Last Updated August 2015
SLS (“SLS,” “us” or “we”) is committed to protecting the privacy of its students and their families, and other visitors to its website (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy & Terms of Use governs any information collected from you on this Website, and also any personal information collected from current, future and applicant families (whether collected online, by mail, in person, by email or by phone).
By using this Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy & Terms of Use. If you violate a person’s privacy or misuse personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy & Terms of Use, we reserve the right, without prior notice to you, to take the appropriate action we deem warranted, which may include denying you access to the password-- protected portions of the Website.
This Privacy Policy & Terms of Use may be changed from time to time, and notice of any change will be provided by updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy & Terms of Use, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on the home page of the Website. By continuing to access or use the Website after those changes become effective, you agree to the revised Privacy Policy & Terms of Use.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy & Terms of Use, please contact us at the SLS Office on 415 474 9489 or office@slssanfrancisco.org.
SLS collects personal information from you that you choose to give us, such as your name, child’s name, birth date, class information, address, phone number, email, credit card information and other information about your family. Whether you choose to give SLS this information is completely up to you, but SLS may not be able to provide you with certain services (e.g. , process your online donation or your application) or information without this information.
SLS may use your personal information to fulfill a request from you, such as process an online donation, or consider your child for admission, and for other SLS internal purposes (such as for use in SLS operations, fundraising and strategic planning). SLS may also use your personal information to contact you about school--related activity, news and events, and to send you periodic communications about other programs, events or services we think may be of interest to the SLS community.
SLS will not sell your personal information to anyone for any reason. Other than in the online directories available in the Parent Portal (described in the “Parent Portal” section below), any personal information you provide to SLS will not be shared by SLS to third parties unless you have given SLS permission to do so or except as expressly provided for below.
SLS may share your information with individuals or companies that perform services for us, such as our school photographers, web site hosts, database providers, communication services, credit card and payment processors, and financial institutions.
If any or all of the assets of SLS are acquired by, or merged with another entity, we will share some or all of your information with this entity and/or your personal information may then be owned by that entity.
SLS may also disclose your personal information if SLS believes that such action is needed to: (1) comply with the law or the legal process, (2) protect against misuse or unauthorized use or access of this Website, or (3) protect the personal safety, property, or rights of any person.
As visitors navigate through the Website, certain non--personal information may be collected automatically by SLS and/or the company who hosts the Website for SLS. (Non-- personal information is information that does not identify the specific user.) Specifically, cookies, web beacons, and other automated devices and third party services (such as Google Analytics or Adobe SiteCatalyst) may be used to collect information about our visitors, such as the pages they view on the Website, search terms used, browser type, IP address, operating system, referring URL and the date, length and time of the visit. This data is used to improve the content of the Website and helps us administer the Website and school communications and analyze trends.
If you wish to update or edit your personal information, you may do so by contacting SLS at the SLS Office (see above).
The Website includes a secure password--protected area of the site referred to as the “Parent Portal” . The Parent Portal is intended to serve as a resource for the parents of current SLS students. If you are provided access to the Parent Portal, please do not share your unique log in and password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login and password, and for restricting access to your computer. You also agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your login or password. You agree to immediately notify SLS of any unauthorized use of your password or login or any other breach of security.
The Parent Portal includes online directories of currently enrolled SLS families and a list of staff accessible to members of the SLS community with Parent Portal user accounts. If you are a parent and you prefer your family’s information to not be included in the online directories (or for the information to be limited in some manner), or if you wish to update any of this information, you can contact us at the SLS Office (see above).
If you need assistance logging in or using the Parent Portal, please contact the SLS Office (see above).
All materials published on this Website, including but not limited to written content, photographs, graphics, images, illustrations, marks, logos, sound or video clips, and animation, are owned by SLS or its licensors, and are protected by U.S. and international laws, including laws governing copyrights and trademarks.
Information provided on the Website, including on the Parent Portal, is strictly for your personal school--related use, and may not be shared with third parties. Use of this information for private, commercial, or political mailings and/or distribution to any outside parties is prohibited. You may download or print material from this Website, including materials from the Parent Portal, only for your personal school--related and non-- commercial use. You may not otherwise modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or in any way exploit any of the materials or content on this Website in whole or in part without our prior written permission. If you misuse information provided on the Website, including on the Parent Portal, we reserve the right, without prior notice to you, to take the appropriate action we deem warranted, which may include denying you access to the password--protected portions of the Website (e.g. , the Parent Portal).
SLS’s logo, name and all custom graphics on the Website are service marks, trademarks and/or trade dress of SLS, and may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not offered by SLS without SLS’s written permission.
Please contact us at the SLS Office (see above) if you need to request permission for other uses.
As a condition of your use of the Website, you warrant to SLS that you will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the Website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Website or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Website.
This Website may have links to other websites or applications that are not owned or controlled by SLS (each, a “Third Party Site”), and whose policies may differ from this one. We do not control or endorse any Third Party Site, and we are not responsible for any content, product, advertising and other materials presented in or provided by such Third Party Site. Your use and access of a Third Party Site is at your own risk, and is subject to the terms and conditions for such Third Party Site. In order to remain informed regarding the use of your personal information, we encourage you to review the privacy policies and terms of use/service of each Third Party Site you visit and/or download.
This Website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. But, no method of data transmission over the Internet or date storage is 100% secure and therefor, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of any information transmitted to or from the Website.
SLS maintains this Website, including the Parent Portal portion of the Website, to promote the school and provide the latest news and information about the school. Our goal is to keep the Website timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them. However, SLS accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information on the Website, including on the Parent Portal portion of the Website, and makes no representations about the suitability of the information contained on the Website for any purpose or audience. The Website is provided on an “AS--IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” basis without representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied.
SLS makes no representations or guarantees regarding your ability to transmit and receive information from or through the Website, including through the Parent Portal portion of the Website.
SLS disclaims any and all liability resulting from or related to any events in which access to this Website, including the Parent Portal portion of the Website, is impaired or unavailable for any reason.
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall SLS be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use this Website. You specifically acknowledge and agree that SLS is not liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user. If you are dissatisfied with any of these terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to stop using the Website.
This limitation of liability provision applies to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law.
California law governs this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, as well as any claim, cause of action or dispute that might arise between you and SLS relating to the Website, including the Parent Portal portion of the Website, without regard to conflict of law provisions. For any such claim, cause of action or dispute, you agree and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts of the State of California, City and County of San Francisco. You are responsible for complying with the laws of the jurisdiction from which you are accessing the Website and you agree that you will not access or use the information on the Website in violation of any applicable laws.
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