Privacy Policy

Who we are

Anytown Central School District
115 Anywhere St.
Anytown NY 12222
(518) 292-6000
Joe Super, Ed.D., Superintendent

Our website is located at: https://wptraining.neric.org 

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Analytics and Stats

Our site uses a tracking code provided by Google Analytics to track the activity of website visitors. This data includes the visitors IP address, what pages they visited, what search terms they entered into the site, how long they were on the site and how they found the site. In addition,the browser name and version, and the operating system in use on the visitors computer or device is also collected.

Comments

Most pages on our site do not allow commenting, however when visitors are able to leave comments on our site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Contact forms

Our website may offer visitors online forms that they can use to register for events, sign up for services, or to contact the district with questions, feedback, etc. These forms collect names, email addresses, street addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information provided in the form. 
 
Data from online forms is sent to district or BOCES personnel via e-mail and/or stored in our database. 

Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored in the visitors web browser. Cookies are installed when a visitor first visits our site. The cookie stores information like the browser name and version, and the operating system in use on the visitors computer or device. 

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving 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 author 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 screen display 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.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Search Forms

We collect the search words and phrases visitors enter into our sites. No personally identifiable information is associated with those search terms.

Who we share your data with

Only authorized district personnel have access to our website and the data it contains. We do not share your data with any third-party vendor.

At times we may provide links to companies that offer services to parents and students. These services may include lunch payment services like My School Bucks, district notification systems like SNN, and others. If you choose to sign up for programs or services linked to on our site you should read the privacy policy provided by that company.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

We do not share personally identifiable information collected through our website to anyone outside  our organization.

To combat spam, visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. 

Additional information

How we protect your data

Our website uses browser encryption to protect any data you transmit from your computer or device to our website and server. In addition, our servers and network utilize several security tools and protocols to help prevent unauthorized access to our websites and any data stored in our sites.

What data breach procedures we have in place

If we detect a security breach that contains personally identifiable information we will endeavor to notify users through whatever contact information we have on file.

If you need to contact us

If you have questions about privacy or the protection of your information please call or email us at:

(518) 555-1212
privacy@neric.org 

Your rights under New York State Ed Law 2-D

New York State Education Law gives you the right to information about how AnyTown Central School District is safeguarding student and staff data. 

For more information:

If at any time the district learns that student and/or teacher/principal data has been compromised, parents and guardians will be notified, and the data breach will be reported to the state Education Department. Parents who have concerns or complaints about data privacy or security may file a complaint by contacting Jane Smith, Data Protection Officer at AnyTown Central School District – (518) 555-5555 or via e-mail at jsmith@anytown.org.