Privacy Policy
Heartland Charter School takes privacy seriously.
Heartland Charter School Privacy Policy Notice for Web-based Services
When you visit the website and social media pages of Heartland Charter School, we collect no information about you, other than information automatically collected and stored, unless you choose to provide that information to us.
Disclosure
Heartland Charter School does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our visitors unless required for law enforcement by statute. Any personal information, specifically mobile information/phone numbers, gathered by Heartland Charter School will not be shared with third parties, affiliates, or partners. Your consent to receive communications from Heartland Charter School does not grant consent for us to share your information with any third parties, affiliates or partners.
Information Automatically Collected and Stored from the Heartland Charter School Website
When you browse any website, certain personal information about you may be collected. We automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit:
- The domain name used to access the Internet (e.g., gmail.com if you are using a Google account, or stanford.edu if you are connecting from Stanford University’s domain)
- Date and time of the visit
- Pages visited
- Type of browser used (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
- The website address from whence you came
We use this information for statistical purposes and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. Unless specifically stated otherwise, no additional information will be collected about you. Heartland Charter School will record your email address if you fill out one of our forms. Your email address will be temporarily stored and will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it. Your email address will not be added to any mailing lists.
Personally Provided Information
You do not have to provide any personal information when visiting our website. Should you provide us with additional information via email, completion of a form, or other means, the information provided will be stored only as long as necessary to reply or fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. As the law requires, official correspondence communications are maintained for historical purposes only. These communications are archived monthly but are also protected by the Privacy Act, which restricts our use of them yet permits certain disclosures.
Persistent Cookies
Consistent with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services policy on the usage of persistent cookies, they are not used on this site. “Persistent Web cookies” are defined as Web cookies that can track user activity over time and across different websites.
Systems of Records
Information originally collected in traditional paper systems can be submitted electronically (e.g., electronic commerce transactions and information updates about eligibility benefits). Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed according to the Federal Records Act, and in some cases may be subject to the Privacy Act. If the information that you submit is to be used in a Privacy Act system of records, there will be a Privacy Act Notice provided.
Official Heartland Charter School Social Media Pages and Third-Party Websites
We maintain accounts on third-party websites as tools to better interact with the public. These include social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The security and privacy policies of third-party websites apply to your activity on those sites. Users of third-party websites often share information with the general public, user community, and/or the third party operating the website.