Privacy Policy

Newton County Schools is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Newton County Schools Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Newton County Schools website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Newton County Schools collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Newton County Schools also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your zip code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Newton County Schools. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Newton County Schools for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Newton County Schools Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Newton County Schools public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Newton County Schools does not read any of your private online communications.

Newton County Schools encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Newton County Schools so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Newton County Schools is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Newton County Schools and Newton County Schools family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Newton County Schools collects and uses your personal information to operate the Newton County Schools Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Newton County Schools also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Newton County Schools and its affiliates. Newton County Schools may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Newton County Schools does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Newton County Schools may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Newton County Schools may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Newton County Schools, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Newton County Schools does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Newton County Schools keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Newton County Schools, in order to determine what Newton County Schools services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Newton County Schools to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Newton County Schools Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Newton County Schools or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Newton County Schools; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Newton County Schools, or the public.

Security of your Personal Information

Newton County Schools secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Newton County Schools secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Newton County Schools will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Newton County Schools encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Newton County Schools is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Newton County Schools welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Newton County Schools has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Newton County Schools. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.