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Privacy PolicyWelcome to Education Networks of America's Privacy Policy. ENA's Privacy Policy is intended to demonstrate ENA's commitment to our users' privacy. This Privacy Policy addresses ENA's practices concerning gathering, using and distributing information from our users. This Policy applies to users, including parents, teachers, administrators, and students, who access ENA's services through the Education Gateway® toolbar, our Community Tools product (which includes e-mail, instant messages, chat rooms, and message boards), or through any other ENA owned or operated web site (collectively, "ENA's Services"). This Privacy Policy applies only to ENA. This Policy does not apply to web sites or content of (i) third parties or (ii) other companies or organizations to which ENA links. You should carefully examine the privacy policies of the third parties and other companies or organizations to determine their privacy practices. ENA will prominently post notice of material changes to our Privacy Policy here. Users of ENA's Services are expected and agree to review this site regularly for changes in our Privacy Policy. By using ENA's Services, the user consents to the terms and conditions of ENA's Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. If the user does not agree with the terms and conditions, please do not use ENA's Services. A user's continued use of ENA's Services after the posting of changes to the terms and conditions of ENA's Privacy Policy or Terms of Use will constitute acceptance of those changes and the revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. 1. How and what information is collected by ENAENA generally does not collect a significant amount of personally identifiable information, as described below, from users. No other company or organization collects personally identifiable information through ENA's Services.
Information Provided by Schools or Through Computers Used at
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Information Provided Through Computers Used Outside Schools
ENA.com 2. How information is used by ENAENA uses personally identifiable information obtained from users to assign usernames, passwords and e-mail addresses, when requested, so that access can be limited to appropriate and authorized users. ENA also uses personally identifiable information collected from users to tailor content and services to an individual user's needs and to ensure that users only access appropriate portions of ENA's Services. For example, ENA may offer a different level of encyclopedia depending on the grade of a student user. ENA also delivers the instant messages, e-mails, message board comments, and chat messages that users create. ENA does not read or disclose information contained in e-mails, chat rooms, instant messages, or message boards, unless required to do so by law, if we fear for the safety of one of our users, or for a reason described in the Legal Disclosures section below. Users, however, should be aware that messages and information posted publicly or provided to others could be seen or used by others. An IP address is a number assigned to a computer for use with the World Wide Web. ENA collects IP addresses to assist in system and network administration, collect aggregate information, track trends and audit use of ENA's Services. ENA does not associate personally identifiable information with IP addresses. ENA may supplement information provided by Schools or users with information obtained from outside sources. For example, ENA may match school codes with a database or other information as to which schools are located in which school districts. Cookies are text files written to a user's computer that save a user's preferences and that assist in the navigation of web sites. ENA may use cookies to keep track of session Ids or usage information for aggregate reports and statistics, but these cookies are not linked to personally identifiable information. At the end of a session, the cookie terminates. 3. Disclosure of InformationENA has partnered with certain outside companies to provide educational content for teachers, administrators, and students. ENA does not share personally identifiable information with any outside companies or third parties or make such information publicly available. ENA does not advertise or market to children using ENA's Services. ENA does not use any information about how individual students surf the Internet or our sites to help sell our products. ENA, however, may use aggregate information (i.e., anonymous and not tied to any personal information) for our own research purposes, to analyze the efficiency of our network, and to share with ENA partners, affiliates, or sponsors. If ENA ever merges, enters into a joint venture or partnership, or sells, transfers, or assigns a line of business or all or substantially all of ENA's assets to a third party, ENA may provide all user information, including any personally identifiable information, to that third party and assign all of ENA's rights and obligations under this Privacy Policy related to such information to that third party. By using ENA's Services or Community Tools, user agrees and consents to any such transfer or assignment of information.
Legal Disclosures 4. SecurityENA uses state-of-the-art security systems, such as network firewalls and network access controls, to keep your personal information as safe and private as possible. However, ENA's Privacy Policy does not extend to any limitations inherent in the Internet or World Wide Web that are beyond ENA's control. ENA encourages users to protect their passwords by not using obvious mixes of letters or numbers, such as a user's name, address or social security number. In addition, users should not disclose their passwords to others. Each user is obligated to maintain the secrecy of the user's password. ENA also takes steps to protect users' personal information offline by limiting the number of people who have access to ENA's servers and to users' personal information. 5. E-mail LinksOn various web pages, users can contact ENA directly through e-mail links to ask questions or make comments. ENA reads such messages and endeavors to respond promptly. ENA may file some comments or questions to improve ENA's Services or ENA may discard them. ENA will not disclose any personally identifiable information contained in such questions and comments to any third parties. 6. Links to other sitesAs stated above, ENA's Privacy Policy does not apply to web sites of other companies or organizations to which ENA links. Such sites are independently owned and controlled. Those sites may use cookies or collect data or personal information in a manner inconsistent with ENA's Privacy Policy. Each user should carefully examine the privacy policies of third parties or other companies or organizations to determine their privacy practices. ENA accepts no responsibility for the content or privacy policies of linked sites. 7. Children's Privacy Policy (For children under the age of 13)In addition to the policies stated above, ENA has adopted special policies to protect the privacy of children under the age of 13 consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). Parents and teachers are encouraged to discuss online protection with children. ENA does not use personally identifiable information collected about children under the age of 13 for any marketing or promotional purposes. ENA does not condition a child's participation in an activity on the child disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in such activity. ENA may use online contact information, such as an e-mail, from a child under the age of 13 only to respond to a one-time specific request from a child; to respond more than once directly to a specific request from the child (such as for a forgotten password) and not re-contact the child beyond the scope of the request; to collect a child's, parent's or teacher's e-mail address to provide notice and comment; or to collect a child's name or online contact information to protect the security or liability of the site or to respond to law enforcement, if necessary (in which case ENA will not use the information for any other purpose). When the information is used to contact the child more than once, ENA will use reasonable efforts to notify the child's parent, school administrator or teacher (to stop the communication before sending or delivering a second communication to a child). Parents or guardians can review, correct, or delete a student's registration information if they wish to do so. A parent or guardian may do so by contacting his or her School's System Administrator for ENA, or ENA directly by phone, e-mail, or mail at the contact information below. Parents can also refuse to permit further collection or use of the child's information by ENA. 8. ENA's Contact Information
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