Privacy Policy

The Berkeley School (“School”) is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting any personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy applies to the School’s website (https://www.theberkeleyschool.org/) and any other websites, applications, or online services of the School in which this Privacy Policy is linked or referenced (the “Website”).

This Privacy Policy describes the personally identifiable information the School collects through the Website and how that personally identifiable information may be used, maintained and, in some cases, shared. Your use of the Website indicates your acceptance to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy in effect as of the date of your use. If you do not agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy, do not use the Website.

Collection of Personally Identifiable Information

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personally identifiable information” means any information concerning a natural person which, because of name, number, symbol, mark, or other identifier, can be used to identify that natural person.

The School anticipates collecting the following categories of “personally identifiable information” through the Website: first and last name, student first and last name, student gender and student birthdate, email address, home address, telephone number, student’s grade and graduation year, credit card number and information, credit card billing information.

Use of Personally Identifiable Information

The School may collect personally identifiable information from parents/legal guardians or other visitors to the Website who choose to provide such information to the School, for example, when registering for a school event, providing contact information to receive updates from the School, contacting the School through the Website, submitting an inquiry, submitting any form on the website or making a donation. Engaging the Website for these purposes is voluntary and providing any personally identifiable information is intended to complete the action for which you have voluntarily engaged.

The School may also use the personally identifiable information to which it has access to provide you with or solicit from you other information and to let you know of additional activities, events, programs, or services that may be of interest to you. The School will provide you with the opportunity to opt out of these communications.

Sharing Personally Identifiable Information with Third Parties

The School does not sell, rent, trade or otherwise intend to share your personally identifiable information with any third party outside of the School, other than to trusted third parties who assist the School in operating the Website, conducting School business, payment processing, or providing services to you. The School requires these third parties to comply with this Privacy Policy and keep your personally identifiable information confidential.

The School will also disclose your personally identifiable information in the following limited circumstances: (1) if it believes disclosure is required by law; (2) to protect an individual’s personal safety; (3) to protect the public; (4) to enforce the terms and conditions of the Website; or (5) to protect the School and the School’s community’s rights, safety, or property.

Third-Party Links

The Website contains links to other websites. Please note that this Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected through the Website and not to information that may be collected through any other third-party website. The School is not responsible for and exercises no control over the content or privacy practices of other websites, and the School assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites.

Use of Cookies

“Cookies” are small text files that are stored on your computer that facilitate your access to and use of a website. Cookies allow a website operator to track usage and behavior with respect to its sites.

The School uses “cookies” on the Website to enhance your experience as a user. Your browser may permit you to adjust settings to warn you about cookies and allow you to choose to accept or reject them. However, if you choose to refuse cookies, some features of the Website may not function properly, or you may not be able to access certain information on the Website.

Do Not Track Notice

The School does not track the visitors to the Website over time and across third-party websites for purposes of providing targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track headers. Some third-party websites, however, do keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you.

Unsubscribing from Email Communications

If you wish to stop receiving newsletters, alumni updates, or other e-mail communications from the School, you may do so by emailing the school at communications@theberkeleyschool.org. Please type “Unsubscribe” in the subject.
SMS/Text Messaging

If you provide a phone number and written consent through the Website, the School may send SMS/text message communications to the phone number you provide. You may opt-out of receiving these SMS/text message communications at any time.
If you provide consent to receive SMS/text message communications, the School will not share, sell, or disclose that information or your phone number to any third parties or any other individual for the purposes of marketing or affiliate marketing.

Security

No server, computer, or communications network or system, or data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. The School takes precautions to protect personally identifiable information, for example, by using passwords on its computers and maintaining security best practices on the website. However, while the School strives to protect your personally identifiable information, it cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or through the use of the Website, and you acknowledge and agree that you provide such information, including personally identifiable information, and engage in such transmissions at your own risk.

The School provides links on the website for you to use when providing any payment information. The School does not process the credit card information. Instead, the School has entered into an agreement with a third-party payment processing service to collect, store, process, and transmit credit card data when a visitor makes a payment. All online financial transactions are processed through a secure window hosted by the School’s payment provider. All personally identifiable information transmitted back to the School is sent via SSL-secured connections. The School does not store the credit card information on its own servers.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The School reserves the right to change, modify, or update this Privacy Policy at any time. Any material changes to this Privacy Policy or to the way the School uses your personally identifiable information will be posted on this page.

Contact Information

If you have any requests concerning your personally identifiable information or other inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact communications@theberkeleyschool.org.