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Privacy Policy
At Education Planet we strive to provide teachers, students and parents with high quality, safe educational resources, tools, services while fully respecting and protecting the privacy of our visitors and members.
What type of information do we collect?
Personally Identifiable Information
Education Planet requests personally identifiable information from visitors registering for Lesson Planet Memberships. The information we collect for Lesson Planet Memberships includes first and last name, email address, school name and zip code. We only collect personally identifiable information from you when you voluntarily submit it. We use this information to contact you about administrative issues like scheduled membership upgrades, membership renewal reminders and membership expiration. If you allow us, this information is used to contact you with updates on new products and features as well as special promotions from Education Planet and our partners. If you allow us, we will also email you our biweekly Lesson Planet Newsletter. We do not collect any individually identifiable information on children under the age of 13.
Personally Identifiable Information Collected by Teacher Web Tools Users
Education Planet's Teacher Web Tools suite of web-based applications is designed for direct use by K-12 educators and indirect use by students and parents. Lesson Planet Members using Teacher Web Tools may utilize the following web tools: TeacherSiteMaker, Online Storage, NewsletterMaker, AssignmentMaker and LessonMaker. If members use these tools, they may request personally identifiable information from their students and parents. Even though members are using Teacher Web Tools to interact with students and parents, the personal information is collected by the individual Lesson Planet Member, not by Education Planet. Any information posted using any Teacher Web Tool is the responsibility of the member and not Education Planet. Members should be aware of The Children's Olnine Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Please visit www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm to learn more.
Anonymous Survey Information
We collect non-personally identifiable information via voluntary visitor surveys. This information is anonymous and used to gain a broad picture of visitor interests and usage patterns relating to Education Planet.
Add Comment & Read Comments
As an added value feature, all Lesson Planet Silver and Gold Members are invited (via the "Add Comments" link) to share with their teacher colleagues any helpful comments, insights or add-on activities that are specific to the lesson available for comment. Once a member's comment (and overall rating) is submitted via the "Add Comment" area it becomes available to all Lesson Planet Silver and Gold Members via the "Read Comments" link. All comments and ratings voluntarily added to the "Add Comment" area, become the property of Education Planet. Education Planet editors reserve the right to delete any comments that may not appropriately relate to the specific lesson available for comment. In order to protect the privacy of Members, when a Member contributes a lesson-specific comment via the "Add Comment" area, only the Member's first name, first initial of their last name, state (or country) and comment date will appear under their comment in the "Read Comments" area for that lesson.
With whom we share your information?
Education Planet aggregates data from cookies to anonymously determine visitor and member usage patterns. Cookies are also used to facilitate the use of Teacher Web Tools and membership areas. Education Planet will never willfully disclose individually-identifiable information about its members to any third party without first receiving a particular member's permission.
Other sites listed in the Education Planet site may send you their own cookies or solicit you to gather your personal information. We do not control these cookies or the content of these third parties. The site that you are visiting can contain its own privacy policy and may differ from ours.
Children Under Age 13
Education Planet is committed to protecting the privacy of all of its visitors, especially children. In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, Education Planet does not sign up students under the age of 13 for any marketing or promotional purpose. The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) enforces this act for their protection. At Education Planet we are working hard to keeping children safe on the Internet. If you have any question regarding privacy and safety questions, please e-mail us at support@lessonplanet.com. Also, listed below are a few web privacy and safety sites that may also help to answer any questions you may have. It is our objective to continue making Education Planet the best resource for high quality, safe educational resources and services on the web.
Electronic Frontier Foundation - EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet. How to Protect Your Privacy - The Federal Trade Commission is educating consumers about the importance of personal information privacy. Read more about our efforts, what we've learned, and what you can do to protect the privacy of your personal information. SmartParent.com - SmartParent.com is a resource dedicated to educating parents on the best ways to safeguard their from the dangers presented by cyberspace. Our goal is to help keep the online experience safe, educational and entertaining for children.How we secure your information?
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure. We make every reasonable attempt to ensure the security of your information on our system. Your information is stored on secure servers and is only accessible to qualified Education Planet personnel.
How can you update (edit or delete) your membership information?
Lesson Planet Members can update or correct your membership information by logging in (via www.lessonplanet.com) and clicking on the Your Account link or you can contact us at support@lessonplanet.com. If you would like to be removed from the biweekly Lesson Planet Newsletter list you can unsubscribe at http://www.educationplanet.com/unsubscribe.html
Links to other sites
Education Planet's editors and teacher reviewers go to great efforts to provide only high quality education-related web resources that are valuable and appropriate for children. However, because Education Planet does not have control over the changing nature of content on sites that are listed in its directories, Education Planet lists Internet sites for use at the visitor's risk and explicitly disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy, content, or availability of information the resources may contain. Subsequently, Education Planet does not warrant or guarantee that information from a listed site will not contain material which some individuals may deem inappropriate or objectionable.
Our partners and co-branded sites
Education Planet partners with a number of sites and companies to provide additional features for our visitors. We work hard to select quality partners that are COPPA compliant, but are not responsible for the content on our partner sites. Please read the privacy policy for partner sites.
Comments
If you have any questions or feedback concerning Education Planet's privacy policy. Please contact us at support@lessonplanet.com.
Last updated 3/4/2005