Educators Association of
Virginia
2248 G Dabney Road
Richmond, VA 23230
804-278-9200