Home About TCS Our Partners in Collaboration Expertise Careers Blog & News Contact Us TCSES ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY Updated 5.27.20 This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website. What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app? When donating or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, payment card information or other details when you provide such information while using our online services and where we believe it is reasonably required for ordinary business purposes. When do we collect information? We collect information from you when you enter information on our site. How do we use your information? We may use the information we collect in the following ways: To process your transaction or donation; Responding to your requests or communicating with you; Complying with or enforcing legal requirements. How do we protect your information? Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible. We use regular Malware Scanning. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order to maintain the safety of your personal information. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers. Please note that the information you send to us electronically may not be secure when it is transmitted to us. We recommend that you do not use unsecured channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information (such as your Social Security number) to us. What about cookies? A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your computer’s hard drive that allows the website’s server to keep track of and facilitate certain activities on the site. You may be able to program your browser to reject cookies or to notify you when they are going to be placed on your computer. Cookies help provide information to us about how users are using tcsedsystem.edu. Among other purposes, we may use cookies to collect information about how visitors use tcsedsystem.edu and what pages and features visitors find more or less interesting, to make it easier for you as a user to log in, or to make visits to tcsedsystem.edu otherwise more efficient. We use information that we obtain by cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy. Third-party disclosure Under what circumstances does TCS Education System disclose or transfer personal information to others? We transfer to third parties and/or release to the public certain aggregate information (for example about the visiting habits of our visitors generally or of groups of our visitors), but that information will not contain information that identifies you and therefore is not personal information. There are circumstances where we will transfer and/or disclose to third parties personal information. Those circumstances are as follows, except as may be limited by applicable law: Affiliates. TCS may transfer personal information to corporate affiliates for the purpose of providing services to you. Consultants and Service Providers. TCS may disclose personal information to third-party consultants and service providers (such as providers of hosting and support services) to the extent that they require access to our databases or the information contained in our databases, to service TCS and tcsedsystem.edu. Security and Safety. TCS reserves the right to release personal information when we believe that the law requires us to do so or when we believe it is necessary to protect and/or enforce the rights, property interests, or safety of TCS, users of tcsedsystem.edu, or others. Reorganization or Sale of TCS. In the event that TCS merges with or becomes part of another organization, or in the event that TCS is sold or it sells all or substantially all of its assets, the information you provide will be one of the transferred assets. Modification of Privacy Policy. We may also transfer information to third parties if we amend our privacy policy in accordance with the provisions below and disclose to whom and how we intend to make such a disclosure. As Otherwise Allowed by Law. We may transfer personal information to third parties where, notwithstanding this policy, we are expressly authorized by the applicable law to do so. California Online Privacy Protection Act CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following: Users can visit our site anonymously. Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website. Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can be easily be found on the page specified above. You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes: • On our Privacy Policy Page Can change your personal information: • By emailing us How does our site handle Do Not Track signals? We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place. Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking? It’s also important to note that we do not allow third-party behavioral tracking COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act) When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online. We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old. Fair Information Practices The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information. In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices, we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur: We will notify you via email within 7 business days. We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors. CAN SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations. We collect your email address in order to: • To process your transaction or donation; • Responding to your requests or communicating with you; • Complying with or enforcing legal requirements. To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following: • Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses. • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way. • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters. • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used. • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly. • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails: Follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence. Contacting Us If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact the Help Desk at 800-747-8367. © 2021 TCS Education System203 N LaSalle St., Suite #1900, Chicago, IL 60601 312.379.1699 Contact Us Intranet Manage Password Giving Privacy Policy Accessibility