Next Step Academy is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology
that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy
applies to the Next Step Academy site and governs data collection and usage.
By using the Next Step Academy site, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Next Step Academy collects personally identifiable information, such as your email
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Next Step Academy also
collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as
your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically
collected by Next Step Academy. This information can include: your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This
information is used by Next Step Academy for the operation of the service, to
maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use
of the Next Step Academy site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through Next Step Academy public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Next Step Academy
does not read any of your private online communications.
Next Step Academy encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from Next Step Academy so that you can understand how those
Web sites collect, use and share your information. Next Step Academy is not responsible
for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Next Step Academy
and Next Step Academy family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Next Step Academy collects and uses your personal information to operate the Next Step Academy
Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Next Step Academy also uses
your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services
available from Next Step Academy and its affiliates. Next Step Academy may also
contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services
or of potential new services that may be offered.
Next Step Academy does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Next Step Academy may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business
partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases,
your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone
number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Next Step Academy
may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send
you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All
such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to
provide these services to Next Step Academy, and they are required to maintain
the confidentiality of your information.
Next Step Academy does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such
as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Next Step Academy keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within
Next Step Academy, in order to determine what Next Step Academy services are
the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising
within Next Step Academy to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area.
Next Step Academy Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice,
only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process
served on Next Step Academy or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or
property of Next Step Academy; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect
the personal safety of users of Next Step Academy, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Next Step Academy Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page
server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the
domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save
you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned
to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Next Step Academy pages, or
register with Next Step Academy site or services, a cookie helps Next Step Academy
to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process
of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses,
and so on. When you return to the same Next Step Academy Web site, the information
you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Next Step Academy
features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies
if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience
the interactive features of the Next Step Academy services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Next Step Academy secures your personal information from unauthorized access,
use or disclosure. Next Step Academy secures the personally identifiable information
you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from
unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit
card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use
of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Next Step Academy will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. Next Step Academy encourages you to periodically
review this Statement to be informed of how Next Step Academy is protecting your
information.
Contact Information
Next Step Academy welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy.
If you believe that Next Step Academy has not adhered to this Statement, please
contact Next Step Academy at tania@nextstepacademy.com.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.