OVERVIEW
We at Omaha Public Schools (“OPS”) recognize your right to
confidentiality and are committed to protecting your
privacy. OPS operates under the following set of strict
privacy principles:
- The only
information OPS obtains about individual visitors to its
Web site is that supplied voluntarily by visitors.
- In cases
when OPS may need personal information to provide
visitors with customized content or to inform them about
new features or services, visitors are explicitly asked
for that information.
- Personally
identifiable information provided by visitors (name,
e-mail or home address, etc.) will not be disclosed to
anyone unless visitors indicate that OPS may do so.
- Only
statistical information about our visitors as a group
(usage habits, demographics) may be shared with any
partner of OPS. Personally identifiable information will
not be shared at any time without the visitor's
permission. OPS employs strict security measures to
safeguard on-line transactions; personal information is
stored in a secured database and always sent via an
encrypted Internet channel.
The following
discloses our information gathering and dissemination
practices for this Web site.
IP ADDRESSES
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your
computer whenever you access the Internet. All computer
identification on the Internet is conducted with IP
addresses, which allow computers and servers to recognize
and communicate with each other. OPS collects IP addresses
in order to conduct system administration and to conduct
site analysis. If a visitor requests pages from OPS, the OPS
servers enter the visitor's IP address into a log. To
maintain visitor anonymity, OPS does not associate IP
addresses with records containing personal information.
However, OPS will use IP addresses to identify any visitors
who refuse to comply with OPS's in-house rules or terms of
service, and to identify visitors who threaten our service,
site, customers or others.
COOKIES
Our site may place cookies in the browser files of your
computer. Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site
transfers to an individual's hard disk for record keeping
purposes. Our site may use cookies during your on-line
session to deliver content specific to your interests.
Cookies allow us to avoid showing you the same ad or other
message repeatedly. Our cookies do not contain personal
information. They do enable OPS to relate your use of the
site to information that you have specifically and knowingly
provided to our site.
REGISTRATION
In order to take advantage of some of the Site’s features
(such as email notification of school closings, etc.)
registration may be required. Such registration may require
users to give us contact information such as their name and
e-mail address, and demographic information such as a ZIP
code. The customer's contact information is used to contact
the visitor when necessary. Users may choose (opt-in) to
receive future mailings; see the choice/opt-in section
below. Demographic and profile data may also be collected at
our site. We use this data to tailor the visitor's
experience at our site, showing the visitor content that
reflects their stated preferences.
EXTERNAL
LINKS
In order to provide visitors with greater value, OPS may
provide links to various third-party Web sites. However,
even if a third-party affiliation exists between OPS and
that destination site, OPS exercises no authority over
linked sites, each of which maintains independent privacy
and data collection policies and procedures. OPS assumes no
responsibility or liability for these independent methods or
actions and is not responsible for the independent policies
or procedures of destination sites. Similarly, OPS cannot
take responsibility for the privacy initiatives or the
content of such Web sites. These destination links are
provided only for your convenience, and as such, you access
them at your own risk. However, OPS wishes to ensure the
integrity of the OPS Web site and its destination links, so
any comments pertaining to the OPS Web site or any sites
accessed through OPS links are greatly appreciated.
SURVEYS AND
QUESTIONNAIRES
Our on-line surveys and questionnaires may ask visitors for
contact and demographic information. The customer's contact
information is used to contact the visitor when necessary.
Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the
choice/opt-in/removal section below.
PUBLIC
FORUMS
OPS may provide its users with chat rooms, forums, message
boards and/or news groups. Please remember that any
information disclosed in these areas becomes public
information and you should exercise caution when deciding to
disclose your personal information.
CHOICE /
OPT-IN / REMOVAL OF INFORMATION
Our site gives users the opportunity to opt-in to receive
communications from us and our partners at the point where
we request information about the visitor.
This site also
gives users the following options for removing their
information from our database in order to stop receiving
communications or our service.
- You can call the following telephone number: (402 )
557-4466 .
POLICY
AMENDMENTS AND UPDATES
Please note that we review our privacy practices from
time to time, and that such practices are subject to change.
OPS reserves the right to change this privacy policy at
anytime by posting revisions on the OPS web site. We ask
that you periodically review this page to insure familiarity
with the most current version of our privacy policy.
However, this privacy policy is not intended to, and does
not, create any contractual or other legal rights in or on
behalf of any party.
CORRECT/UPDATE
This site gives users the following options for changing and
modifying information previously provided:
- call the following telephone number: (402 ) 557 -
4466.
ON-LINE
SERVICE AGREEMENT
Please
see our
On-line Service Agreement for other terms and conditions
governing your use of the OPS Web site.
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