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This statement discloses
the privacy practices of Junior Achievement
of Southwest New England
Our Privacy Vow
Your privacy is important.
We strive to provide you with a safe and secure
user experience. On occasion, there may be instances
wherein information must be obtained in order
to differentiate you from our thousands of other
unique visitors. This helps us provide information
and services that are most relevant to you.
We collect information through
registration and cookies.
Registration
When registering for certain
services such as contests, promotions, online
curriculum and games, we may ask that you provide
us with some information. This information may
include your name, passwords, email address,
phone number, and postal address, some or all
of which will be used for personalization and
identification purposes only.
Cookies
Some of our Web pages use
“cookies” so that we can better serve you with
more tailored information. Cookies are pieces
of information that Web sites transfer to your
browser to keep on your computer for
record-keeping purposes. These cookies allow
us to “save” your passwords and settings so
that you can avoid re-entering them each time
you return for a visit. It should be understood
that cookies do NOT collect any information,
but rather store preferences. The information
we collect and analyze is used for the sole
purpose of improving our service to you.
The use of cookies is now
an industry standard, and will be found on most
major Web sites. If you so desire, you can set
your browser to either notify you when you have
received a cookie, or refuse cookies altogether.
It should be understood that many sites will
not function properly if your browser is set
to decline cookies.
Use of Information
Any personal information
you provide to Junior Achievement of Southwest
New England is maintained and accessible only
by Junior Achievement unless specifically stated
otherwise. Junior Achievement of Southwest New
England may use the information it collects
in any of the following ways:
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We use aggregate data
collected to inform our local offices of
the number of people from their areas who
are registered users. No personally identifiable
information is disclosed in this process;
only general information in aggregate form.
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Nonspecific, aggregate
data is also used for the purposes of collecting
general demographic information, measuring
user interests, and analyzing the collective
characteristics and behaviors of our registered
visitors. The collection of this information
allows us to appropriately change, update,
and service the Web site in accordance to
common trends.
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From time to time, Junior
Achievement of Southwest New England may
use your information to inform you of changes
and enhancements to our content and services.
For those who have elected to receive information
from Junior Achievement such as offers or
information about the company, we may send
you direct mail regarding products we feel
may be of interest to you. We will NOT release
your personal information to other organizations
without your express permission.
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If you enter a sweepstakes
or contest, we may use your provided information
to contact you if you should win.
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Junior Achievement of
Southwest New England is in compliance with
the Children’s Online Privacy Protection
Act of 1998 (COPPA). The personally identifiable
information we collect is in no way intended
for those under the age of 13. Where “age”
or “date of birth” is requested, it must
be indicated that the user is over 13 years
of age in order for the information to be
stored or transmitted.
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We respond to subpoenas,
warrants, or other court orders regarding
information that is contained within our
access logs concerning any member or visitor.
We also reserve the right to release that
information concerning a user who we believe
is in violation of Junior Achievement's
terms and conditions or other published
guidelines and official rules, even without
a subpoena, warrant, or other court order.
We cooperate with law enforcement agencies
in identifying those who use our servers
for illegal activities. We also reserve
the right to report any illegal activity
to law enforcement.
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Junior Achievement also
cooperates with, and reserves the right
to release any and all information to, tax
collection and tax law enforcement agencies
in order to identify those users who may
owe taxes on earnings from Junior Achievement
prize winnings. (U.S. residents who win
$600.00 or more combined cash and merchandise
prizes in a calendar year must provide their
Social Security number in order to receive
"1099" forms from Junior Achievement.)
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Junior Achievement of
Southwest New England uses SSL security
on any form that requires credit card information.
We will never ask for information that could
be used in a phishing scheme without the
SSL security behind the form.
Individuals may opt-out of communications,
thereby terminating all existing information
he or she may have registered with Junior Achievement
of Southwest New England.
Any modifications to this
policy will be posted in this space. We welcome
any questions or comments you have.
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