Privacy Statement

The Center for Special Education Services (C-SPED) has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy while visiting our Web site, to explain how we collect information, and to provide an explanation of how we use the information we collect about our web site users. This statement is subject to change and alteration at any time. The way we use any information will be subject to the privacy statement that is current when that information is gathered. Please check this page regularly to see and read about any changes. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site (www.csped.com).

Collection & Use of Personal Information

Personal Information

We never collect any personal information (such as an e-mail address, name, or street address) unless a visitor has chosen to provide that information to us. We do not use techniques that collect personal information without your knowledge. We always clarify why we are collecting any personal information, and how it will be used.

At various locations throughout the site, you may elect to send us an e-mail in order to request more information, provide comments or suggestions, give feedback on topics, join our e-mail Week In Review list, or to report technical problems. We do not sell or provide any personal information, which is submitted through our Web site to third parties.

Information Collected from Interactive Forms

When you subscribe to the C-SPED web site service, purchase goods and services, or register for training and conferences, we will need for you to provide certain information such as name, e-mail addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers and user subscription data. Information submitted using these online forms is utilized only for the expressed purposes for which it is intended and is not made available to any third party. The contact information provided is used to contact users when necessary. User subscription information provided to C-SPED is maintained to process account information for its subscribers.

E-mail

When inquiries are e-mailed to us, we store the question and the e-mail address information so that we can respond electronically. If you decide to send us an e-mail message, the message will usually contain your return e-mail address. If you include personally-identifying information in your e-mail because you want us to address issues specific to your situation, we may use that information in responding to your requests.

Cookies

When you visit the C-SPED web site, we use cookies to automatically record certain non-personal information about your visit. We use cookies to store information about the time and extent of your use of the C-SPED web site. If you are a subscriber and use our subscriber services, we also use cookies to keep track of your password and to see how often you log in to the C-SPED web site. We use the information gathered from cookies for purposes of system administration and to track potential abuse of our terms and conditions of use. These cookies do not contain personal information and are deleted from the user's computer upon leaving the system.

The limited non-personal information that we do collect helps us to understand how traffic flows through our site. It also assists in our planning for new content and online services. We may provide summary statistics about traffic patterns, consisting of anonymous aggregate data, to a reputable third party. These statistics do not contain personally identifiable information.

To improve our Web site and make it more useful and interesting to you, we use cookies for customization of information that we may present to you. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies or have ‘preference’ settings which alert you when cookies are being sent and allow you to reject them before they are sent or delete them after they have been sent. As necessary, you can change this feature in your browser to accept cookies in your 'preference' settings. If you accept cookies, you will find the site much easier to use. Once logged in, subscribers will be able to view all subscriber area content without re-entering user names and passwords. If you choose to reject cookies you will still be able to use the C-SPED web site, but subscribers who reject the cookies will have to enter their login id and password on every page within the subscriber area that they view.

IP Address

Your IP address is a code which is assigned to your computer every time you connect to the Internet. We use aggregated IP address information to compile reports on the demographics of the usage of the C-SPED web site for purposes of system administration, marketing, and to track potential abuse of our terms and conditions of use. We do not use IP address information in a form that is personally identifiable except where that IP address has been responsible for violation of our terms and conditions of use.

Links to Other Sites

The C-SPED Web site contains links to other sites. When you leave the C-SPED Web site, C-SPED is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites. The privacy policies of C-SPED do not apply to any external links. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any site you link to from ours, especially if you share any personal information. C-SPED is not responsible for the content, business practices, or privacy practices of other web sites. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of other Web sites, particularly if you provide personal information on those sites.

Week-In Review E-Mail

If you sign up for the weekly e-mail serve, we will collect your e-mail address and other necessary information. The site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of such information. Should you wish to stop this service, we will ensure that each e-mail contains information about how to pt out of the list and how to remove your name from the list.

Forums

This site makes use of discussion forums. It is important to remember that any information that is disclosed is accessible to other subscribers. Therefore, you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose you personal information.

Security

The C-SPED web site uses SSL (secure socket layer) encryption to protect all data we collect from users .

Accepting This Privacy Statement

By using the C-SPED web site, you signify your acceptance of this privacy statement and our terms and conditions of use. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, you can contact a C-SPED representative at 1-800-468-6135 or e-mail us webmanager@csped.com.