PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy is important to us. This page explains our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.
The Information We Collect
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Surround School website. As the first step towards protecting your privacy we attempt to limit the information collected to the bare minimum that will allow us to provide you meaningful service.
We are especially committed to protecting the privacy of children, especially since the Surround School website is primarily intended for school children. It is our policy to request a parent's consent if a person below 13 is providing any personal information on the Surround School website.
Parents and guardians of children must however note that there are limitations to the verification process and it remains their primary responsibility to ensure that children under their supervision use this website and the Internet in general in a responsible manner.
Personal and Non-Personal Information
"Personal Information" means any information obtained through your use of our Website which can be used to specifically identify you and includes but is not limited to your name, address, school, email and phone number. This information is collected on a voluntary basis and enables us to give you access to the members-only portion of our Website which includes specific products and services not generally available to non-members.
"Non Personal information" is the information we collect that is associated with you or your computer and browser, but which does not personally identify you. When you use our Website, we often use third party operational service providers and technology that can recognize, collect or transmit information about your visits to our Websites. Although the term "cookie" commonly is used to refer to a small text file stored on a computer that keeps track of your visits to web sites and/or can contain log-in information so you don't have to re-enter information each time you visit, we will use the term "cookie" to refer to any technology that can recognize, collect or transmit information about your visits to our Websites. "Cookie" information typically includes such data as the Internet or web domain that referred you, the type of operating system and browser you are using, the date and time of your visit, information relating to activities on our Websites (e.g., pages visited, time spent on a page) and other technical attributes of your visits to our Website. No personally identifiable information is collected by this process and we use the information collected through cookies to analyze trends, administer our Websites, track movements on our Website and gather aggregate demographic information about visitors so we can continually improve our Website.
You may stop or restrict cookies on your computer or purge them from your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences and you should consult the operating instructions that apply to your browser for instructions should you wish to do so and in general to determine how best to configure your browser settings to meet your requirements. Note that if you 'turn off', purge or disable cookies, although you may still use our Website, you may not be able to use all of the features, functions or services available on our Website.
The Way We Use Information
We do not sell or rent your Personal Information to others. If necessary, our Website may collect payment and payment instrument information from you for the purpose of billing you for products and services you purchase through our Website. If you leave our Website whether by clicking or selecting an advertisement, re-directing your browser or otherwise, the terms and conditions, privacy and other policies and practices as defined by the site you have been re-directed to will apply, and Surround School policies will cease to apply.
Your personal information may be shared with our partners who share our commitment to privacy and work with us to provide you valuable services and products. The list of partners we share your information with will be available on the website. The partners will only use your information to contact you directly with service and product offerings that they believe will be useful to you. You will not receive any offers or solicitations for services and products that are irrelevant to the core offering on Surround School.
We may use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of children in a particular age group access a certain section, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.
Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without seeking your consent and also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information
You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and change it using the Edit Profile option. You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. However, please note that it remains your responsibility to keep your access credentials confidential.
Disclosure to Third Parties
We reserve the right to make your Personal Information available to a third party without your explicit consent or without informing you in the following situations:
- When compelled by a governmental agency, law, regulation, a court or other legal process;
- If we believe you are, have or may violate any law, regulation or our Terms of Use;
- If we believe you are or may be a threat to safety, security, property, interests or rights of us or anyone else;
- In order to investigate, respond to or resolve problems or inquiries or protect, enforce or defend our rights, assets and/or interests;
- In a merger, acquisition, change of control, joint venture or other business combination.