Galena School District Privacy Statement
Information Collected and How it is Used | Personal Information | How Personal Information is Used | Rules for Sending Comments | Security | Cookies | Notification of Changes | Links | Contact Us | Definitions
Information Collected and How it is Used
If you do nothing during your visit but browse or download information, we collect and store the following information about your visit:
- The Internet Protocol Address and domain name used but not the e-mail address
- The type of browser and operating system you used
- The date and time you visited the site
- The web pages or services you accessed at this site
- The web site you visited prior to coming to this site
This information is automatically collected and is used to improve the content of our web services and to help us understand how people are using our services. These logs are not personally identifiable and we make no attempt to link them to individuals.
Personal Information
We don't collect any personal information unless you voluntarily provide it by sending us e-mail, participating in a survey, or completing an on-line form. You may choose not to contact us by e-mail, participate in a survey or to provide any personal information using an online form. Your choice to not participate in these activities will not impair your ability to browse the organization's web site and read or download any information provided on the site.
Types of personal information that are requested on this site through online forms include:
- Your name
- Your e-mail address
- Your phone number
- Your role in our community (i.e. parent, student, district employee, other, etc.)
- Other information volunteered in response to a survey
How Personal Information is used
If you send an e-mail to us, it will be forwarded to those individuals (employees, school board members) necessary to address that e-mail. E-mail is recognized as written communication and is considered public record. If a request for public information is submitted to the district, any information contained in that e-mail, including the address, could be released.
If you choose to provide personal information about yourself in that e-mail, we will use the information only to respond properly to your request or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. We will not disclose any personal information you decide to provide us, unless disclosure is required by state law or school board policy (School Board Policy xx.xx "Availability of Records"). We do not share, disclose or sell e-mail addresses to other organizations.
Please also keep in mind that e-mail is not necessarily secure against third party interception. If your communication is very sensitive or includes personal information, you may want to contact us by postal mail or telephone instead.
Forms
If you use one of our public comment forms your name, contact information, and comments may be subject to public disclosure. They will be considered written communication and could be released subject to the guidelines outlined in School Board Policy xx.xx "Availability of Records."
Phone numbers and emails collected through these forms are used only by members of the board and school district employees to respond to your comments. We do not share, disclose or sell e-mail addresses or phone numbers to other organizations.
E-mail Lists
The information we collect when you subscribe to one of our e-mail lists is used solely to administer these lists and is not shared, disclosed or sold to other organizations.
Rules for Sending Comments
The Board shall not hear any complaints against pupils or District employees unless such complaints have been heard by the superintendent through proper channels, including the Citizens Complaint process. Exceptions to this policy include negotiated agreements, which may have overriding appeals language, and civil or legal appeals, which supersede School Board authority.
Security
The Galena School District takes every precaution to protect our user's information. If you are a member of one of our e-mail lists, your subscription information will be stored in a secure database solely for our use in sending the announcements.
Cookies
Certain features of the Galena School District's web site may at some point require that your browser accept cookies. If you have chosen to turn off cookies in your browser, you will not have access to these particular features of the Galena web site, but it will not affect your use of the site otherwise.
Notification of Changes
Any changes to this privacy statement will be posted on our homepage.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and when you link to these other sites the Galena School District's privacy statement no longer applies. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.
Contact Us
The Galena School District standard for e-mail addresses is firstinitialLastname@galenaalaska.org.
Please note: Galena School District e-mail is a tool for business and school communication. Public users are responsible for using this resource in an efficient, effective, ethical and lawful manner. All e-mails sent to the Galena School District should follow the same code of conduct expected in any other form of written communication or face-to-face business and school communication. Please limit your e-mail to official school business. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in the loss of access to Galena School District e-mail accounts.
To offer comments about the web site or about the information presented in this privacy statement:
Webmaster
Galena School District
1815 South Bragaw
Anchorage, AK 99508
Telephone: 907-562-4332
Fax: 907-562-466
Definitions
Cookies are a small text file that a web site can place on your computer's hard drive in order, for example, to collect information about your activities on the site. The cookie transmits this information back to the web site's computer, which generally speaking, is the only computer that can read it. If you want to know when a cookie is being sent or prevent it from happening, you can set your browser to warn you when a web site attempts to place a cookie on your computer.
Domain Name identifies one or more IP addresses. For example: aol.com or gci.net
Internet Protocol (IP) Address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your computer. It is used to direct Internet traffic to you.
Personal information is information about a natural person that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal information includes such things as an individual's name, address, and phone number. A domain name or Internet Protocol address is not considered personal information.