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KAPLAN ACADEMY OF WISCONSIN PRIVACY POLICY

This is the privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") for the website for Kaplan Academy of Wisconsin (at www.kaplanonlinschools.com/academy/wisconsin) (the "Site"), a partnership between Kaplan Virtual Education (KVE) and California Virtual Education Partners (collectively, "we" and "our"). KVE is a division of the Kaplan Higher Education Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaplan, Inc. (Kaplan, Inc., and its subsidiaries and affiliates are referred to herein as "Kaplan.") This Privacy Policy describes how Kaplan treats personal information received about you when you visit and use our Site.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully because by visiting and using the Site, you agree to its terms. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Kaplan Academy of Wisconsin website, and not to other Kaplan websites.

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting a notice on all Privacy Policy links. If you see a notice of change, please check the Privacy Policy because your continued use of the Site after we post the change means you have agreed to the new terms.

Collection and Use of Your Data

Personal Data. When you request information through our Site, complete and submit an Enrollment Form downloadable on our Site, and at other times, we ask for information which includes your name, email address, postal address, phone numbers, age, birth date, gender, race and/or ethnicity, and academic credentials. We also may ask for certain family information including our student's parent or guardian's name(s), sibling's name(s), emergency contacts, and their personal contact information in support of a student's application for enrollment. We may combine the information that we collect from you with information that you provide to Kaplan in connection with your use of Kaplan's other products, services, and websites or information we collect from third parties.

We use this personal data to process enrollments; to provide you our online courses and programs or access to password-protected sections of the Site; to contact you with responses to your requests or information about your enrollment, matriculation, or our educational programs; and to personalize our programs to you and others based on personal characteristics and preferences. To allow you access to the Site to post your own content or communicate with others. As otherwise described to you at the point of collection. We may also use your data to provide you with information about other programs we think might be of interest to you.

Anonymous Data. We automatically collect IP addresses and website usage information from you when you visit the Site. This information helps us evaluate how our visitors use and navigate the Site, including the number and frequency of visitors to each Web page, and the length of their visits.

Interactive Tools. Certain features of the Site, especially when you or your child is enrolled in our courses or programs, give you an opportunity to interact with other students, faculty, and staff. These may include discussion boards and seminars. When you use these features, you should be aware that your online screen name and any information you submit there, including your name, location, and email address, may be publicly available to others using the Site. We are not responsible for any information you choose to submit through these interactive features.

CHILDREN

The Site is intended for the use by children over the age of 13. You are not permitted to use the Site if you are under the age of 13. By using the Site, you agree to provide us with accurate information concerning your age or identity if we request it. You also agree not to assist children under the age of 13 in accessing the Site or to attempt to contact children under 13 through the Site. Should we learn that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete that information from our database.

Sharing Your Data

Lynwood School District. All of the personal data that you provide is accessible by and provided to our Site partner Lynwood School District for the purposes set forth above in the section entitled "Collection and Use of Your Data" and for administration purposes, such as keeping track of your course records, providing you with certificates of completion, and complying with any state reporting requirements. Lynwood is not governed by this Privacy Policy. If you want to know more about Lynwood's use of your information, contact Lynwood School District directly at (310) 603-1447.

Parents and Guardians. Once a student is enrolled in Kaplan Academy of Wisconsin, his or her parents or legal guardians will be provided with access to a section of the Site that allows them to review their child's progress and grades and interact with the school's administration, faculty, and staff. If you are a student of Kaplan Academy of Wisconsin, all of the personal information you have provided to us will be accessible by your parent(s) or guardian(s) through this section of the Site.

Other Third Parties. We may share the information we collect about you in limited circumstances, including:

  • With service providers that perform certain functions on our behalf, including processing information that you provide to us on the Site, operating the Site or portions of it, or in connection with other aspects of our business.
  • With all visitors to the Site, to the extent that you submit information to a portion of the Site designed for public communications.
  • With our affiliates and subsidiaries.
  • To selected third parties for direct marketing purposes.
  • To respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process, in response to a request for cooperation from law enforcement or another government agency, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, or to enforce our user agreement or privacy policy, or to protect our rights or the rights of others.
  • In connection with a corporate transaction involving Kaplan;
  • In aggregated or another non-personally identifiable form to third parties for various business purposes, including to improve the quality of our business, the Site, and the products and services we offer.
As otherwise described to you at the point of collection or pursuant to your consent.

Your Ability to Choose

You can let us know that you do not wish to receive promotional information from us regarding our educational programs, by clicking the unsubscribe link in any promotional emails we send you, calling us at 954.964.6500, or by mailing us your request at:

Attn: Unsubscribe
Kaplan Academy of Wisconsin
Kaplan Virtual Education
4601 Sheridan St.
Suite 600
Hollywood, FL 33021

You can let us know that you do not wish us to share your information with other Kaplan divisions or other selected third-party companies by calling us at 954.964.6500, or by mailing us your request at:

Attn: Opt Out Request
Kaplan Academy of Wisconsin
Kaplan Virtual Education
4601 Sheridan St.
Suite 600
Hollywood, FL 33021

Please note that these opt-out mechanisms do not apply to emails that we send you to correspond with you about your enrollment, courses, curriculum or services that we provide to you.

Cookies

We use cookies to allow you to move quickly through our Site, to recognize repeat visitors, and to allow you to take advantage of some of our Site's special features. We also use cookies to collect Site usage information, estimate our total audience size and traffic, and help us improve our Site's experiences by measuring which areas are of greatest interest to users. Some of the cookies that you may receive during your sessions here are from third-party service providers.

A cookie is a string of information that is sent by a website and stored on your hard drive or temporarily in your computer's memory. Cookies are small files and won't pose any significant disk space concerns. You can turn off the ability to receive any of these cookies by adjusting the browser in your computer. The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable cookies altogether. Without cookies you can visit our Site and review some of its content, but you will not be able to use the products or services that require you to sign in, such as your online courses.

We also use clear GIFs, Web beacons, and other tracking devices to follow visitor usage of our site. The data collected through these mechanisms is anonymous, and we do not link it to the personal data you may provide us.

Security

The personal data we collect about you is stored in limited-access servers behind a firewall. We will maintain safeguards to protect the security of these servers and your personal data. However, no method of transmitting or storing electronic data is ever completely secure, and we cannot guarantee that such information will never be accessed, used, or released in a manner that is inconsistent with this policy.

Links to Other Websites

This Site may contain links to other websites, including the sites for Kaplan's other programs. These other sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. Be sure to look for the privacy policies that govern your use of these other websites.

Transfer to the United States

Your information may be stored, processed and accessed in the United States or any other countries where Kaplan has facilities. By using the Site, you consent to the transfer of information outside your country.

Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as necessary to permit us to use it for the purposes that we have communicated to you and comply with applicable law or regulations.

Review and Correction

You can review and update the personal data you have provided to us by calling us at 954.964.6500, or by mailing us at:

Attn: Information Update
Kaplan Academy of Wisconsin
Kaplan Virtual Education
4601 Sheridan St.
Suite 600
Hollywood, FL 33021

Questions, Comments, and Concerns

You can contact us with any questions, comments, or concerns you may have about our Privacy Policy or website by calling us at 954.964.6500, or by mailing us at:

Attn: Website/Privacy Policy
Kaplan Academy of Wisconsin
Kaplan Virtual Education
4601 Sheridan St.
Suite 600
Hollywood, FL 33021

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