Bellefonte Area Education Association is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Bellefonte Area Education Association Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Bellefonte Area Education Association website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Bellefonte Area Education Association collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Bellefonte Area Education Association also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Bellefonte Area Education Association. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Bellefonte Area Education Association for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Bellefonte Area Education Association Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Bellefonte Area Education Association public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Bellefonte Area Education Association does not read any of your private online communications.

Bellefonte Area Education Association encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Bellefonte Area Education Association so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Bellefonte Area Education Association is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Bellefonte Area Education Association and Bellefonte Area Education Association family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Bellefonte Area Education Association collects and uses your personal information to operate the Bellefonte Area Education Association Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Bellefonte Area Education Association also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Bellefonte Area Education Association and its affiliates. Bellefonte Area Education Association may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Bellefonte Area Education Association does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Bellefonte Area Education Association may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Bellefonte Area Education Association may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Bellefonte Area Education Association, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Bellefonte Area Education Association does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Bellefonte Area Education Association keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Bellefonte Area Education Association, in order to determine what Bellefonte Area Education Association services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Bellefonte Area Education Association to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Bellefonte Area Education Association Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Bellefonte Area Education Association or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Bellefonte Area Education Association; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Bellefonte Area Education Association, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Bellefonte Area Education Association Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Bellefonte Area Education Association pages, or register with Bellefonte Area Education Association site or services, a cookie helps Bellefonte Area Education Association to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Bellefonte Area Education Association Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Bellefonte Area Education Association features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Bellefonte Area Education Association services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Bellefonte Area Education Association secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Bellefonte Area Education Association secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Bellefonte Area Education Association will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Bellefonte Area Education Association encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Bellefonte Area Education Association is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Bellefonte Area Education Association welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Bellefonte Area Education Association has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Bellefonte Area Education Association at dsmith@psea.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.