Welcome to the College Park Academy (CPA) website located at www.collegeparkacademy.net (the “website”). CPA operates this website and provides it to you subject to the following Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. The terms state CPA’s policies pertaining to the collection, use, and disclosure of data. By using the CPA website, completing surveys and/or sending emails, you agree to the collection and use of information detailed in this policy.  

 

Information Collection and Use

College Park Academy is committed to protecting the privacy and information it collects from its community. This policy explains how CPA collects and handles information it receives from applicants and their families, students and their families, alumni, employees (including applicants for employment) and others who interact with CPA or its website.

 

Other than IP addresses and traffic information collected described below, we do not collect personally identifying information on our website unless you choose to provide such information to us. While using this website, we may ask you to provide us with personal information such as your name and contact information. The data that we collect will be used to contact or identify you. We may also collect and store other information about your online activities but we do not obtain any personal information about you in this instance. The information collected is used to operate and enhance our site. If you share a comment or a suggestion, we ask that you provide your contact and other pertinent information. In some cases, we may use your personal information to provide information back to you.

 

College Park Academy will not sell your personal information. CPA may share information, including your comments, with third-party providers to further the mission and purposes of College Park Academy. However, you can request that your information and/or comments be kept confidential.

 

Log Data

By visiting this website, we collect log data, information that your browser sends to us. Log data information may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser, type of device used, pages accessed on this website, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, country of access, and other relevant information.

 

Cookies and Web Beacons

We use cookies (a small text file placed on your computer to identify your computer and browser). We may also use Web beacons (a file placed on a website that monitors usage). We use cookies and Web beacons to improve the experience of the site and services we provide, such as pre-populating your username for easier login, to allow user-specific messaging or to permit user-specific advertising. We do not use cookies or Web beacons to collect Personal Information. Most Web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. At this time, the school does not recognize automated browser signals regarding tracking, including “do-not-track” signals. You can remove persistent cookies and change your privacy preferences by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” directory. However, certain features of the site or services may not work if you delete or disable cookies. Some of our third-party providers may use their own cookies and Web beacons in connection with the services they perform on our behalf.

Third-Party Providers

We utilize third-party providers and/or individuals plus partners and school systems due to the following reasons:

• To facilitate our web services
• To provide the web services on our behalf
• To perform web-related services
• To assist us in analyzing how our web service is used
• To complete forms, applications, and payment processing

These third-party providers may have access to your personal information you provide to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, third-party providers are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose. Third-party providers include, but are not limited to:

• Google
• Mailchimp
• WordPress.com

 

Email and Web Inquiries

You also may send us personally identifying information, for example, in an email message containing a question or comment, or by completing a web form that provides us with this information. We use personally identifying information from these communications primarily to respond to you. We may forward your correspondence to school representatives who are better able to answer your questions. We may also use your email to contact you in the future about our programs that we deem may be of interest to you. We do not sell your name or email address with any third-party providers.

 

Online Surveys

We conduct online surveys on the school’s website or via third party providers. It is school policy that confidential information gathered in these online surveys is used only for the purposes indicated in the survey. Unless otherwise noted on the specified survey, your answers are confidential and individual responses will not be shared with other parties. Aggregate data from surveys may be shared with external third parties.

 

Alumni and Friends

Alumni, friends and parents are lifelong members of the College Park Academy community. CPA is dedicated to keeping our alumni, friends and parents (past and present) connected to the school.

 

Types of information collected include name, address, phone number, email, gender, date of birth, date of graduation, employment, gifts received, and events attended. Credit card numbers are collected and used only for donation or payment processing through an encrypted, secure, third-party processing system, and are not retained for other purposes.

 

The information CPA collects is used for a variety of reasons, including:

• Directory information, including the online alumni community.
• Communicating with you to let you know about receptions, reunions, and other events with alumni or CPA faculty/administrators in the area.
• Making you aware of projects and opportunities to support the school (via volunteering, gifts, etc.)
• General fundraising
• Surveys
• Promoting services we may offer to alumni.

Since CPA likes to keep in contact with you for life, we retain these records permanently.

Security

We strive to use the best methods to protect your personal information. No method of transmission over the Internet or digital storage is 100 percent secure and reliable. We do not guarantee the absolute security of your personal data and information.

 

Links to Other Websites

CPA is not responsible for the practices or policies of the websites linked to or from the website, including without limitation their privacy practices or policies. If you elect to use a link that accesses another party’s website, you will be subject to that website’s practices and policies.

Terms of Use

When visiting our website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use the College Park Academy website if you do not agree to the terms and conditions.

 

Frames and Appearances

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our web pages that alter in any way the appearance of our website on another website or material.

 

Content Liability

We are not responsible for any content that appears on your website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that arise on your website. No link(s) should appear on any website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third-party rights.

 

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to amend our terms and conditions and request that you remove links to our website at any time. By linking to our website, you agree to immediately remove links upon request and to follow these terms and conditions.

 

Removal of Links from our Website

If you find a link on our website that is offensive, please contact us and we will consider your request. We are not obligated to remove links nor to respond to you directly. We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is current.

 

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

• Limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury
• Limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation
• Limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law
• Exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.

 

As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

 

Updates to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Periodically, we may update our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. Updates made to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are effective immediately after they are posted to this page.