This Privacy Notice ("Notice") explains the data privacy practices of Catalight Classroom ("we", "us", or "our") in connection with your use of catalightclassroom.org or any other website that refers to this Notice ("Websites") and other Catalight Classroom services (the Websites and the services, "Services").
Our Services include Websites and other applications, programs, and Online or mobile products of Catalight Classroom, including the Catalight Classroom Online Community. Although Catalight Classroom is associated with Catalight, this Notice does not apply to the personal data processing practices of Catalight or other Catalight 3rd party vendors independent of our Websites and Services.
Your use of our Services is subject to the Catalight Classroom Terms of Use. Additional terms may apply for specific Services. If such terms apply, they will control over any conflicting terms in this Notice to the extent permitted under applicable law.
By accessing and using this Site and the Services, you confirm that you have read and fully understood this Privacy Policy, that you agree to the collection and the usage of your own and others' personal information in accordance with the Privacy Policy and that you have the authority to provide us with all information submitted by you via the Site, including but not limited to personal information of third parties. By registering for or using Catalight Classroom Services and accepting the Terms of Service you consent to the collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure and other uses described in this Privacy Policy.
We collect information you voluntarily provide us when you sign up for a user account, download an application, participate in our programs, or otherwise communicate with Catalight Classroom. We will use this information to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it (such as to process your payment for courses and course related materials, send service communications, provide you with our newsletter and/or announcements, and for our business operations). Personal data is any information that can be used to identify you. Personal data we collect may include:
Catalight Classroom collects information from you when you participate in courses offered on the Catalight Classroom Site. For example, we collect the information that you submit as part of your participation in courses, information you include in messages to Catalight Classroom (including messages to learner support), information that you provide in user surveys, or information that you provide on public forums, webinars and other interactive experiences on the Catalight Classroom Site. We also require Personal Information (ex: full name, license number, etc.) when you participate in remote proctoring or other course facilitation processes, so that Catalight Classroom's third-party vendor can monitor and assess the integrity of your course activity, or when you earn a Certificate (the certificate will have your name on it).
You may be expected to generate original content and submit that content for evaluation by your instructor. Some of the videos may include you engaging with both children and adults. For example, a course may require you to interact with your classmates through a discussion board in the classroom, and your instructor may grade you on your participation. You should understand that if you post content in the classroom in a manner accessible to your classmates, it may be more widely disseminated. For example, one of your classmates could re-post that content to another Web site.
You may also be required to submit videos implementing course content. Though some assignments you submit may be accessible to your classmates, assignments where videos are shared showing your implementation of the course content with children or adults will only be accessible by Catalight Classroom in order to perform needed assessments for grading purposes.
We use the content you submit to evaluate your performance in courses you register for, provide you with feedback, and to assign you a grade. In addition, the feedback you submit during the course and the instructor evaluation you submit at the end of a course may be used to improve the course and other Catalight Classroom products, programs, and services. We may also use information available through the classroom for academic advising purposes and may contact you about services and products that may be of interest to you.
We may collect certain information by automated means. This information includes cookies, pixel tags, IP addresses (which may reveal general location), mobile device information and other similar technology. We use this information to understand how visitors use our Sites and email communications, such as which parts of our Sites are visited most often. This information also may be used to analyze trends, administer and improve the Sites, detect and investigate activities that violate our policies or may be fraudulent or illegal, gather broad demographic information, personalize content and perform retargeting and remarketing.
Our web servers automatically identify computers by their IP addresses. We may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the Sites, and gather demographic information for aggregate use. For example, if you view specific pages or download information from specific pages on our Sites, we will track and add the number of your visits to the aggregate number of visits by all users in order to better design our Sites.
Information you provide to us may be associated with other information we collect about you online or offline, and we may use this combined data to provide relevant Site and email content to you.
There are downloadable materials on the www.catalight.org and catalightclassroom.org websites. Please note that those downloads are intended only for residents of the United States of America. Our data collection practices are designed to meet the standards of the United States and may not be suitable for individuals and/or organizations located outside of the United States. We strive to maintain the highest levels of data privacy and security, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. However, we cannot guarantee that our practices will comply with the laws of other jurisdictions.
Downloads of information for Catalight Classroom's course materials referenced on the Catalight Classroom Site may take place on other sites. In those cases, this Privacy Policy does not apply. The course or program provider's privacy policy will be made available to you when you begin your participation on their website.
We and our partners provide features of our Sites using data collected through cookies and other tracking technologies (which we collectively refer to as "cookies"). These cookies fall into the following categories:
Please visit the social media platforms' respective privacy policies to better understand their data collection practices and controls they make available to you.
You can learn more about ad serving companies and the options available to limit their collection and use of your information by visiting the websites for the Network Advertising Initiative, the Digital Advertising Alliance, the European Interactive Digital Advertising Initiative, and by reviewing our partner list below. Similarly, you can learn about your options to opt-out of tracking on mobile devices by certain advertising networks through your device settings and by resetting the advertiser ID on your Apple or Android device.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but, if you prefer, you can usually modify your browser setting to disable or reject cookies. If you delete your cookies or if you set your browser to decline cookies, some features of the Sites may not be available, work, or work as designed.
Please note that opting out of advertising networks or individual partners will exclude you from interest-based advertising conducted through participating networks (subject to any limitations in their policies and choice mechanisms), but you will still receive untargeted or contextual advertising. If you delete your cookies, you may also delete your opt-out preferences.
You may opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting the Ads Preferences Manager. Also, you may opt out of other third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page. You can prevent your data from being collected by installing the Google Analytics Opt Out add-on.
Below is a list of our partners with links to more information about their use of data collected about you through our Services and how to exercise options they make available regarding tracking. These partners may collect information about you over time and across different websites and other online services.
Google Analytics
From time-to-time our Sites may request information from you via survey. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and you have a choice whether or not to disclose the requested information, which may include contact information (name and address) and demographic information (zip code and age level). Feedback collected by these surveys will be used for the purpose stated at the time the survey is posted, our business operations and monitoring or improving use of the Sites.
Your privacy is important to us, and we want you to feel comfortable visiting our Sites. We may disclose aggregated information about our users and information that does not identify any individual without restriction in accordance with applicable laws.
We may share information about you with third parties performing services on our behalf that are contractually bound to keep that information confidential and to use it only for the purposes under which we disclose it. For example, we may use service providers to help manage or support the Sites' technical operation, distribute newsletters, or process payments.
We may share information about you in connection with a court order, subpoena, government investigation, when required by law, and in the event of a corporate sale, merger or acquisition.
If we partner with a third-party to provide services and you sign up for those services, we will share your name and other contact information necessary for our partner to provide the services to you.
We may transfer to another entity or its 3rd party vendors some or all information about you in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, acquisition, sale of assets or any line of business, change in ownership control, or financing transaction. We cannot promise that an acquiring party or the merged entity will have the same privacy practices or treat your information the same as described in this policy.
While we cannot and do not guarantee that your information will not be viewed by unauthorized persons, we take privacy and security seriously. We take precautions to keep the Sites and their systems secure and to prevent information from being disclosed to unauthorized persons or entities. Even though we employ these standard precautions and protocols, we cannot provide absolute assurances that the contents of messages, for example, will be secure. We encourage you to take precautions to protect your online communications.
The Sites contain links to third-party websites and widgets. Please be aware that we are not responsible for any of the content, activities, products, or advertisements on these third-party websites and widgets nor do we make any representations, approvals, or endorsements regarding the services provided or the nature, quality, or accuracy of such third-party content. Use of any linked third-party website or widget is solely at your own risk, and we encourage you to read the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policies of each such linked third-party websites or widgets you choose to access.
California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits California residents that have provided any Personal Information through the Sites the right to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding year. We do not disclose the Personal Information of customers to third parties for any third-party's direct marketing purposes. Please contact us at support@catalight.org if you are a California resident and would like to request information about how to exercise your third-party disclosure choices.
You may revoke your consent to be contacted by us at any time by directly contacting us at support@catalight.org or using the opt–out method identified in the applicable communication.
Many browsers and mobile operating systems enable you to indicate your preference regarding online tracking. You can set your browser or mobile operating system to a "do not track" or similar setting and, when your browser or mobile operating system passes your request to us, we will not serve you targeted advertising, although we may continue to collect data about your use of the Sites.
Our Sites are not intended for use by children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Sites. We do not knowingly collect or maintain Personal Information from children under the age of 18, and no part of our Sites is designed or intended to attract anyone under the age of 18. If you believe we might have any information from a child under 18, please contact us at support@catalight.org so we can immediately delete any such information.
If you use our Sites outside of the United States, you understand that we may collect, process, and store the information we collect from or about you in the United States and other countries where our 3rd party partners process data. Privacy laws in the U.S. may be different from the laws of your country. Any such transfers will comply with safeguards as required by relevant privacy laws. By using the Sites, you consent to the collection, international transfer, storage, and processing of your information.
If you are located in specific regions (such as the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland) which have enacted personal data protection laws, please note that we operate and may process information in multiple jurisdictions, both in and outside the United States, such that some of our Service Providers may be located or process information outside of the jurisdiction in which you reside. In such cases, your Personal Information may be collected, used, disclosed, stored, and processed in these other jurisdictions for the purposes described in this policy. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might differ from your jurisdiction. In addition, your Personal Information may be subject to the laws of those other jurisdictions, including lawful requirements to disclose Personal Information to government authorities.
Catalight Classroom stores information, including Personal Information, on servers of 3rd party Partners that Catalight Classroom hires to provide services. Each company also stores information, including Personal Information, on its own servers and/or on servers of companies that the Member hires to provide services. In each case, information may be stored in the United States and in other countries where Catalight Classroom or a 3rd party Partner operates, and in countries where Catalight Classroom and each 3rd party Partner respective service providers operate. If you are in the European Union, Switzerland, or other regions with laws governing data collection and use, you acknowledge that Catalight Classroom and each 3rd party Partner may transfer, process and store your Personal Information in the United States and other countries, the privacy laws of which may be considered less strict than those of your region.
Catalight Classroom controls its own copy of information collected through the catalightclassroom.org Site and uses 3rd party Partners that has an information security program designed to protect information on the site. Catalight Classroom uses administrative, physical, and technical safeguards that reasonably and appropriately protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information that it collects, receives, stores, or transmits. Nonetheless, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure; and therefore, Catalight Classroom cannot guarantee its absolute security. While Catalight Classroom does what is possible to ensure the integrity and security of its network and systems, Catalight Classroom cannot guarantee that its security measures will prevent unauthorized persons from illegally accessing or obtaining information.
If Catalight Classroom learns of a security breach involving your Personal Information, Catalight Classroom may attempt to notify you electronically so that you may take appropriate protective steps. By using the Catalight Classroom Site or providing Personal Information to Catalight Classroom, you agree that Catalight Classroom can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the Catalight Classroom Site. If a security systems breach occurs, Catalight Classroom may post a notice on the Catalight Classroom homepage (catalightclassroom.org) or elsewhere on the Catalight Classroom Site and may send an email to you at the email address associated with your Catalight Classroom account. Depending on where you are located, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach, involving your Personal Information, in writing.
If a 3rd party Partner learns of a security breach involving their site and your Personal Information, the 3rd party Partner may attempt to notify you electronically so that you may take appropriate protective steps. By enrolling in a 3rd party Partner course that may be presented on the Catalight Classroom Site or providing Personal Information to the 3rd party Partner, you agree that the 3rd party Partner can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your course enrollment and participation. If a security systems breach occurs, the affected 3rd party Partner may post a notice on their site and/or send an email to you at the email address associated with your enrollment in the 3rd party Partner course. Depending on where you are located, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach, involving your Personal Information, in writing.
We will post any changes to this Privacy Policy on the Sites by a link from our homepage so that you always know what information we collect and how we use it. Please consult this portion of the Sites regularly for important changes to the Privacy Policy as they occur.
Stock Photography Models
Some of the persons shown in photographs on this website are stock photography models (Models) and are not actual clients of, nor are they affiliated with, Catalight or Catalight's direct and indirect parent companies, subsidiaries, or subsidiaries of its parent companies. Catalight has obtained the rights to use the stock photographs via license agreements with certain third-party stock photography companies, and Catalight's use of the photographs is in compliance with the terms of those license agreements.
The stock photographs showing the Models are used on this website for illustrative purposes only. The Models do not personally endorse Catalight, or any products, services, causes, or endeavors associated with, or provided by, Catalight. The context in which the photographs are used on this website is not intended to reflect personally on any of the Models shown in the stock photographs. Catalight, our respective officers, directors, employees, agents and/or independent contractors assume no liability for any consequence relating directly or indirectly to the use of the photographs showing the Models on this website.
If you have privacy concerns, have disclosed data you would prefer to keep private, or would like to access, delete or correct the Personal Information that Catalight Classroom maintains about you, please contact us. You may also write to us at: ATTN: PRIVACY, 2730 Shadelands Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598.
If your request involves a 3rd party Partner, Catalight Classroom will, as appropriate, notify the appropriate 3rd party Partner of your request.
