PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy Policy
Introduction
Educatelink takes the private nature of your
personal information very seriously.
This privacy policy describes how we treat the
information we collect when you visit and use our websites. Please read this
notice very carefully.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Educatelink
collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers
and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language
preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Educatelink’s
purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better
understand how Educatelink’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Educatelink
may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g. by
publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Educatelink also collects potentially
personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Educatelink
does not use such information to identify its visitors and does not disclose
such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and
discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of
Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Educatelink’s websites
choose to interact with Educatelink in ways that require Educatelink to gather
personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Educatelink
gathers depend on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors
who sign up for Educatelink to provide a username and email address. In each
case, Educatelink collects such information only insofar as is necessary or
appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Educatelink.
Educatelink does not disclose
personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors
can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat
that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities
Aggregated Statistics
Educatelink may collect statistics about the
behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Educatelink may monitor the
most popular collections of Educatelink.
Educatelink may display this information
publicly or provide it to others. However, Educatelink does not disclose
personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain
Personally-Identifying Information
Educatelink discloses potentially
personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of
its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know
that information in order to process it on Educatelink’s behalf or to provide
services available at Educatelink’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to
disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated
organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Educatelink’s
websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. In addition,
in some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of
transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is
transferred. Moreover, if Educatelink or substantially all of its assets were
acquired, or in the unlikely event that Educatelink goes out of business or
enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that are
transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers
may occur and that any acquirer of Educatelink may continue to use your
personal and non-personal information only as set forth in this policy.
Otherwise, Educatelink will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying
and personally-identifying information to anyone.
Other than to its employees, contractors and
affiliated organizations, as described above, Educatelink discloses potentially
personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when
required to do so by law, or when Educatelink believes in good faith that
disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Educatelink,
third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of Educatelink
website and have supplied your email address, Educatelink may occasionally send
you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just
keep you up to date with what’s going on with Educatelink and its products. If
you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback
mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or
respond to your request or to help us support other users. Educatelink takes
all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access,
use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and
personally-identifying information.
You should also be aware that if you submit
information to “chat rooms,” “forums” or “message boards” such information
becomes public information, meaning that you lose any privacy rights you might
have with regards to that information. Such disclosures may also increase your
chances of receiving unwanted communications.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a
website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides
to the website each time the visitor returns. Educatelink uses cookies to help Educatelink
identify and track visitors, their usage of Educatelink websites, and their
website access preferences. Educatelink visitors who do not wish to have
cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies
before using Educatelink’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of
Educatelink’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Sponsored Ads
Ads
Ads appearing on any Educatelink websites may
be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These
cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you
an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your
computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver
targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This
privacy policy covers the use of cookies by Educatelink and does not cover the
use of cookies by any advertisers.
Links to Third Party
Sites
This privacy policy only applies to
information collected by Educatelink. This privacy policy does not apply to the
practices of companies that Educatelink does not own or control or employees
that Educatelink does not manage. Educatelink website may contain links to
third party websites. Any information you provide to, or that is collected by,
third-party sites may be subject to the privacy policies of those sites if any.
We encourage you to read such privacy policies of any third-party sites you
visit. It is the sole responsibility of such third parties to adhere to any
applicable restrictions on the disclosure of your personally-identifying
information, and Educatelink and its affiliates shall not be liable for
wrongful use or disclosure of your personally-identifying information by any
third party.
Security
All non-personally-identifying information,
potentially personally-identifying and personally identifying information
described above is stored on restricted database servers.
Choice/Opt-out
If we ever send you information by email
concerning new products, services or information that you did not expressly
request, we will provide you with an email address by which you may request no
further notices.
Address Book Data
Any external address book data (email
contacts, etc.) that a user voluntarily gives Educatelink access to will only
be used for the described feature (looking up friends, etc.), and will not be
stored or repurposed
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Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Educatelink
may change its privacy policy from time to time, and in Educatelink’s sole
discretion. Educatelink encourages visitors to frequently check this page for
any changes to its privacy policy. Your continued use of this site after any
change in this privacy policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.