Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.projectstep.org and Project STEP Inc and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Project STEP Inc include www.projectstep.org and Project STEP. The Project STEP website is a news and information site. By using the Project STEP website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Project STEP may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Project STEP collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
Project STEP may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Project STEP and its affiliates.
Project STEP does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Project STEP may share data with trusted partners to help 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 Project STEP, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Project STEP may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 Project STEP or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Project STEP; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Project STEP, or the public.
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Project STEP. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Project STEP website.
The Project STEP website may 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 Project STEP pages, or register with Project STEP site or services, a cookie helps Project STEP 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 Project STEP website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Project STEP 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 Project STEP services or websites you visit.
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Project STEP secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Project STEP uses the following methods for this purpose:
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
Project STEP collects personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. Project STEP collects this information for the following reason(s): If students/families are interested in joining Project STEP, we ask for student grade/age, school name, and similar basic information, 2) Project STEP uses this information to guide the parent/Project STEP conversation about next steps in applying to program at Project STEP, and 3) this information is not shared. Using the Project STEP website requires parental consent..
We provide information about our personal data practices for children wherever we knowingly collect personal data from children on our Web site. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. If you are a parent and you have questions regarding our data collection practices, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this Statement of Privacy.
From time to time, Project STEP may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Project STEP or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Project STEP, you may opt out of such communications by Customers may unsubscribe from emails by “replying STOP” or “clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.”.
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Project STEP reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Project STEP welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Project STEP has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Project STEP at:
Project STEP Inc
Symphony Hall, Project STEP
BOSTON, Massachusetts 02115
Email Address:
info@projectstep.org
Telephone number:
6172675777
Effective as of September 04, 2020
