Privacy of Children

The Tipton Elementary School District web site complies with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA requires that Web site operators never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting verifiable parental consent.

In accordance with COPPA, the Tipton Elementary School District does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. We recommend that no one under the age of 15 should submit any personally identifiable information to our site. In the event that the Tipton Elementary School District determines that a user of this site is under the age of 13, we will not maintain or use his or her personally identifiable information.

To ensure children's privacy, we urge parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to become familiar with the types of content available on the Internet. Control tools are available on the Internet from online services and software manufacturers to help create a safer environment for children.

General Information Collected Via our Website
Any information received from the interaction with our Website is solely for the purpose implied in the requested form. We track IP addresses to determine the effectiveness of our Web design and implementation. We do not sell or rent the information available to us during the interaction with our Website.

IP Information
Our site will collect IP information. We use your IP address to administer our Web site. Your IP address is or may be used to track activity within our site to provide statistical information of a demographic nature, and track the browsing habits of our visitors. 
 
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.

Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called "cookies," and Web server logs to keep track of your session ID, and to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is personal, nor is it associated with you as an individual.

Links to Other Web Sites
The Tipton Elementary School District Website may contain links to other sites that are not under our control. TESD is not responsible for the claims, content, or promotions provided by linked websites. Further, linked websites have their own policies regarding privacy, and we make no claims, and take no responsibility for another website's policies. A link to another website does not constitute an endorsement by the Tipton Elementary School District. We provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors.

Policy Change
If our privacy policy regarding information practices change in the future, we will let you know by posting the policy changes on our Web site. We will notify you of any such change before we use your information in a manner not previously disclosed in our privacy policy. You will have the opportunity at that time to opt out of any new use of your information.