CLASSSCENE PRIVACY POLICY
ClassScene is committed to safeguarding your privacy on
its Web site located at www.ClassScene.com .
This is the online privacy policy of Interactive Media Holdings, LLC, the company that runs ClassScene.com (“ClassScene”). This
Privacy Policy does not apply to products or services provided, or information
obtained, other than through the Web site. Please read the following policy to
understand how your information will be treated. This policy may change from
time to time so please check back periodically. If there is an important change
in our collection, use, or disclosure practices, we will attempt to send you a
notice via e-mail if you have provided us with an e-mail address. Please keep in
mind that some of the services mentioned specifically in this policy may not be
available on the site at this time. If you have questions concerning this
policy, please contact Privacy Officer at
privacy@ClassScene.com. This Privacy Policy is effective as of September 1,
2007.
ClassScene
gives special consideration to the privacy of users who are children under the
age of 13. To review our privacy policies for young children, click here. We comply with
the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). We strongly encourage
parents to participate in their children's online activities and monitor their
children's use of networking services, information posting and engagement in
other electronic communication. For more information about COPPA or children's
privacy, please visit www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy.
The
purpose of our policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather
about you online when you visit our site, how we may use that information,
whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use
of, and your ability to correct the information.
What information does ClassScene
collect from me?
ClassScene collects
information in several ways. For example, some personal information is gathered
when you register as a user through our account interface. During registration,
if you are a student we ask for your name, age, address, phone#, email, school
name, school affiliations, college plans, hobbies and interests. If you are a
non-student we will ask for your name, age, address, phone#, and email. If you
are a minor, regardless of whether or not you are under the age of 13, your
parent or guardian must approve your registration and grant you permissions to
use various components of the site. Once your registration is complete, you are
no longer anonymous to ClassScene and are able to take full advantage of our
services. In addition to registration, we may ask you for information at other
times, such as when you report a problem with our site or services, or contact
the company via the corporate e-mail address. If you contact ClassScene, we may
keep a record of that correspondence.
If you contact us
by e-mail, we use your e-mail address (which is personally identifiable
information) only to respond to your specific request or question, after which
the address is deleted. If we ask for your parent's e-mail address, we keep
that information and use it only for the purpose of providing notices to
parents, administrating account permissions and parental approvals, requesting
parental consent as required under COPPA and keeping a record of such consent
and approvals.
We may collect your
contact information where necessary for your safety. If you want full access to
our site, we will collect your parent's e-mail address to contact your parent
for their consent to your use of the site. We may also collect your name and
e-mail address for the limited purposes of protecting the security and
integrity of the site, taking precautions against liability, responding to the
judicial process, or for law enforcement on a matter related to public safety.
If you believe that
any inaccurate or inappropriate information has been obtained or disseminated
through your use of this Web site, you should contact a representative of ClassScene at
privacy@ClassScene.com.
How does ClassScene use cookies and
other technology?
We may collect
information through technology to make our site more interesting and useful to
you. For instance, we collect IP addresses and use technology to track traffic
patterns on the site. Once you have logged into the site, we may track your
activities by using logs of database transactions and server interactions. This
data is used to improve your online experience. We also use this information to
understand which areas of our website are most appealing or least appealing.
Our site also use cookies, which are pieces of information
that a website sends to your computer while you are viewing the website.
Cookies provide information to the site so that the site will remember who you
are. These technical methods may involve the transmission of information either
directly to us or to another party we authorize to collect information on our
behalf.
How does ClassScene use the
information?
ClassScene’s
primary goal in collecting information is to improve the site and provide the
user with the best possible experience on the site. For example, by using the
information collected, we are able to provide you with an easy to use and
readily available forum to access your school’s on-line environment. We will
also use your personal information to notify you of other products or services available
from ClassScene and its affiliates.
Except as provided
herein, only ClassScene and its business affiliates and service providers will
have access to individuals' account information. We also may do research on our
users' demographics and behavior based on the information provided to us upon
registration, gathered from transaction activity, from our server log files or
from surveys. This research may be compiled, analyzed or sold on an aggregated
basis, which does not include information identifying individual users.
ClassScene also may share this data with business partners or other third
parties.
ClassScene may also
share certain information with third parties such as affiliated educational
institutions but such sharing is on an opt-in basis only. (See Choice/Opt-In
below).
Who is collecting information?
When you are on an ClassScene site and are asked for personal information,
you are sharing that information with ClassScene and its affiliates and service
providers. If personal data is to be collected and/or maintained by any company
other than ClassScene or its affiliates, we will attempt to notify you on the
Web site or in an updated version of this Privacy Policy. If you do not want
your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using
that particular service.
Please be aware
that other Web sites to which we link may collect personally identifiable
information about you when you visit those sites. The information practices of
other Web sites linked to our Web sites are not covered by this Privacy Policy.
With whom does
ClassScene share my information?
We will not
disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have
your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good
faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. The
following describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed.
How does IMH use the information?
IMH primary goal in
collecting information is to improve the site and provide the user with the
best possible experience on the site. For example, by using the information
collected, we are able to provide you with an easy to use and readily available
forum to access your IMH account information. We will also use your personal
information to notify you of other products or services available from IMH and
its affiliates.
Except as provided
herein, only IMH and its business affiliates and service providers will have
access to individuals' account information. We also may do research on our
users' demographics and behavior based on the information provided to us upon
registration, gathered from transaction activity, from our server log files or
from surveys. This research may be compiled, analyzed or sold on an aggregated basis,
which does not include information identifying individual users. IMH also may
share this data with business partners or other third parties.
Who is collecting information?
When you are on an
IMH site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that
information with IMH and its affiliates and service providers. If personal data
is to be collected and/or maintained by any company other than IMH or its
affiliates, we will attempt to notify you on the Web site or in an updated
version of this Privacy Policy. If you do not want your data to be shared, you
can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular service.
Please be aware
that other Web sites to which we link may collect personally identifiable
information about you when you visit those sites. The information practices of
other Web sites linked to our Web sites are not covered by this Privacy Policy.
With whom does ClassScene share my
information?
We will not
disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have
your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good
faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. The
following describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed.
Content: Information,
videos, photos, text and other content that you upload to the site will be
posted on your registered school’s account, subject to the content control
settings selected by the registered school and any related parent.
Blinded Data: We may disclose
“blinded” aggregated data and user statistics to prospective partners and other
third parties, and for other lawful purposes. Blinded data is data which does
not identify an individual person.
Students: All information
shared by you online will be made available to your parent or guardian and you
expressly consent to ClassScene’s disclosure of such information to your parent
or guardian.
Schools: All information
shared by you online may be made available to your school administrators and
you expressly consent to ClassScene’s disclosure of such information to your
school administrators.
Other: We also may
disclose your information in special cases when we have reason to believe that
disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal
action against someone who may be violating ClassScene's Terms and Conditions
of Use, or may otherwise be causing injury to or interference with (either
intentionally or unintentionally) ClassScene's rights or property, other
ClassScene Web site users or customers, or anyone else that may be harmed by
such activities. We may disclose or access account information when we believe
in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other
purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service and improve our products
and services.
We occasionally
hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including
packaging, delivering or mailing, answering customer questions about products
or services, sending postal mail, providing investor information and processing
data. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver
the service, and they are contractually prohibited from using that information
for any other purpose.
As we continue to
develop our business, we may buy or sell businesses or assets. In such
transactions, confidential customer information generally is one of the
transferred business assets. In the event of a transaction involving the sale
of some or all of ClassScene’s businesses, customer and site visitor
information may be one of the transferred assets. In such case, the transferred
information may become subject to a different privacy policy.
Based on your
permission via opt-in choice, we may share your information with business
affiliates that have strategic and business partnerships with IHM. These
alliances are carefully screened to further the mission of ClassScene.com to
provide an enriching environment that facilitates school spirit and academic
success.
How can I control
my personal information?
ClassScene offers
its customers choices for the collection, use and sharing of personal
information. You may login at www.classscene.com if you wish to view, edit or
delete your personal information from our database, and we will use commercially
reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.
How does
ClassScene protect financial-related information?
Keeping
your personal financial information private is vitally important to us. As a
matter of policy and business practice, ClassScene does not sell information
provided by its customers. At ClassScene we conform to the Payment Card
Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard for the protection of financial credit
card information. This standard provides security requirements for credit card
merchants to safely secure, transport and store your
sensitive personal and financial data. We may report a security breach to you
as required by law. Any user statistics that we may provide to prospective
partners regarding financial matters are provided in the aggregate only and do
not include any personally identifiable information about any individual user.
We will transfer your credit card number, bank account number or other personal
information to the appropriate credit card company or bank in order to process
any online payments.
What security precautions are in place to
protect the loss, misuse or alteration of my information?
Your ClassScene
Account Information and ClassScene Profile are password-protected so you have
access to this personal information. We use secure socket layer (“ssl”)
encryption technology for all transmission of credit card numbers, bank account
numbers, passwords and registration information. Remember to sign out of your
ClassScene account and close your browser window when you have finished your
work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your account by using your
computer when you are away from it. Because of the global nature of the
Internet, when you give us information, that information may be sent
electronically to servers outside of the country where you originally entered
the information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure. Except as discussed above or otherwise
designated, this site does not use security encryption measures over the
Internet. Therefore, information that you disclose by use of this site, by
posting a message or using e mail, potentially could
be collected and used by others since email and message postings are not
encrypted. This may result in unsolicited messages from third parties or use of
such information by third parties for their own purposes, legal or illegal. As
a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, ClassScene
cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or
from our services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your
transmission, we use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure its security on
our systems.
Choice/Opt-In
Except for administrative messages
needed to run the site and administer your account, our Web site provides users
the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us. Where indicated
just click on the appropriate radio button when completing a survey, form, or
registration process to opt-out of the designated communication. For example,
you may be able to opt-out of communications with ClassScene strategic
partners, participation in research products and communications with other
third parties. By default, you may be included in communications with affiliated
educational programs unless you opt-out. Please allow a reasonable period of
time for your changes to take effect.
To ensure that you will not receive
recurring marketing information from us unless you choose to, we will provide
you with simple instructions on each marketing email from ClassScene for you to
let us know that you have chosen to stop receiving such emails from us.
What else should I know about my
privacy?
Please keep in mind
that whenever you voluntarily disclose information online, that information is
accessible to other customers and users. Ultimately, you are solely responsible
for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information.
Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online.
When you or we end
your customer relationship with us, we will treat the information we have about
you as if you were still our customer.
Special Privacy Provisions for Children Under 13
We carefully follow
the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"). COPPA requires
us to inform parents and legal guardians about how we collect, use, and
disclose personal information that we receive from children under 13 years of age. We must obtain the consent of parents and guardians in order
for children under 13 years of age to use certain Web site features. The
following is an explanation of our practices with respect to children under the
age of 13 (“Young Children”) and our verifiable parental consent process for
parents or guardians of Young Children (“Parents”).
What types of personal information
do we collect about Young Children?
Young Children can
use publicly available portions of ClassScene.com without disclosing any
personal information. However, to become a ClassScene member, we do need to
collect personal information.
Unless your Parent
limits your user account, we collect the same information from Young Children
as we do other users of the site (see What information does ClassScene collect
from me?). This includes information such as name, age,
address, phone number, e-mail, school name, school affiliations, education
plans, hobbies and interests. We ask you this information to facilitate the
online school community. We do not ask such information as a condition to your
participation in any special activity.
We may collect
personal information from Parents in order to allow Young Children to
participate in certain features located on our Web sites. These features may
include sending e-mail, posting on message boards, uploading content and other
similar activities. In the course of a Young Child’s participation in these
features, a Young Child may also provide us additional information about
himself or herself, such as the contents of his or her message board postings.
If a Parent allows us to collect personal information about their Young Child,
we may link certain information collected through technology (see “How does ClassScene use cookies and
other technology?”) to that personal information.
How do we use and share the
personally identifiable information that we have collected about Young
Children?
If a Young Child
registers for membership, we use the Parent's e-mail address to notify the
Parent of the Young Child's registration request and to seek verifiable
parental consent. In addition, personal information regarding a Young Child may
be collected and used to enable a Young Child's participation in certain
interactive features such as sending e-mail, posting on message boards,
uploading content and other similar activities. These activities may involve disclosure
of a Young Child's personal information to third parties. In addition, we may
share a Young Child's personal information with third parties to the extent
reasonably necessary to: protect the security and integrity of our sites; to
take precautions against liability; to respond to judicial process; or to the
extent permitted under provisions of law, to provide information to law
enforcement agencies or for an investigation related to public safety.
Information of Young Children may also be used and disclosed in accordance with How does ClassScene use the
information? and With whom does ClassScene share my
information? above.
How does ClassScene notify Parents
and obtain consent from Parents for the collection of information from their
Young Children?
All student users
of ClassScene who are minors must be registered by their Parent. The Parent
enters the Parent Registration Page on ClassScene and provides contact
information for the Parent and any child the Parent wishes to register. The
registration process includes age information about each child. The Parent is
then asked for credit card information and a small transaction in run through
Pay Pal to confirm the Parent’s identity. The charge is then promptly reversed.
Once validated, the Parent may register his or her children and may designate
participation levels for each child. All participation levels are “opt-in” by
the Parent.
How can parents access, change or
delete personally identifiable information about their Young Children?
At any time Parents
can refuse to permit us to collect further personal information from their
Young Child and can request that any personal information we have collected be
deleted from our records. We use two methods to allow Parents to access,
change, or delete the personally identifiable information that we have
collected from their Young Children. A parent can access, change, or delete his
or her Young Child’s personal information by logging on to the Parent’s
account. Allow a reasonable period of time for any changes to take effect. Such
change or deletion will not result in a corresponding change or deletion in any
portion of the site made available to others.
A parent can also
contact our customer service department to access, change, or delete the
personal information that we have collected from his or her Young Child by
sending an e-mail to Privacy@ClassScene.com.
Please include the Young Child’s full name and school and the parent's e-mail
address in the e-mail so that we can better assist you with your inquiry or
request.
How does ClassScene notify parents
if our Privacy Policy changes?
We may amend our
Privacy Policy at any time, including portions applicable to Young Children. We
will provide Parents notice by e-mail of any material changes in the way we
intend to collect, use, and/or share personal information of Young Children.
Parents should continually update their personal information to provide us
current e-mail addresses. We will apply material changes in our Young Children'
Privacy Policy only in conformance with applicable law, including any
applicable provisions of COPPA that require parental consent.
Who do users contact with questions
or concerns about our Privacy Policy?
If you need further
assistance, please send an e-mail with your questions or comments to Support@ClassScene.com or write us at:
ClassScene
Interactive Media Holdings, LLC
903 East 104th Street
Suite 700
Kansas City, Missouri 64131
Attn: Privacy@ClassScene
You may also telephone us at: 877-723-6344.
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