Privacy Policy

Last Updated March 1, 2017

Our Commitment to Privacy

Palmetto Homeschool Association (PHA) believes that privacy is important to the success and use of the Internet. This statement sets forth the Palmetto Homeschool Association (PHA) Privacy Policy and describes the practices that Palmetto Homeschool Association (PHA) will follow with respect to the privacy of users of this site.


What is "Personally Identifiable Information?"

"Personally identifiable information" is information about you including but not limited to name, date of birth, address, email address, user ID, and telephone number.


How is information collected, used, and disclosed?

To enhance your site visit or have the ability to do follow up with you after your visit, we may request that you voluntarily supply us with information. This information may include your email address, street address, telephone number or other Personally Identifiable Information.


If you have voluntarily provided information, you consented to the collection and use of your personally identifiable information as described in this Privacy Policy. We do not sell or rent Personally Identifiable Information collected through this site to anyone. Palmetto Homeschool Association (PHA) may disclose information in special cases when we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect and defend our rights or property; or (c) act to protect the interests of our users or others.


How We Protect Your Information

We exercise great care to protect your personally identifiable information. This includes, among other things, using industry standard techniques such as firewalls and encryption. Internally, we will restrict access to your Personally Identifiable Information to those who require it to provide services to you.


We may share the Personally Identifiable Information that we collect with the following entities:


How can you help protect your information?

If you are using a Palmetto Homeschool Association (PHA) web site for which you registered and chose a password, please do not divulge your password to anyone. We will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited e-mail. Please remember to sign out of the registered site and close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personally identifiable information and correspondence if others have access to your computer.


We may contact you via mail, email or telephone to verify that any accounts established for your use are still active. Your response to these inquiries will help us prevent unintended access to your information. If your account information is incomplete, inaccurate or not current, please email, call or write to us at the telephone numbers or appropriate address for changes listed on your statements, records, online or other account materials.


Updates to this Privacy Policy

This Palmetto Homeschool Association (PHA) Privacy Policy is subject to change. Please review it periodically. If we make changes to the Palmetto Homeschool Association (PHA) Privacy Policy, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of the Policy. Any changes to this Policy will become effective when we post the revised Policy on the Site. Your use of the site following these changes means that you accept the revised Policy.


Protecting children's privacy online

The site is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we request that these individuals do not provide personally identifiable information through the site. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13 without parental consent. Visit the Federal Trade Commission website for more information about the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).


UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS WARNING

Unauthorized access to this system, applications and data are prohibited. All access and attempts to access this system are monitored and logged. Information collected may be provided to law enforcement for prosecution of anyone violating this usage policy or any law governing this subject. By using this system you are consenting to these conditions.