STEPHEN GAYNOR SCHOOL PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: October 16, 2023
Stephen Gaynor School (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to respecting your privacy and helping to protect any personal information you share with us. We provide this privacy policy to describe how we collect, use, and share information of individuals who visit our website at https://www.stephengaynor.org/ (the “Site”).
Information Collection
When you use our Site, we may ask for information about yourself or your child in order to provide the services you request. This may include information such as your name, contact information, payment card or other financial information, employment information, information pertaining to your child’s academic interests, or additional information you choose to provide to us. For example, we may collect this information when you submit forms through our Site, register for events and programs, donate to Stephen Gaynor School, complete alumni surveys, join our newsletter list, or send us an inquiry.
As part of the admissions and enrollment process, we may receive information about students and prospective students from third parties and combine that information with other personal information that we collect. We may collect the following personal information about you and your child from you or third-party sources: teacher recommendations; student records and personal information Stephen Gaynor School receives directly from schools that students previously attended; and student personal information obtained through our admissions, placement, and testing procedures.
We (or other third parties as described below) automatically collect some information relating to your interactions with us and our Site, including browser type, IP address, pages visited and other activities on the Site, device type, time and date of visit, and other information we collect through the use of cookies and similar technology. See the “Digital Advertising and Analytic” section of this privacy policy to learn more about the use of this information and the choices available to you.
Current parents, students, and applying families may provide additional information through separate portals linked on our Site. For more information about information collected via these third-party portals, please see the “Third-Party Links and Tools” section of this privacy policy.
Information Use
We may use the information we collect for any lawful purpose, including the following:
- To provide Stephen Gaynor School’s services, including to register you or your child for our programs and services;
- To respond to your inquiries and requests;
- To communicate with website visitors, students, parents, applicants, alumni, and others;
- To provide newsletters, updates, surveys, and other content that may be of interest to you;
- For business purposes, such as analytics, research, advertising and marketing, payment processing, and operational purposes;
- To maintain, operate, personalize, and improve the Site;
- To comply with the law and maintain the security of our Site and Stephen Gaynor School; or
- With your consent, or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection or use.
Information Sharing
We may share the information we collect through the Site with parties affiliated with Stephen Gaynor School including, to the extent permitted by law:
- With parents/guardians of a student;
- With our teachers and other employees of Stephen Gaynor School; or
- With volunteers, contractors, consultants, and other third parties that help us provide certain activities and features, including academic, enrollment, tuition, and communications or marketing services. Please see the “Third-Party Links and Tools” section below for additional information.
We may also share the information we collect through the Site with outside organizations in limited ways, such as when the sharing is:
- With vendors who provide services to us, such as payment processors, email services, analytics providers, and website hosting and support services, among others;
- With Advertising Partners as described in the “Digital Advertising and Analytics” section;
- At your direction or request (including direction by a student’s parent/guardian on behalf of the student), such as providing information to third parties related to standardized testing or transfers to a new school;
- With accreditation, oversight, and research authorities, or with our legal or business advisors;
- Part of an actual or potential sale, merger, or acquisition, or transfers of all or part of our assets, including as part of a bankruptcy proceeding;
- Pursuant to a subpoena, court order, governmental inquiry, or other legal process or as otherwise required to protect our rights or the rights of third parties, or to protect the safety or security of any person or entity; or
- With your consent or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection or sharing.
We may share information that has be deidentified (including aggregated information) without limit.
Digital Advertising and Analytics
We may partner with ad networks and other ad serving providers (“Advertising Providers”) that serve ads on behalf of us and others on non-affiliated platforms. Some of those ads may be personalized, meaning that they are intended to be relevant to you based on information Advertising Providers collect about your use of the Site and other sites or apps over time, including information about relationships among different browsers and devices. This type of advertising is known as interest-based advertising.
You may visit the DAA Webchoices tool at www.aboutads.info to learn more about this type of advertising and how to opt out of this advertising on websites by companies participating in the DAA self-regulatory program. You can also exercise choices regarding interest-based advertising on your mobile device by downloading the appropriate version of the DAA’s AppChoices tool at https://youradchoices.com/appchoices.
If you delete your cookies or use a different browser or mobile device, you may need to renew your opt-out choices exercised through the DAA Webchoices tool. Note that electing to opt out will not stop advertising from appearing in your browser or applications. It may make the ads you see less relevant to your interests.
We may also work with third parties that collect data about your use of the Site and other sites or apps over time for non-advertising purposes. For example, Stephen Gaynor School uses Google Analytics to improve the performance of the Service and for other analytics purposes. For more information about how Google Analytics collects and uses data when you use our Service, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners, and to opt out of Google Analytics, visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You may adjust your web browser to limit the use of or block cookies, but this may limit the functionality of certain parts of our Site.
Security
We maintain safeguards designed to help protect the personal information we collect, use, and disclose.
Third-Party Links and Tools
Pages on the Site may contain links to third-party portals, websites, and apps. Some parts of the Site may also include integrated social media tools or “plug-ins,” such as social networking tools offered by third parties. If you use these tools to share personal information or you otherwise interact with social media features on the Site, those social media companies may collect information about you and may use and share such information in accordance with your account settings, including by sharing such information with the general public.
Your interactions with third-party companies as described in this section and your use of their features are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide those features. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policies of any accounts you create and use.
Your Choices
To opt out of our email marketing, you can use the link provided at the bottom of each marketing message. If you opt out of our email marketing, we will still send you messages related to our transactions and relationship with you.
For choices with respect to third-party interest-based advertising activities, please see the “Digital Advertising and Analytics” section above.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
If our information practices change, we will post these changes on this page. We encourage you to visit this page periodically to learn of any updates.
Contact
If you have questions, comments, or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us at: