Privacy Statement Overview:
International Christian Academy Online takes your trust - and your right to privacy - very seriously. The following privacy policy outlines the type of information we gather and how we use it. This includes school members, registered users, and visitors of the icacademyonline.com websites and related areas and services.
Icacademyonline.com gathers two types of information:
- Account Information : Information that you have provided to International Christian Academy Online for the purpose of maintaining an account with International Christian Academy as a member, parent, student, subscriber or other relationship. Account information may be required in order to receive access to certain information or services. Account information can include both demographic information (name, address, phone number, zip code, email address, etc.) and preference information (username, password, etc.),
- Usage information : Information that is automatically provided by each user's browser for each page requested on our site (commonly referred to as web site log data).
Account Data Use
Account data will not be sold, rented, or donated to anyone other than International Christian Academy Online and entities acting on behalf of International Christian Academy, except to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant.
International Christian Academy Online does not knowingly accept or use account information from children 12 years old or younger without parental consent.
Usage Data Use
International Christian Academy Online's web servers gather and analyze usage data from web site visitors to help with a variety of site management issues. None of the usage data collected will be used in conjunction with or related to your personal identity in anyway. For example, we use log data to:
- diagnose problems with our server,
- evaluate the sources of our user traffic (ie. where site visitors clicked from to reach us),
- determine traffic patterns through our site (to build better internal links and improve your ability to find what you want),
- understand and optimize our site for the broadest selection of browser types (again, to improve your experience).
International Christian Academy Online has instituted policies intended to ensure that your personal information (information which is personal to you or your child, such as name, address, email, telephone number, etc.) is maintained in a safe and responsible manner. We want you to know what type of information we collect and how it is maintained. If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, we can be reached via email at info@icacademyonline.com.
International Christian Academy Online reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify this privacy policy at any time. We encourage you to refer to this privacy policy on a frequent basis so that you understand our policies then in effect. Please note this privacy policy applies to www.icacademyonline.com only and not necessarily to affiliates and/or partners linked to the sites.
Information Collected:
International Christian Academy Online may gather information about you for purposes of fulfilling your ICAOnline order or to improve the content on our web site and our services. We may also use the information collected for marketing, promotional, and other reasonable commercial purposes. Such data may include information gathered upon subscribing to our services, ordering our products, in response to surveys, or other requests for information.
We do not collect personal information about you unless you provide it voluntarily. We will not require disclosure of more information than is reasonably necessary for purchasing our products or participation in our services.
Cookies
Our site uses cookies to improve our general recognition of repeat visitors and to simplify your experience while you're visiting us. Cookies are electronic "tags" placed on your browser by our servers to help our servers recognize users from one page to the next, while on our site. Cookies help insure things like:
- you only have to log-in once when you visit certain "members-only" areas,
- you can get customized (ie. selected by you) information without having to ask for it every visit, such as geographically specific information.
Cookies are required in order to access any of our restricted access sites. All cookies used on our web site are temporary and only exist while you are on our site, except for some cookies that you may actively choose to keep on your computer after your session has ended. Finally, cookies provide us with no information about who you are other than the information you have actively provided to us. Cookies also do not tell us where you go on the Internet when you are not at our site.
Use of Information:
International Christian Academy Onlinemaintains all ICAOnline student data, student educational information and student files as confidential. We guard the privacy of International Christian Academy Online students and families. We do not sell or share our student database. We have established strict security procedures to ensure that student files and information are not disclosed to unauthorized parties.
International Christian Academy Online periodically makes its customer mailing list available to companies that market products or services of interest to Christian home school families. Please notify us at info@icacademyonline.comif you do not want to make your name or address available for this free service.
Non-Disclosure of Information:
Occasionally, we may share this information with our educational partners to bring similar information to your attention. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact with you, we will respect your wishes. Please contact the Academy to request that your name and address be removed from our lists. If you do not want to receive our marketing, please submit to info@icacademyonline.com a request to have your address removed.
Other than directory information, data you provide to us as you use the International Christian Academy Online web site will be held in strict confidence by the Academy and will be used for Academy purposes only. The Academy may share aggregate information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties. However, the individual information you provide us within the International Christian Academy Online web site will be known only to you and the Academy. We will not share your personal data with anyone else, except as may be required by law.
Privacy Protection for Children:
International Christian Academy Online urges parents and guardians to discuss with their children restrictions regarding the online release of personal information to anyone they don't know and to monitor their children's Internet activities. We strive to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA).
Please read this privacy policy in its entirety to understand what personal information is collected from children on our web site and how we use such information. We use our best efforts to establish and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information collected from children, although no assurances are provided.
No part of our web site is specifically structured to attract children under the age of 13, except as a student enrolled in our Academy and under the guidance and supervision of an adult. Parental/Guardian consent is required in order for any child under 13 years of age to submit personal information to the web site, and before International Christian Academy Online will use or disclose that personal information. Only a parent or guardian may register a child for access to www.icacademyonline.com.
We will provide to a parent or guardian, upon proper request and identification, the following information about their child: (i) a description of the specific types of personal information collected from the child, and (ii) the opportunity at any time to refuse further use or future online collection of personal information from that child. We request that the parent or guardian contact us via info@icacademyonline.com, U.S. mail, or facsimile with a sufficiently detailed request for information or notice, referring to contact information below. Certain exceptions may apply to the foregoing provisions, pursuant to COPPA and other applicable law.
If you are a parent, guardian, teacher, school administrator, tutor, or similar party entering information about children, you represent that you have proper authority to submit the child's personal information and agree to hold International Christian Academy Online blameless from any and all claims relating to the acceptance and use of such information.
Links from Our Site to Other Sites:
Some Academy pages may contain links to other sites external to the Academy. When you access these external web sites, the providers of the sites will have access to certain information about you. International Christian Academy Online is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any web sites which we do not directly control.
