CurriculumWiki:Privacy policy
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Summary
You must register with a confirmed email address before you may contribute to the CurriculumWiki website. When you read the CurriculumWiki website, the same basic information about your activities that other websites typically collect is saved in our server logs. When you contribute to the CurriculumWiki website, please be advised that you are publishing for the general public, the username you select identifies you as the author of your contributions, and the content you contribute may be retained forever.
Reading CurriculumWiki
When you read the CurriculumWiki website, our servers (which may be hosted by a third party service provider) may collect information indirectly and automatically (through, for example, the use of your "IP address") about your activities while visiting the website, including the web pages you view and the times you view them and information about the browser you are using. However, reading the CurriculumWiki website does not expose your identity to the public. We use this browsing information for internal purposes such as to help understand how the website is being used and to improve it, and for systems administration purposes. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. In some cases your IP address stays the same from browser session to browser session; but if you use a consumer Internet access provider, your IP address probably varies from session to session.
Contributing to CurriculumWiki
You must register with a confirmed email address before you may contribute to the CurriculumWiki website. Your registration may enable other registered users to send email to you through CurriculumWiki. Your address will not be revealed to them unless you respond, or possibly if the email is returned undelivered. Digital Generation Education Exchange may also use your email address to communicate with the CurriculumWiki community in general or pursuant to other provisions of this privacy policy.
When you create or edit any page in the CurriculumWiki website, please be advised that you are publishing for the general public, the username you select identifies you as the author of your contributions, and the content you contribute may be retained forever. You will select a username when you create an account. You may use a pseudonym but we encourage you to use your real name in order to help foster a culture of professionalism in the community CurriculumWiki contributors. Basic information about your activities, such as the times at which you edited a page and the number of edits you have made may be viewed by other registered users and occasionally in aggregated forms published by other users.
Cookies
CurriculumWiki will set a temporary session cookie (PHPSESSID) whenever you visit the site. If you do not intend to register, you may deny this cookie, but you must accept it in order to create an account or log in. This cookie will be deleted when you log out. More cookies may be set when you log in, to avoid typing your user name or password on your next visit. These cookies last up to 30 days. You may clear these cookies and the web browser’s cache if you are using a public machine and do not wish to expose your username or password to future users of the machine.
Release of information
It is the practice of Digital Generation Education Exchange not to release personal information to third parties without the permission of the user. However, personal information may be released in certain cases where it is deemed necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of the CurriculumWiki website, its users or the public. These cases may include:
- We may share personal information with contractors and service providers when it is necessary to illustrate or resolve technical issues or to maintain, enhance, or add to the functionality of the Websites.
- We may share personal information with third parties such as the government or other entities when required to by law or as required by court order or other compulsory request from law enforcement.
- When the chair of Digital Generation Education Exchange, his legal counsel, or his designee deems release of personal information necessary for investigation of abuse complaints, such as vandalizing activities or persistently behaving in a disruptive way.
CurriculumWiki does not release personal information to third parties for any commercial purposes.
Security of information
Digital Generation Education Exchange makes no guarantee against unauthorized access to any information you provide to CurriculumWiki. Digital Generation Education Exchange implements reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to and unlawful interception or processing of personal information collected by CurriculumWiki servers. However, no website can fully eliminate security risks. Third parties may circumvent our security measures to unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. We will post a reasonably prominent notice to the website if any such security breach occurs.
Removal of user accounts
Due to the collaborative open content structure of CurriculumWiki, user accounts cannot be removed once they have been created. You may remove your email address from your account at any time, but you will no longer be able to contribute to CurriculumWiki until you provide and confirm another email address.
Deletion of content
Removing text from CurriculumWiki does not permanently delete it. Only the site administrator can permanently delete information from CurriculumWiki. Information may be permanently deleted without notice in limited cases, such as vandalism, copyright infringement, or in response to legal action.
