Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Your privacy concerns are important to us at Because Learning, and we are committed to protecting your privacy. Please read the following Privacy Policy to understand how your personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) will be treated as you use this website. When you use this website, you consent to the use of your Personal Information by Because Learning in the manner specified in this Privacy Policy. This policy may change periodically, so please check back from time to time. For your information, the date of the last update to this Privacy Policy is stated at the bottom of this document.
2. Personal Information
You can generally visit our website without revealing Personal Information about yourself. However, in certain sections of this website and when you download or use our software, we may invite you to provide us with Personal Information. Due to the nature of some of these activities, we may collect Personal Information (e.g., name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) that you voluntarily choose to submit or otherwise disclose to us, including information submitted or disclosed on our website, or by mail, telephone, fax or electronically.
Because Learning may store and process voluntarily submitted Personal Information to better understand your needs and how we may improve our products and services. Unless otherwise stated or requested by you, we may use your Personal Information to contact you and provide you with notices regarding goods or services that you have purchased or may wish to use or purchase. For example, we may send you marketing materials or other information, respond to your comments or requests, or contact you if needed in the course of providing the services offered over our website.
If you have submitted Personal Information through this website, or if someone else has submitted your Personal Information through the website or interactive advertisement, and you would like to have that information deleted from our marketing databases, please contact us via e-mail at info@BecauseLearning.com, send a letter to our webmaster by mail or facsimile or call us at the number indicated below. We will then use reasonable efforts to remove your Personal Information from our files.
3. Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
We use third parties to assist us in providing our services, and we may provide Personal Information to these third parties. However, we will only share Personal Information with third parties if they agree to maintain the confidentiality of your Personal Information and to use this information only in connection with providing services to us and assisting us in providing our services. These other entities may use and disclose information as provided in this Privacy Policy.
We may use your information to gather and provide aggregated or statistical information that is not personally attributable to you. For example, we may aggregate certain information regarding use of the services so that your usage of the services is not discernable from the aggregate usage of our services. We may use and share with third parties any information that we derive from Personal Information but that is not personally identifiable to you.
We may disclose Personal Information if compelled to in connection with a legal or regulatory proceeding, or in connection with enforcing our rights or defending ourselves in a legal or regulatory process.
We may obtain your consent to disclose your Personal Information to a third party, in which case we will limit our disclosure and the use of your Personal Information only to the purposes for which we obtain your consent. If we disclose your Personal Information to a third party with your consent, then this information will become subject to the privacy policy or other privacy commitments, if any, of that third party.
4. Children’s Privacy
Because Learning recognizes the privacy interests of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests.Because Learning does not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 13 unless that child has created an account on our website through a school or educational institution that has provided appropriate consent and authorization for the child to useBecause Learning’s services and forBecause Learning to collect information from such student.
In the event we learn that we collected Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13 and do not have a consent from a school or educational institution, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about anyone under the age of 13, please contact us by email at info@BecauseLearning.com, or by mail to:
Because Learning, Inc.
341 South Main Street, Suite 111 Salt Lake City, UT 84111
5. Non-Personally Identifiable Information
In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet browser or computer operating system you are using, the domain of the website from which you came to our site, demographic information in aggregate form, and user preferences in website content and advertising.Because Learning may use this information to help us in website research and development.
6. Monitoring, Enforcement & Legal Requests
Because Learning has no obligation to monitor the website or the use of the website, or to retain the content of any user session. However,Because Learning reserves the right at all times to monitor, review, retain and/or disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request or to cooperate with law enforcement and other authorities in investigating a claim of illegal activity. We may use IP addresses to identify a user when we feel it is necessary to protect our service, website, customers or others.
7. Forums
Our website and applications may offer community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.
8. Social Networking and Other Platforms
We may allow you to connect to our website and login to your account via, or share information with, certain social networking or other third party platforms (“Social Networking Platforms”) (e.g., a Facebook application). By choosing to use these Social Networking Platforms, you allow Because Learning to share information with the Social Networking Platform. If you do not want us to continue to provide your information to the Social Networking Platform, you may change your privacy settings in the Social Networking Platform.
We do not control the privacy practices of the Social Networking Platforms and sign-in services you choose to use and this privacy policy does not cover their practices, you should visit the privacy policies of any Social Networking Platform or sign-in service you choose to use to understand their practices.
9. Other Sites
Except as otherwise expressly discussed in this Privacy Policy, this policy only addressesBecause Learning’s use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent that you visit or disclose Personal Information to other sites, you are subject to the privacy customs and policies of these other sites. We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose any Personal Information. The website may provide links to other websites or resources over whichBecause Learning does not have control (“External Web Sites”). Such links do not constitute an endorsement byBecause Learning of those External Web Sites. You acknowledge that Because Learning is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and further agree thatBecause Learning is not responsible for the content of such External Web Sites. Your use of External Web Sites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies located on the linked External Web Sites.
10. Transmission Errors or Unauthorized Acts
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, Because Learning cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or any information provided by our online services, and you do so at your own risk. Because Learning will not be liable for disclosures of your Personal Information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties. However, once we receive your transmission, we do our best to ensure its security on our systems by making reasonable efforts to protect the information.
11. Security and Retention
Any information provided to Because Learning is treated with care and discretion. Because Learning will take a proactive approach to ensure the information is kept private and not misused.
We will retain your Personal Information for so long as necessary to meet our business needs and to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. This Personal Information is primarily stored in digital media, and when we no longer need to retain your Personal Information we will dispose of your Personal Information, whether stored in digital media or in hard copies, in a secure manner.
12. Processing of Personal Information
Our computer systems are currently based in the United States, so your Personal Information will be processed by us in the U.S. where data protection and privacy regulations may not offer the same level of protection as in other parts of the world, such as the European Union. If you create a user account with our website as a visitor from outside the United States, by using our website you agree to this Privacy Policy and you consent to the transfer of all such information to the United States, which may not offer an equivalent level of protection of that required in the European Union or certain other countries, and to the processing of that information as described in this Privacy Policy.
13. Transfer of Personal Information
If we are involved in a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding or event, we may transfer the Personal Information we have collected or maintain to the buyer or other successor. In the event of this type of transaction, we will take reasonable steps to require that any such buyer or successor adhere to the obligations set forth in this notice.
14. Questions about the Privacy Policy
Privacy and security is important to us all. We pursue a full-disclosure approach to responsibly care for the information you have entrusted with us, and we depend on information sharing as our principal means to best serve you. This is why we are committed to building a trusting relationship with you. We will continually monitor user feedback and seek to improve our services to meet your needs. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website, or your dealings with the website, or would like to provide comments, you can send us an e-mail at info@BecauseLearning.com, or contact us by mail to:
Because Learning, Inc.
341 South Main Street, Suite 111 Salt Lake City, UT 84111
The Because Learning Privacy Policy was last updated on Sep 12, 2017.