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Privacy Policy
This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for the Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools.
Information Collection and Use
Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools collects information from our users from the "Contact Us" form located at www.pachartercoalition.com/main/contact_us.cgi, the "Notify me when this site is updated" form located at www.pachartercoalition.com/main/update_notification.cgi, and the "Tell an associate about PCCS" form located at www.pachartercoalition.com/main/associate_referral.cgi. Contact information (such as name, email address, and telephone number) is used to support the functionality of the corresponding web site feature. Additionally, the contact information (such as name, email address, and telephone number) is used to contact our members and keep them informed about organization practices and important information. If it is necessary to process financial transactions, the user may be required to give financial information (credit card number and expiration date) which is used for billing purposes.
Users must be 18 or older to submit information to www.pachartercoalition.com.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the visitor's hard drive that contains information unique and specific to that visitor. The www.pachartercoalition.com web site may place a cookie to preserve your login status for your convenience, allowing you to leave the site and return without having to login again. The information contained in this cookie is a token value and does not contain any personal information. Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools will not store any personal information as a value in a cookie.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. Additional log files collect data entries for each access to the Members Only area. These entries are saved to provide a resource for problem resolution and general web site security.
Sharing
We do NOT share information that we collect on www.pachartercoalition.com with outside sources. Information collected on www.pachartercoalition.com is used for the purpose of communicating with future members and providing services and support to our existing members. Only select employees of Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools have access to this information.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites over which Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools exercises no control. Please be aware that Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools is not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected on this web site.
Notifications
Users who are members of Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools will receive occasional notifications and scheduled notifications via e-mail. There is no opt-out option regarding either notification type as they both contain information that must be viewed by our members.
Security
Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools uses every precaution to protect our member's information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
When our registration form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card numbers), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our member's information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. All employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.
Site and Service Updates
We send members site and service announcement updates via email. members are not able to unsubscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or telephone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a member's personally identifiable information changes (such as your address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update, or remove that member's personal data provided to us.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post these changes on our Privacy Policy Page so our members are always aware of what information we collect, how we may use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify members by way of an email. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
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