Privacy Policy

Janesville School District K-12 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 Janesville School District K-12 Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Janesville School District K-12 website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Janesville School District K-12 collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. Janesville School District K-12 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 Janesville School District K-12. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by the Janesville School District K-12 for the operation and maintenance of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Janesville School District K-12 website.

Please keep in mind that if you disclose personally identifiable or sensitive information on Janesville School District K-12 public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Janesville School District K-12 does not read any of your private online communications.

Janesville School District K-12 encourages you to review the privacy statements of Websites you choose to link to from Janesville School District K-12 so that you can understand how those Websites collect, use, and share your information. Janesville School District K-12 is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Websites outside of the Janesville School District K-12 and the Janesville School District K-12 family of Websites.

Use of your Personal Information

Janesville School District K-12 collects and uses your personal information to operate the Janesville School District K-12 website and deliver the services you have requested. Janesville School District K-12 also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Janesville School District K-12 and its affiliates. Janesville School District K-12 may also contact you via surveys to gather your opinions on current services or potential new services.

Janesville School District K-12 does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. Janesville School District K-12 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, Janesville School District K-12 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 Janesville School District K-12, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Janesville School District K-12 does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Janesville School District K-12 keeps track of the Websites and pages our customers visit within Janesville School District K-12 to determine which Janesville School District K-12 services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the Janesville School District K-12 to customers whose behavior indicates interest in a particular subject area.

Janesville School District K-12 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 Janesville School District K-12 or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Janesville School District K-12; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Janesville School District K-12, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Janesville School District K-12 website uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file placed on your hard disk by a Web 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 the Janesville School District K-12 pages or register with the Janesville School District K-12 site or services, a cookie helps Janesville School District K-12 recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing and shipping addresses. When you return to the same Janesville School District K-12 Website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Janesville School District K-12 features that you customized.

You can accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings 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 Janesville School District K-12 services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Janesville School District K-12 secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Janesville School District K-12 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 websites, it is protected using encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Janesville School District K-12 will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Janesville School District K-12 encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Janesville School District K-12 is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Janesville School District K-12 welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Janesville School District K-12 has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Janesville School District K-12 at info@janesville.k12.wi.us. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.