Privacy policy
Privacy Statement
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CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY
The privacy of Piedmont families is important to us. It is the policy of the Piedmont Education Foundation (PEF) that board members and employees of PEF will not disclose confidential information belonging to, or obtained through, their affiliation with PEF to any person, including their relatives, friends, and business and professional associates, unless PEF has authorized disclosure. This policy is not intended to prevent disclosure where disclosure is required by law.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
PEF and the Piedmont Unified School District renew a Memorandum of Understanding annually. This MOU allows for the sharing of data and information, including student and parent names, addresses and telephone numbers for use by PEF in creation of the directory and to aid in communication and fundraising efforts. Parents have the option of opting out of this sharing through the registration process. This information does not include performance, disciplinary or other confidential information. Please contact PUSD if you have any questions about how this information is shared.
When you set up an account, purchase something or make a donation through our store, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address.
When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system. As part of this process, you may choose to provide us with your student name, which helps us to correctly allocate certain gifts.
INFORMATION SHARING
As provided by PUSD and/or this store, and for the convenience and personal use of the Piedmont community, PEF may annually publish a directory which includes student names, grade level, parent names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and cell phone numbers. PEF may use any of this information to contact parents and community members for fundraising and informational purposes. Use of information published in the directory for any commercial, public or political purpose is strictly prohibited. PEF may send electronic and physical communications on behalf of other Piedmont nonprofit organizations.
This store is a tool provided by PEF to assist PUSD and other organizations whose primary purpose is to support the Piedmont Unified School District. PEF processes donations and sales received through the store and distributes the funds and certain necessary information to the original group. For example, when you make a donation to a support group or parent club, we provide that organization with your name and the donation amount.
We may also disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.
CONSENT
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.
As mentioned above, when you provide certain information to PUSD through registration and do not opt out of sharing that information with PEF, you consent to have PEF publish your information in the student directory and use that information to fundraise for Piedmont schools.
You may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us at info@piedmontedfoundation.org or mailing us at:
Piedmont Education Foundation
401 Highland Ave Ste A Piedmont California US 9461
SHOPIFY
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services and collect your donations.
Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.
Use of the site does not give Shopify permission to send you marketing materials or provide your information to a third party.
Payment:
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify’s Terms of Service (https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms) or Privacy Statement (https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy).
OTHER THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.
Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.
Links
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
SECURITY
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
SECTION 7 - COOKIES
Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you that you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.
_session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc).
_shopify_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit, Used by our website provider’s internal stats tracker to record the number of visits
_shopify_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.
cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about the contents of your cart.
_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional
storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the shop has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.
SECTION 8 - AGE OF CONSENT
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
SECTION 9 - CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact us at info@piedmontedfoundation.org or by mail at
Piedmont Education Foundation
[Re: Privacy Compliance]
401 Highland Ave Ste A Piedmont California US 94611
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