Privacy Policy

This privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) governs your use of DigitalLearningPractices.org (the “Site”) and the products, software, and services made available through the Site (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document, but excluding any services provided to you by DigitalLearningPractices.org under a separate written agreement).

Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Privacy Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information.

Information Gathered by DigitalLearningPractices.org
For visitors to our website, we log standard technical information, such as the numerical Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using; the browser software you use and your operating system; the date and time you accessed the site, and the Internet address of the website from which you followed a link to our site. The information is kept primarily to assist us in diagnosing technical problems and defending against attacks on the site. In addition, DigitalLearningPractices.org collects and retains information you submit to us. It is up to you whether to submit information to us, and how much information to provide. We may ask for additional personal information (such as your name, mailing address, email address, or phone number) when you provide feedback or comments, or otherwise communicate with us.

In order to ensure that the content from DigitalLearningPractices.org remains up to date, user-oriented and comprehensive, this website employs Google Analytics and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting, a web-analysis tool from Google Inc. (“Google”) that enables us to optimize our Services for you. Google Analytics uses cookies that track your preferences during your visit to our websites. This allows us to simplify navigation, for example, thereby helping us to make the site more user-friendly. The information that is generated in this process (including the IP address) is anonymized, making personal identification impossible. An evaluation for reporting purposes is carried out only after the anonymization process. As a user of our website, you always have the option of disabling cookies in your browser settings. Most browsers allow cookies as a default setting. Should you change this setting, this may disrupt certain functions of our websites. Furthermore, you can prevent Google’s acquisition and processing of the information that is generated by the cookie and concerns your activity on the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing a browser plug-in. In this process, your IP-Address is in a first step reduced to Countries in the European Union or other Countries in the European Economic Community. The actual link to the tool is: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Further information on the terms of use and the privacy options of Google are available on: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html

When you visit DigitalLearningPractices.org, we may also send one or more cookies – a small file containing a string of characters – to your computer or other device that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
Note: When content or Services are embedded on or provided through websites other than this Site, the providers of those websites may collect information about you and use it in accordance with their respective privacy policies. DigitalLearningPractices.org cannot vouch for those policies or how they are implemented. Third party websites that may be accessed through the site may use cookies, alone or with web beacons or other tracking technology, to collect information about you when you use the Site, and they may be able to associate the information they collect about you with the personal information they collect on their websites. They may use this information to provide you with behavioral advertising or other targeted content. We cannot control any third party tracking technologies or how they may be used.

Use of Information by DigitalLearningPractices.org
In general, DigitalLearningPractices.org uses the information provided by you to further its mission, including encouraging its core values of equity, participation, and social connection. We also look at technical information to diagnose problems with our server and to administer DigitalLearningPractices.org site. We will use any personal information you provide to us in order to respond to your inquiry and to help us provide you any information you have requested. We may retain records of any correspondence from you for internal record-keeping purposes.

Sharing and Disclosure of Your Information
While DigitalLearningPractices.org endeavors to provide the highest level of protection for your information, we may disclose personally identifiable information about you to third parties in limited circumstances, including: (1) with your consent; (2) to our affiliates and other trusted service providers who need that information to conduct business on our behalf (in which case we will provide them only with the information they need to know in order to perform those services, and will work with them to respect and protect your personal information); or (3) when we have a good faith belief it is required by law, such as pursuant to a subpoena or other judicial or administrative order.If we are required by law to disclose the information that you have submitted, we will attempt to provide you with notice (unless we are prohibited from doing so) that a request for your information has been made in order to give you an opportunity to object to the disclosure. We will attempt to provide this notice by email, if you have given us an email address, or by postal mail if you have entered a postal address. If you do not challenge the disclosure request, we may be legally required to turn over your information.
In addition, we may independently object to requests for access to information about users of our site that we believe to be improper.
Except as described above, we will not sell any personal information about you that we may collect through the Site to anyone for any purpose.

Security
DigitalLearningPractices.org protects personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, or use.

Changes to Our Policies
DigitalLearningPractices.org’s Privacy Policy may change from time to time. However, any revised privacy policy will be consistent with our mission. If we make any substantive changes to our policies, we will post notice of changes on this page.

Do Not Track Requests
Do Not Track is a preference that you can set in your web browser to let the websites you visit know that you do not want them to collect information about you. The Site and the Services are not equipped to respond to Do Not Track settings. In addition, we cannot assure you that third parties servicing or placing advertisements on the Site will honor any Do Not Track settings.

A Note About Children’s Online Privacy
We comply with all applicable national and international children’s privacy regulations, including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, as amended. The Site is not structured to attract anyone under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

Effective Date
The effective date of this privacy policy is March 26, 2019.