Privacy Policy

Perkiomen School is committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect information from individuals who visit our websites or otherwise interact with us. The same principles apply to personal information shared with us offline.

Information We Collect and How We Use It

When you use our websites or communicate with us, you may voluntarily provide personal information about yourself or others. The information we collect on our website or elsewhere generally falls into two categories: Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information.

Our website may contain links to other websites over which Perkiomen School has no control. Perkiomen School is not responsible for the content or practices of other websites to which you choose to link from our website.

Personally Identifiable Information We Collect. This refers to information about you that personally identifies you like your name, address, email address, phone number, username and password, financial account information, and information related to Perkiomen School students and prospective students—such as birth dates, class years, and educational records – that is not otherwise publicly available. It refers to information that lets us know the specifics of who you are. Perkiomen School does not collect Personally Identifiable Information unless you choose to provide it to us. Perkiomen School may request Personally Identifiable Information when you participate in certain activities or correspond with us. Perkiomen School may use this Personally Identifiable Information to respond to your requests for services, to improve the services we offer, and to contact you.

Personally Identifiable Information is never sold, rented, or traded and will only be shared with others as permitted by law or with your consent. We may also receive information from third parties, such as educational partners, and combine it with information we collect directly from you.

Our employees and agents do use Personally Identifiable Information for the following purposes:

·         Processing applications for admission and financial aid

·         Creating student, parent, and alumni directories

·         Registering participants for school programs, events, and services

·         Executing enrollment contracts and agreements

·         Responding to inquiries and requests

·         Processing tuition payments, fees, event registrations, and philanthropic gifts

·         Communicating with students, parents, alumni, and website visitors

·         Conducting analytics, research, and marketing and distributing instructional and informational materials

·         Maintaining, operating, and improving our websites and digital services

·         Other purposes disclosed at the time of collection

Personally Identifiable Information may also be disclosed to third parties when required by law or if necessary to comply with law enforcement authorities, a pending judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process; to obtain required governmental authorizations; or to assert or defend our legal rights, enforce our agreements, prevent or respond to suspected fraud, or protect the health, safety, property or legal rights of Perkiomen School, its employees, officials or others.

If you provide Perkiomen School with your mobile number, Perkiomen School uses that information to send notifications about school activities, events, important announcements or as otherwise designated. Standard message and data rates may apply. Your phone number and related data are not shared or sold to third parties for marketing purposes and are handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You may opt out of receiving SMS communications at any time.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information We Collect. This refers to information that does not by itself identify a specific individual. The Non-Personally Identifiable Information we automatically collect from your computer and browser may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the website you came from before visiting our website, which pages you visit on our website, which URL you next go to, which browser you used to come to our website, other software and hardware attributes of your computer, general location (city, country), and the date and time of each visit. We and our educational partners may use cookies or similar technologies to collect this information.

A cookie is a small data file sent by a website to a visitor’s browser. Your cookie automatically identifies your computer - but not you - to our servers when you visit our website and allows us to correlate your computer with certain usage patterns which are stored in our log files. Cookies cannot access data on your computer or extract personal information. They help us understand how visitors use our site so we can improve user experience. Accepting cookies does not give us access to your Personally Identifiable Information. If your browser is set to reject all cookies, Perkiomen School’s website may not function properly for you.

IP addresses may be used to help diagnose technical problems, administer our website, and identify which areas are most frequently visited. These IP addresses are not linked to any personally identifiable information, meaning users remain anonymous. Our staff may review aggregated search terms entered into Perkiomen School’s website search feature (powered by Google), but this information is not associated with individual users and is not used to identify or contact individual users.

Perkiomen School’s website is operating in the United States and is governed by the laws of the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that any information that you provide will be transferred to the United States. By providing information through the website, you consent to this transfer.

Children’s Privacy

In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, Perkiomen School’s website is not intended to collect personal information from children under 13 years of age without verified parental or guardian consent, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age without first obtaining parental or guardian consent. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will take reasonable steps to delete it as soon as practicable. When appropriate, we instruct children under 13 not to provide personal information on our site and take reasonable steps to ensure parental consent when such information is submitted.

Gifts and Online Registrations

When you make a gift or register for an event through our website, we may request information such as your name, address, and payment details (e.g., credit card number and expiration date). This information is used solely to process your transaction securely and fulfill your request.

Data Retention and Access

Perkiomen School retains personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law. You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, subject to applicable legal and educational record requirements.

Security

We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information from loss, misuse, or unauthorized access. While no system is completely secure, Perkiomen School continually evaluates and enhances its security measures to safeguard data.

Copyright Information

All content on this website—including written material, images, photos, and code—is protected under U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws. You may not copy, reproduce, modify, republish, transmit, or distribute any material from this site without written permission from Perkiomen School.

Agent for Notification of Copyright Infringement

All users of Perkiomen School’s website are expected to comply with applicable copyright laws. As required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998, the following individual is designated as our Copyright Agent to receive notifications of alleged copyright infringement related to Perkiomen School’s website:

Director of Marketing & Communications
Perkiomen School
200 Seminary Street
Pennsburg, PA 18073
(215) 679-1129

If you believe our website infringes upon a copyright, please submit written notification to our Copyright Agent including the following (per 17 U.S.C. § 512):

·         A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent

·         Identification of the copyrighted work(s) claimed to have been infringed

·         Identification of the material to be removed or access disabled, and sufficient information to locate the material

·         Your contact information (address, phone, and email)

·         A statement of good faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law

·         A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner

Upon receiving notice of alleged infringement, Perkiomen School will respond promptly by removing or disabling access to the material in question and will comply with the DMCA’s counter-notification provisions as appropriate.

Privacy Policy Changes

If we change this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised changes on our website. We may change this Policy at any time without prior notice.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us by using the “Contact Us” prompt on our website.