Private Policy

EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF OSCEOLA COUNTY

WEBSITE PRIVACY

Item: 206A.09
Effective Date: 6/29/23
Revised: N/A

POLICY STATEMENT

The Early Learning Coalition of Osceola County is committed to keeping all personal information collected of those individuals that visit our website and make use of our online facilities and services accurate, confidential, secure, and private. Our privacy policy has been designed and created to ensure those affiliated with the Coalition of our commitment to and realization of our obligation not only to meet but to exceed privacy, security, and protection standards.

THEREFORE, this Privacy Policy shall apply to and shall govern all data collection and usage thereof. Using coalition’s website elcosceola.org you are herein consenting to the following data procedures expressed within this policy.

PROCEDURE

Applicability: This policy applies to all Coalition employees, consultants, and contractors. It must be read and understood by all Users of the Coalition’s systems and computing resources (“Systems”) and all applications used whether online or local (“Services”). Use of Coalition’s Systems and Services constitutes acceptance of, and agreement to abide by, the provisions set forth in this policy.

The Coalition may revise this policy at any time and will also be published on Coalition’s website off the homepage.
Collection of Information: This website collects various types of information, such as: voluntarily provided information, which may include your name, address, and email address for the services you have requested.

Please rest assured that this site shall only collect personal information that you knowingly and willingly provide by way of surveys, completed forms, and emails. It is the intent of this site to use personal information only for the purpose for which it was requested, and any additional uses specifically provided on this site.

It is highly recommended and suggested that you review the privacy policies and statements of any website you choose to use or frequent to better understand the way in which other websites garner, make use of, and share information collected
Use of Information Collected: We may collect and may make use of personal information to assist in the operation of our website and to ensure delivery of the services you need and request. At times, we may find it necessary to use personally identifiable information to keep you informed of other possible services that may be available to you from our website and our subsidiaries.

The Coalition and our subsidiaries may also be in contact with you about completing surveys and/or research questionnaires related to your opinion of current or potential future services that may be offered. The Coalition does not now, nor will it in the future, sell, rent, or lease any of our customer lists and/or names to any third parties. We may disclose your personal information, without prior notice to you, only if required to do so in accordance with applicable laws and/or in a good faith belief that such action is deemed necessary or is required to:

Remain in conformance with any decrees, laws and/or statutes or to comply with any process which may be served upon the Coalition and/or our website.
Maintain, safeguard and/or preserve all the rights and/or property of the Coalition
Safeguard under demanding conditions the personal safety of users of elcosceola.org and/or the public.

3.1 Children Under the Age of 13: The Coalition does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen (13). We will not collect privacy data on minors even with verifiable parental consent. If it is determined that such information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of thirteen (13), we shall immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system's database. Anyone under the age of thirteen (13) must seek and obtain parent or guardian permission to use this website.
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3.2 Unsubscribe or Opt-Out: All users and/or visitors to our website have the option to discontinue receiving communication from us and/or reserve the right to discontinue receiving communications by way of email or newsletters. To discontinue or unsubscribe to our website please send an email that you wish to unsubscribe to itadmin@elcosceola.org. If you wish to unsubscribe or opt-out from any third-party websites, you must go to that specific website to unsubscribe and/or opt-out.

3.3 Links to Other Web Sites: Our website does contain links to affiliates and other websites. The Coalition does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other such websites. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of every website that collect personally identifiable information. The Privacy Policy Agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our website.

3.4 Security: The Coalition shall endeavor to take commercially reasonable precautions to maintain adequate physical, procedural, and technical security with respect to our offices and information storage facilities to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of the user's personal information under our control. The company also uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) for authentication and private communications to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet and website use by providing simple and secure access and communication of personal information.

3.5 Changes to Privacy Policy Agreement: The Coalition reserves the right to update and/or change the terms of our privacy policy, and as such we will post those changes to our website homepage at elcosceola.org, so that our users and/or visitors are always aware of the type of information we collect, how it will be used, and under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose such information. If at any point in time, the Coalition decides to make use of any personally identifiable information on file, in a manner vastly different from that which was stated when this information was initially collected, the user or users shall be promptly notified by email. Users at that time shall have the option as to whether to permit the use of their information in this separate manner.

3.6 Acceptance of Terms: By using this website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of our sites. In addition, your continued use of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions shall mean that you agree to and accept such changes.

Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screenplay choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

PARTIES AFFECTED

Coalition Board members and current Coalition employees, School Readiness and/or VPK families, Sub-recipient, Vendors, Contractors

ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS / FORMS

N/A

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