Shoreline Public Schools Website Privacy Policy
Shoreline School District collects data when you visit our district and school websites (within the ssd412.org domain), and this page outlines our Privacy Policy. This is an outline of how we handle your data and the relevant state and federal laws that apply to personally identifiable information that you might provide in the course of navigating this site.
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our website privacy policy.
Information Gathered Automatically
When you visit our website, information such as your Internet network address, Internet service provider, operating system, web browser version, the site from which you arrived, and the time and date of your visit may be collected automatically as part of normal site operation. This information is not personally identifiable, and we do not link this information to any personally identifiable information you submit while using our site. This information is used solely to track web browsing patterns to better understand how our site is being used and, when necessary, to troubleshoot problems with the site.
Data Collection and Use
When you browse this website, we may collect and store information about your visit, such as:
- The internet domain and network address you use to access our site
- The type of web browser and operating system you are using
- The date and time of your visit
- The pages you visit on this website
- The last website you visited before coming to ours
- Other web traffic statistics
Shoreline School District saves the information we collect to help us understand how people use our systems, and we use that data to improve functions and services.
If you volunteer information on our website, such as participate in our surveys, email exchanges with us, or perform transactions with us online, the following additional information may be collected:
- Your email address and the contents of the email
- Information volunteered in response to a survey
- Information volunteered through an online form or transactions for any other purpose
We save what you send us. The information collected is not limited to text characters and may include audio, video, and graphic information. Any emails you send us may be used to respond to issues and to improve our systems. We may forward your email to another agency or a vendor for appropriate action in accordance with district official business.
No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties
The records retention schedules published by the Washington State Archives require us to keep this information for a limited time period and then later destroyed.
Under the Public Records Act, state and local agencies generally have to disclose records to the public upon request. Some collected information could be disclosed, but it does not apply to individual credit card information, student personal information, and directory information for commercial business purposes.
Personal Information
Personally identifiable information ("PII"), as defined in this Privacy Policy, is information about a natural person that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal information includes such things as your name, address, and phone number.
We will not collect PII about you unless you voluntarily provide it by emailing us, completing an online form or survey, or online transaction through the district. You may choose not to contact us by email or to provide any PII using an online form or survey. Your choice to not participate in these activities will not restrict your ability to access information provided on our site. If you choose to provide PII by emailing us, participating in a survey, or completing an online form or transaction, we may store this information.
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) governs information gathering online from or about children under the age of 13. We are especially concerned about protecting children's privacy. Under COPPA, a website must obtain parental permission before collecting PII about a child under the age of 13.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file stored by your browser that allows the website to remember your preferences, such as calendar settings and site bookmarks, on a site from visit to visit or to maintain your “logged in” status when visiting protected areas. The usage of a cookie is not linked to any personally identifiable information on our site. Web browsers have settings allowing you to reject cookies, selectively accept cookies, or delete cookies previously accepted. Be aware that rejecting or deleting cookies from our website may make certain functions unavailable to you.
Log Files
Like most standard website servers, we use website statistic packages such as Google Analytics to analyze trends in how our website is accessed and utilized. The information that is monitored includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, geographic location of visitors, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring and exit pages, platform type, date and time stamp, time spent on pages, and keywords used to find our site via search engines. This information is anonymous and cannot be directly linked to individual users. We may use the data to identify high- or low-usage areas of our website, pinpoint problem areas in our website, analyze broad demographic trends of our website visitors, and make decisions on how to make it easier for people to find and navigate our website.
Links
This website may contain links to other sites, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware that when they leave our website, they should read the privacy statements of each and every website and what personally identifiable information they collect. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' personal information. Whenever users submit personal information, such as contact or credit card information, through online forms, registration, or purchases, the information is encrypted by the highest level of SSL (Secured Sockets Layer) available. Servers that store PII are in a secure environment, and under no circumstances are credit card numbers permanently stored on our servers.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If our privacy policy is updated, we will post those changes on this page and update the Privacy Policy modification date below.
This policy was last modified on October 25, 2024.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions regarding this policy, our contact information is as follows:
Shoreline Public Schools
18560 1st Ave. NE
Shoreline, WA 98155
Phone: 206-393-4412
public.info@ssd412.org