Privacy Policy for the Sonora Elementary School District’s Website

Effective Date: July 1, 2023

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Sonora Elementary School District (referred to as “the School District,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (referred to as “you” or “users”) of the Sonora Elementary School District website (referred to as “the Website”). This Privacy Policy applies to the Website and all products and services offered by the School District, and it is compliant with California student data privacy laws.

1. Information Collection

1.1 Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

We may collect personally identifiable information from users in various ways, including but not limited to when users visit our Website, fill out a form, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, or engage in other activities, services, features, or resources available on our Website. Users may be asked for their name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and other relevant information. We will collect such information only if users voluntarily submit it to us. Users can always refuse to provide personally identifiable information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Website-related activities.

1.2 Non-Personally Identifiable Information (Non-PII)

We may collect non-personally identifiable information about Users whenever they interact with our Website. Non-PII may include the browser name, the type of computer or device used, the operating system, the Internet service provider, and other similar information.

2. Information Usage

2.1 Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

We collect and use users’ personally identifiable information for the following purposes:

• To improve customer service: The information you provide helps us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
• To personalize user experience: We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Website.
• To send periodic emails: We may use the email address provided by users to respond to inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If a user decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the user would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

2.2 Non-Personally Identifiable Information (Non-PII)

We may collect and use non-personally identifiable information for statistical analysis, website improvement, and other administrative purposes.

3. Information Protection

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personally identifiable information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored on our Website.

4. Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent users’ personally identifiable information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personally identifiable information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

5. Compliance with California Student Data Privacy Laws

We comply with applicable California student data privacy laws, including but not limited to the California Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

6. Third-Party Websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our Website that links to the websites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors, and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these websites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Website. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites that have a link to our Website, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.