This Privacy Notice is designed to help you understand how Strada Education Foundation, Inc., a Delaware nonprofit (“Strada,” “we,” “us,” “our”), may collect, use, or disclose your information when you use our website at stradaeducation.org (the “Site”), including all content, information, and functionality available through the Site, and use any other Strada products, services, or offerings (the “Services”).
Unless stated specifically in this Privacy Notice, this Privacy Notice does not apply to Strada’s affiliates and subsidiaries, which may be identified on the Site. Please review the individual privacy policies and/or notices of those affiliates and subsidiaries to identify their specific privacy practices.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using our Services, including the Site, you accept the terms of this Privacy Notice as they may be amended from time to time. This Privacy Notice is incorporated into our Terms of Use, found at stradaeducation.org/terms, which governs your use of the Services in general and in which this Privacy Notice is a part. It is your responsibility to review this Privacy Notice periodically to ensure you are familiar with the most recent version.
By providing information to us, you understand and consent to the collection, maintenance, processing, and transfer of such information in and to the United States and other countries and territories, in accordance with United States law.
Collection, Use, and Sharing of Information
In order to provide our Services, including the Site, and for other purposes, as outlined below, we may need to collect and process some information about you. “Personal Information” is any information that can be used to identify you. We have provided some examples of the Personal Information we may collect about you below. Personal Information does not include de-identified or aggregated information, which is information in which identifiable information is removed and that cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual. We may use de-identified or aggregated information for any purpose, and we may share de-identified or aggregated demographic information not linked to any Personal Information with our business partners, affiliates, and advertisers.
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
- Identifiers, such as name, mailing address, phone number, and email address.
- Device and Online Identifiers, such as account login information, MAC address, IP address, cookie IDs, mobile ad IDs, and social media information.
- Internet or other similar network activity, such as browsing history, search history, and links, as well as your interactions with our website.
- Demographic Information, such as age, gender, citizenship, ethnicity, date of birth, family or marital status, household income, education, and professional and employment information.
- Tracking and Geolocation data, such as geographic location, including city or region, based on your IP address. Anonymized data does not capture specific addresses.
Categories of Sources for Personal Information We Collect
- We may receive Personal Information from users of the Services through their direct interactions with our Services, including when corresponding with us through our Site.
- We may receive Personal Information from the affiliated companies in Strada’s network, which are listed on our Site.
- We may receive Personal Information, such as technical data, usage data, and internet and other similar network activity, through automated technologies and users’ interactions with our Services and from service providers.
Our Business or Commercial Purposes for Collecting Personal Information and Categories of Third Parties to Whom the Information May Be Disclosed
- Identifiers are collected to market to individuals, provide users with our Services, to improve the quality, safety, and security of the Services, to customize and improve our Services, to administer your account and process your requests related to the Services, and to respond to direct inquiries. We may share identifiers with affiliated companies in Strada’s network, our service providers that assist us to provide users with the Services, and with parties to which you have authorized us to share your Personal Information.
- Geolocation data is collected to market to individuals and their organizations, to provide users with our Services, to improve the quality, safety, and security of the Services, to customize and improve our Services, and to detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity. We may share geolocation data with affiliated companies in Strada’s network, our service providers that assist us to provide users with the Services and to provide fraud protection, and with parties to which you have authorized us to share your Personal Information.
- Internet or other similar network activity is collected to market to individuals and their organization, to provide users with our Services, to improve the quality, safety, and security of the Services, to customize and improve our Services, and to detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity. We may share internet or other similar network activity with affiliated companies in Strada’s network, our service providers that assist us to provide users with the Services and to provide fraud protection, and with parties to which you have authorized us to share your Personal Information. We may share internet or other similar network activity with advertising service providers to serve relevant advertisements and obtain analytics information concerning our advertising.
In addition, where consistent with applicable laws, we may disclose Personal Information:
- to ensure our Services are working as intended (such as tracking and troubleshooting issues that we detect or are reported to us);
- to provide the Services and enable us to provide you with content (such as text, audio, images, and videos), including through artificial intelligence technology;
- to improve our Services and to develop new features and offerings that benefit you;
- to prepare, negotiate, or perform a contract with you;
- to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process or otherwise as required by law or the competent government or judicial authorities;
- to establish or preserve a legal claim or defense;
- as part of corporate restructuring, sale of assets, merger, or divestiture; or
- to prevent fraud or other illegal activities, such as willful attacks on our information technology systems.
Automatically Collected Information
We and our vendors may use tracking cookies (or clear gifs, web beacons, or similar means) to collect aggregate data, including internet protocol (IP) addresses, to customize visits to the site, or to enable the foundation to enhance the site’s functionality. We use Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Search Console and Google Ads Manager, which use Cookies and other similar technologies to collect information about use of our site and services. You can learn about Google’s practices by visiting www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. We also share data with certain other vendors for marketing and advertising purposes or for compliance purposes.
You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies on your computers or remove them from your browser by adjusting your browser preferences. You may still use the Site, but you likely will lose some functionality.
Choices and Access
Your choices regarding our use and disclosure of Personal Information
We give you certain choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information for promotional purposes. You may opt out from receiving electronic communications from us by contacting us at privacy@stradaeducation.org. If you no longer want to receive promotional-related emails from us, you may opt out according to instructions in such communications. Please note that if you opt out of receiving marketing-related messages, we may still send you important administrative messages.
Access, change or deletion of Personal Information
To review, correct, update, or delete Personal Information that you previously have provided to us, please contact us at privacy@stradaeducation.org to do so. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
Data Integrity and Retention
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We employ reasonable organizational, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the Personal Information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information.
We will retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for your information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your information, the purposes for which we process your information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
Data Relating to Children Under 13
Our Services are not directed at, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from, anyone under the age of 13 (or such other age as may be restricted under local law). If we are made aware that we have received such information, or any information in violation of our Privacy Notice, we will use reasonable efforts to locate and remove that information from our records. If you wish to have your child’s information removed, please contact us using the information below.
Changes to This Privacy Notice
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this Privacy Notice at any time. When we do, we will post a notification on the main page of our Site, and revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes to our Privacy Notice.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or any of our Services, including the Site, please contact us at:
Strada Education Foundation Inc.
Attention: Legal Department
2001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
privacy@stradaeducation.org