Last updated February 26, 2024
The privacy policy describes Homeschool Connections’ practices with respect to personal information provided to Homeschool Connections when you visit our website. This Privacy Statement does not apply to your use of a third-party site linked to this website. Please refer to the privacy statement of that third-party site to understand how they handle your personal information.
We collect personal information from you when you visit our website, register for an account, or place an order. We also collect personal information from you when you contact us for customer service or technical support. We may also collect personal information from you when you participate in a survey, contest, or promotion. This information is confidential and will not be shared with third parties, unless necessary to fulfill your request, as required to provide our services, or as required by law.
Credit card information is not stored by us, but it is used by the third-party provider that processes credit card transactions on our behalf to fulfill your request.
When you visit our website, log in, register, or open an email, cookies, ad beacons, and similar technologies may be used by our online data partners or vendors to associate these activities with information they or others have about you, including your email address. We (or service providers on our behalf) may then send communications and marketing to these email addresses. You may opt out of receiving this advertising by visiting https://app.getemails.com/optout.
The following information is typical of what may be collected and stored automatically from all users accessing the website to browse or download information:
This information is used to assess what information is of most interest to users, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. (For more information, see section on the use of Google Analytics).
When you visit our website, log in, register or open an email, cookies, ad beacons, and similar technologies may be used by our online data partners or vendors to associate these activities with information they or others have about you, including your email address. We (or service providers on our behalf) may then send communications and marketing to these email addresses. You may opt out of receiving this advertising by clicking UNSUBSCRIBE in any of our marketing emails or by emailing you at [email protected].
Homeschool Connections’ website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users utilize our site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website includes your IP address. This information will be transmitted to and stored by Google on its servers. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to Internet usage, such as serving advertisements based on your interest in HSC. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. HSC may employ other similar analytics services from time-to-time; for specific information, contact us at [email protected].
To communicate effectively with visitors to our website, we may ask you for personally identifiable information that can include name, email address, or phone number. Homeschool Connections will never sell or trade personally identifiable information you voluntarily provide to us such as name, email address, or phone number, to other businesses unless one or more of the following conditions apply:
We use the personal data you provide to us to:
We do not sell, share, or otherwise disclose any personal information you provide to us through the Homeschool Connections website such as email address, name, or phone number, except as provided in this Privacy Policy. We may share information that you provide us with third-party service providers who help us to provide our services and operate. As required by law, such sharing of information will be subject to an agreement with each such service provider, requiring such service provider to comply with data protection requirements. We use service providers, which may change from time to time, to undertake some of the following activities:
Homeschool Connections takes steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access. While we take reasonable measures to protect the information you submit via the website against loss, theft, and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. No internet, email, or mobile application transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Email or other messages sent through the website may not be secure. You should use caution whenever submitting information through email or a website and take special care in deciding which information you provide to others.
Homeschool Connections will not use or share the personal information we collect on the website in ways unrelated to the purpose for which you provided the information without first obtaining your permission, and you can change your mind at any time.
Homeschool Connections may use information you provide to us to inform you of changes to our website or to provide you other news and information that we believe would be of interest to you. At your request, Homeschool Connections will remove any contact information you have provided from its files. To make your request, email us at [email protected].
Homeschool Connections maintains and updates personal information that you provide to us. You may ask us to update and correct your information by contacting us at [email protected].
Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code permits California residents to request from a business, with whom the California resident has an established business relationship, certain information about the types of personal information the business has shared with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of the third parties with whom the business has shared such information during the immediately preceding calendar year. You may make one request each year by emailing us at [email protected] or by writing to us at Homeschool Connections, P.O. Box 1386, Keller, Texas 76244.
Our website is intended for adult users. If you are under the age 13, we will not process any of the personal data that you may have submitted to us until we have promptly received the express consent from your parent or legal guardian. If this consent is not promptly provided to us, any data that you may have submitted during the account creation process will be immediately purged from our system to make certain that we are not retaining any of your data. For questions about our compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act please contact [email protected].
Homeschool Connections’ website may contain links to external websites, or embedded content from external websites, not owned by, or officially affiliated with, Homeschool Connections. Homeschool Connections is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this website, please contact us at [email protected] or send mail to: Homeschool Connections P.O. Box 1386 Keller, Texas 76244