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Your privacy is very important to us. Part of our operation of this website involves the collection and use of information about You. This privacy policy explains what type of information we collect and what we do with that information to allow You to make choices about the way Your information is collected and used. This privacy policy may change from time to time, so please check it often. This policy is part of our Terms of Use.

We will refer to You in this Privacy Policy as “You” or “Member.”

Skew The Script Contact Information

Email: contact@skewthescript.org

Information Collected

In general, You can visit this website without identifying who You are or revealing any information about Yourself. To do so, disable browser cookies and refrain from signing up for a membership.

However, if You choose not to disable browser cookies or if You choose to make a Membership account, then we may collect the following information. Personal data is any information about a person from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about You which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Member data: includes Your first name, last name, and e-mail address of any person becoming a Member. Passwords for member accounts are protected by our membership services provider memberspace. Skew The Script does not have access to nor visibility of user passwords. Bcrypt and per user salts are used to save user passwords in the form of a hash value. Cloudflare is used to protect against numerous types of potential attacks.

  • Teacher data: for teacher accounts we may collect a teacher’s school email address, name of school, name of city in which school is located, name of state in which school is located, the number of students the teacher plans to use our materials with, and the teacher’s school ID code (e.g. NCES school code).

  • Usage data: includes information about how You use our website, products and services.

  • Technical data: includes internet protocol (IP) address and related information, Your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices You use to access this website.

  • Volunteered data: information volunteered by the visitor, such as survey information, answers to prompts, feedback, and/or site registrations; and e-mail addresses of those who communicate with the organization via e-mail.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from Your personal data but is not considered personal data because this data will not directly or indirectly reveal Your identity. For example, we may aggregate Your usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific feature.

Personal data we may collect from third parties

We may receive personal data about You from various third parties and public sources as set out below:

  • Technical data from Squarespace, Google, Memberspace, analytics providers, search information providers, and other parties.

  • Identity and contact data and other publicly available information from publicly available sources.

 

How Do We Use Information We Collect?

We collect personally identifiable information about You to:

  • provide the services You request and optimize the user experience;

  • analyze site traffic and popularity;

  • send emails to teachers on our email list (teachers may opt out of the email list at any time using the link provided at the bottom of each email);

  • administer Your account and respond to Your questions;

  • notify You of any changes to our site or services that may affect You; and

  • be able to generate statistics and insights based on Aggregated Data to understand the effectiveness and reach of our materials, site, and organization.

When You submit personally identifiable information to us, You understand that You are agreeing to allow us to access, store, and use that information for the purposes set forth in this policy.

Do We Share Your Information?

We will not sell any personally identifiable information to any third parties. We share information with third parties only under the following circumstances:

  • We will use and disclose personal data as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) to comply with applicable state and federal laws; (b) to respond to requests from public and government authorities; (c) to cooperate with law enforcement; (d) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and that of our affiliates, You or others.

  • We engage third party companies and individuals to perform various services on our behalf - for example, without limitation, storing user information (memberspace) and evaluating the effectiveness and reach of our mateirals, site, and organization. We may share Your personal information with these third parties so that they may perform tasks on our behalf, and they are prohibited by us from using or disclosing Your information for any purpose other than to provide this assistance, except to the extent required by law.

  • We also collect, use, and share Aggregated Data for any purpose.

We do not otherwise sell, trade, rent, or transfer to outside parties Your personally identifiable information. We also do not engage in targeted advertising based on Your personal information.

 

Student Data

Student data on our site is protected by industry accepted standards, including encryption. We also comply with all applicable regulations put forth by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Pursuant to applicable laws, we will not use student personally identifiable information (SPII) for non-educational commercial purposes nor disclose SPII to third parties for non-educational commercial purposes. Student data (as well as any user data) will be deleted upon request. Requests can be made by emailing us at contact@skewthescript.org.

 

Children’s Privacy

We do not specifically market to nor collect information from children under 13 years of age. If You believe that we have inadvertently gathered personally identifiable information from a child under 13 years of age, please contact us via email (contact@skewthescript.org). We will delete any verified unauthorized information.

 

Teacher Emails

When creating a teacher account, You can choose to opt-in to our email list. You can opt out of these emails at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link that appears at the bottom of each email, or by directly emailing our organization with a request to opt-out of future emails.

 

Security Breach Notification

If we discover a security breach of our site has occurred where personal information is improperly accessed or disclosed, we will first patch the breach and start assessing the extent of what happened. We will work to promptly notify all affected users by email and comply with all applicable laws regarding the security breach.

Please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and we are unable to guarantee the absolute security of the personal information we have collected from You.

Special note on the privacy policy for the After The AP Data Science Challenge

Teachers who participate in the After The AP Data Science Challenge agree to share their name, email, and survey responses with Skew The Script and our partners (Canvas, Data Science 4 Everyone, CourseKata, University of Houston, and NC State Data Science Academy). Skew The Script will not share teacher names, emails, or survey information for this purpose with any other parties without express written consent of users. Teachers will be automatically enrolled in a data science challenge email list, where Skew The Script will send out updates, important announcements, and surveys about the challenge. Teachers can opt out of this email list at any time by emailing an opt-out request to contact@skewthescript.org.

To participate in the challenge, students will have to make an account on the Canvas web platform (the learning management system that hosts the challenge), which entails sharing their email address and names with Canvas and Skew The Script. Making an account allows students to save their work and come back to it in the Canvas platform, which is necessary for completing the challenge. All students who submit to the optional national prediction competition must also submit a media release form, signed by a parent or guardian. Students who submit to the optional national prediction competition may be contacted by Skew The Script or its partners, who may want to verify the students’ work, seek clarification on their submissions and information, and to publicly recognize them in the event that they are a finalist in the competition. In such cases, student name and email information will be shared with Skew The Script’s partners. Otherwise, Skew The Script will not share student name or email information with partners or 3rd parties without express written consent from a parent or guardian. All survey data from students (in which they provide feedback on their learning experience) will be collected anonymously and shared with partners only in a deidentified fashion. Canvas’s privacy policy and use of this information can be found here. If these terms, our privacy policy, or Canvas’s policies violate teachers’ school, district, or state policies about student data protections, we ask that teachers do not participate in the After The AP Data Science Challenge and refrain from signing their students up for the challenge.

 

Privacy Policy Changes and Updates

From time to time, we may use visitor information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in this privacy notice. If we change the way we handle visitor information, we will update this Privacy Policy. Any changes to the Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon posting. We reserve the right to make changes to our practices and this Privacy Policy at any time for any reason, so please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy.

 

User Control of Data

Upon request, we provide site visitors with access to a description of information we maintain about them. Website visitors can access this information by writing to Skew The Script (email: contact@skewthescript.org). If You feel that Skew The Script is not following its stated information policy, You may contact us (email: contact@skewthescript.org).

 

Users are able to change their personal information:

  • By emailing us (contact@skewthescript.org)

  • By logging in to their account

When This Website Privacy Policy Was Last Modified: 03/27/2024