Accessibility Statement for Great Hearts Academies
Great Hearts Academies is committed to making its website usable by all
people by meeting or exceeding the requirements of the Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Level AA (WCAG 2.0 AA). We strive in making
our site an equal playing field for everyone. We continue to monitor our site
and make sure that all content provided is accessible to all visitors.
Disclaimer:
It is important to note that efforts to the website are ongoing as we work to
implement the relevant improvements to meet WCAG 2.0 AA guidelines over
time.
Beginning the week of March 16th, there will be hundreds of documents
uploaded onto our websites for remote learning due to COVID-19. We are
committed to keeping our website accessible for everyone during this time.
Our Commitment to Help:
We are dedicated to meeting all of your accessibility needs. Should you have
specific questions or concerns about the accessibility of this site or need
assistance in using the processes found within this site, we have trained
individuals here at Great Hearts Academies to assist you.
Please contact us directly at Feedback@GreatHeartsAmerica.org. We would
be happy to assist in making your visits to our site as convenient as
possible.
Third Party Applications:
While you are visiting our site, you will notice that we may occasionally use
third-party vendors and open source materials such as YouTube, Facebook
and Twitter to provide information. Great Hearts Academies does not control
or remedy the way content is portrayed by these vendors/platforms,
however Great Hearts is continually working with vendors to increase
accessibility and to identify and provide alternative sources, if available.
Great Hearts is dedicated to protecting our customers’ privacy and emerging technology that delivers the most competent and safe online experience. Great Hearts understands that our customers deliberate how the information about them is being shared and used, and values this trust. This Great Hearts Statement of Privacy applies to, and governs data collection and usage at all Great Hearts sites and services. By visiting Great Hearts domains, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.
This Privacy Policy covers Great Heart’s treatment of information that Great Hearts collect when our customers use either Great Hearts applications or services. This policy also encompasses Great Hearts treatment of all personally identifiable information including the types of information that we gather, how we use it and the notice and choice affected individuals have regarding our use of and their ability to correct that information.
Great Hearts observes the United States-EUROPEAN UNION and United States-Swiss Safe Harbor Privacy Governance Ethics published by the United States Department of Commerce (the “Ethics”) in regard to all such data. If there are any conflicts between the policies in this privacy policy and the Ethics, the Ethics shall govern. If you wish to know more concerning the Safe Harbor program, please visit http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/
This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Great Hearts does not own or control that may be accessible from Great Hearts web sites, or to people that Great Hearts does not directly employ or manage. Great Hearts suggests contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy, security, data collection, and distribution policies.
“Personal Information” or “Information” means data that (1) is transferred from the EUROPEAN UNION to the United States; (2) is recorded in any form; (3) is about, or relates to a precise individual; and (4) can be linked to that individual. Personal information may include information that can identify you, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and other similar information.
“Anonymous Information” means data that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as
the industry in which you work or the region in which your primary office is located.
“Sensitive Personal Information” indicates data that exposes beliefs, political opinions, sexual preferences, creed or race, ethnicity, religious or philosophical principles, union membership or that area about an individual’s health. Due to the construction of our business and products and services, Technicalthoughtleader.com does not gather or preserve sensitive personal information.
Great Hearts will inform an individual or company of the purpose for which it collects and uses Personal Information, and the types of third parties to which the Company discloses or may reveal that Information. Great Hearts will deliver the individual with the choice and means for limiting the use and disclosure of their Personal Information. Notice will be provided in clear and conspicuous language when individuals are first asked to provide Personal Information to Great Hearts, or as soon as feasible, thereafter, and in any event, before Great Hearts uses or discloses the Information for a purpose other than for which it was originally collected.
Great Hearts will offer individuals or a company the chance to choose whether their Personal Information can or cannot be disclosed to a third party.
Registration Information: Some of the content and services on the website require registration prior to being accessed. If the person registers, they choose to provide us with particular personal information as in their name, address, e-mail address and phone number and agree to the Terms and Conditions governing this site.
Service & Transaction Information: When you use a password or a similar identifier to access the site, Great Hearts will identify your identifier and may gather particular categories of information about you such as data connected to your use of the site and its services (such as products and other feature elements), and information about your transactions, interactions, and communications with us.
For organizational purposes, Great Hearts will sporadically notify customers using e-mail. E-mail is maintained to reset passwords or update you of structured events such as system availability.
Great Hearts gathers and maintains certain types of data from its web server logs when logins exist. This can be information collected and reviewed, to include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information be it a browser form and version, operating system, and technology platform; the complete URL clickstream to, through, and from our web site, including date and time; cookie number; products you viewed or searched for.
Great Hearts deploys cookies when there are browser sessions with Great Hearts, which are alphanumeric identifiers that are transported to your computer’s storage areas via your web browser to empower our systems to identify you; to provide the session resolve, and to authenticate as browsing occurs with the site. Individuals or companies are able to engage with or decline cookies through settings in their web browser. Many web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can regularly modify your browser setting to refuse cookies if desired. If you choose to decline cookies, you will not be able to fully engage the interactive features of the Great Hearts web sites you visit.
How Great Hearts handles the Information it gathers
Great Hearts uses the information to customize the content you see and to fulfill support requests for certain products and services.
Great Hearts may likewise collect Personal Information and Anonymous Information as an agent for customers who use and engage with products or services in the Great Hearts solutions environment. The determination for collecting Personal Information and Anonymous Information may support (but not limited to) delivering tailored content to individuals or companies to enrich their user experience.
Great Hearts secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Great Hearts secures personally identifiable information on secure servers in a controlled, data center environment, protected from unauthorized access or use. Great Hearts Account Information is password-protected for privacy and security and the maximum sensitive information such as passwords are stored using current encryption techniques. Great Hearts protects the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts all data that you provide.
All security features are ineffective without the proper diligence by the end-user. Practice effective controls as in closing a web browser after logging off Compass Rose Ventures web sites and select passwords with associations of letters (upper and lower case), special characters, and numbers.
Great Hearts will only process Personal Information in a way that is well-suited and pertinent for the purpose for which it was collected or authorized by the individual. To the extent necessary for those purposes, Great Hearts will take reasonable steps to safeguard that Personal Information is accurate, complete, current, and reliable for its intended use.
Great Hearts will provide access for customers to their Personal Information and permit changes or altering if incorrect data, excluding where the responsibility or expense of providing access would be inconsistent to the risks to the privacy of the customer or where the rights of customers other than the individual would be violated.
Great Hearts uses a self-assessment methodology to deliver compliance with this privacy policy and selectively verifies that the policy is accurate, comprehensive for the information intended to be covered, conspicuously displayed, wholly implemented and accessible and in conformity with the methodology. We inspire interested persons to raise any concerns using the contact information page and we will examine and attempt to resolve any complaints and disputes concerning the use and disclosure of Personal Information in accordance with the methodology.
If a complaint or dispute cannot be resolved through our internal mechanisms, we agree to dispute resolution using the American Arbitration Association (http://www.adr.org ) as a third-party resolution provider.
Great Hearts reserves the right to share your Personal Information to respond to suitably authorized information requests of governmental authorities or where required by law. In very rare circumstances where national, state or company security is at issue, Great Hearts reserves the right to share our entire database of visitors and clients with appropriate governmental authorities.
Great Hearts may also provide your Personal Information to a third party about the sale, assignment, or other transfer of Great Hearts business to which the information relates, in which case we will require any such buyer to agree to treat Your Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Should you have further questions, comments, or any concerns about this policy, please contact
Phoenix, Arizona (602)438-7045 directly at
Questions, commentaries or grievances regarding the Company’s data collection and processing practices can also be mailed to:
Phoenix, AZ 85034
This Privacy Policy is subject to updates and will be posted on the Great Hearts website.
Date: March 9, 2021