Privacy Policy

Chicago TAP respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. We provide this statement to inform you of our privacy policy and practices.

This privacy statement covers personally identifiable information and anonymous data collection through aggregate reporting. Personally identifiable information is any information that is associated with your name or personal identity (such as your name, address, email address, social security number, credit card number, etc.). Anonymous (non-personal) data is information about usage and service operation, reported in aggregate, which is not associated with a specific personal identity (such as browser type, IP addresses, etc.).

From time to time, we may ask you to provide us with personally identifiable information about you through our Web site. We use this information to better understand your needs and interests, and to provide you with better service. Once you choose to provide us with personal information, it will only be used to support your relationship with Chicago TAP. Only Chicago TAP and its authorized agents have access to the personally identifiable information you provide us through our Web site. We will not sell, rent, lease or give your personally identifiable information to others, nor will we share, trade or exchange your personally identifiable information with anyone outside of Chicago TAP without your permission, except under requirement by law or judgment or when we explicitly notify you at the time we ask for your personally identifiable information.

Anonymous (non-personal) data is collected in aggregate for reporting about our Web site usability, performance, and effectiveness. It is used to improve the customer experience, usability and site content.

This site contains links to other Web sites. Chicago TAP is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

What We Collect

Anonymous (non-personal) data we collect may include the pages visited on www.chicagoTAPschools.org, unique URLs visited within our Web site, browser type and IP address. Most anonymous data is collected via cookies or other analysis technologies.

From time to time, we may share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information.

To help us improve the quality of our Web site, Chicago TAP uses an external service that provides real-time reporting on the use of our Web site, including page views, unique views, unique visitors, repeat visitors, frequency of visits, and peak-volume traffic periods. We do not use this service to gather, request, record, require, collect or track a user's personally identifying information.

Because we care about the safety and privacy of children online, we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulation establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 and our products and services do not target information to children under 13. Our sites are not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13, and we have designed our sites to block our knowing acceptance of information from children under 13 whenever age-related information is requested.

It is possible that by fraud or deception by others, we may receive information pertaining to children under 13. If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify the information, we will immediately obtain parental consent or otherwise delete the information from our servers. If you want to notify us of our receipt of information by children under 13, please do so by emailing us at ChicagoTAP@cps.k12.il.us. Chicago TAP is committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in your children's online activities and interests.

How We Use the Information We Collect

Chicago TAP uses your information to help us understand your needs and interests and provide you with better services.

Opt-Out Policy

From time to time, we may send emails and other information to users about Chicago TAP and its activities. Our site provides users the opportunity to opt out of receiving such communications from us at any time. To opt out, please send an email to ChicagoTAP@cps.k12.il.us.

Access & Accuracy

Chicago TAP strives to keep your personally identifiable information accurate. We have put in place managerial data standards, review processes and technological tools to maintain customer data accuracy. We will provide you with access to view and change your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to your data. Certain areas of Chicago TAP's Web site may limit access to specific individuals through the use of passwords and other personal identifiers.

If your personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if you no longer desire our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove the personally identifiable information you provided to us.

This can usually be by emailing ChicagoTAP@cps.k12.il.us.

The most effective way to view and change your personal information is to send us a message at ChicagoTAP@cps.k12.il.us.

Security

Chicago TAP is committed to ensuring the security of your information. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of the information, we have in place appropriate physical and managerial procedures to safeguard the information we collect.

All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage.

Cookies

Our Web site uses "cookies." A "cookie" is a small data file transferred by a Web site to your computer's hard drive containing information that helps us make your experience of using our Web site more individualized and convenient. We send cookies when you surf our site, make purchases, request information, or register yourself or for certain services. Accepting the cookies used on our site does not give us access to your Personally Identifiable Information, but we may use the cookies to identify your computer. Many cookies are "session" cookies, meaning the cookie does not stay on your computer after you leave our Web site or quit your browser. The aggregate information collected by cookies also helps us to analyze traffic patterns at our site. This can enable us over time to provide a better experience on our site by improving content or personalization and making it easier to use. Cookies that remain on your computer are often called "permanent" cookies. These types of cookies are used to facilitate shopping, personalization and registration services.

Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually adjust the preferences on your browser to refuse cookies, selectively accept certain cookies or notify you each time a Web site attempts to place a cookie on your computer. If you refuse to accept cookies, there may be certain features of our site that will not be available to you and some Web pages may not display properly. You can find information on how to adjust your cookie preferences on two of the most popular browsers at the following Web sites:

Microsoft Internet Explorer:
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm

Another good resource for information about cookies is http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq.

The cookies we place on your computer are not shared with or revealed to other sites, nor do we look at the cookies that have been placed on your machine by other Web sites.

Chicago TAP does not post third-party ads on its Web site. Chicago TAP may use third-party media companies to place ads for its products or services on other companies' Web sites. If you view a Web page where a Chicago TAP ad appears, the online media company may place a cookie on your computer. This allows the online media company to recognize your computer when it is used to return to that site or measure advertising response. This data is anonymous and is not linked to personal data on your computer or Chicago TAP database. To prevent online media companies from placing cookies on your computer, you will need to visit each media company's Web site and use their cookie removal (opt-out) process (see "Opt-Out Policy" above).