[h1]Privacy Policy[/h1]

At Engrade, we highly value the privacy of our members and we have a strict privacy policy to ensure all of our users' information is private. When we collect personal information from you on our website, we follow the privacy principles of (an independent resource mechanism) and comply with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of personal data from the European Union. These are our promises to you: [b]1. Notice.[/b] Engrade only collects your personal information to provide you with the features you request such as gradebook, calendar, or attendance. When we collect your personal information, we’ll always give you timely and appropriate notice describing what personal information we’re collecting and how we’ll use it. [b]2. Grades.[/b] Engrade does not and will never release any student's grades to any third party without the student's (or parents') express permission. [b]3. Email, Internal Messaging, and SPAM.[/b] Engrade only emails users about matters directly related to their Engrade account such as: sign up confirmation, lost log in information, and new message notifications. Engrade does not email users about third party commercial products. Engrade will never release a user's email address to any third party without the user's express permission. Engrade also provides users with its own internal messaging system. To prevent SPAM associated with other messaging systems, Engrade only allows users to message other users with whom they have a confirmed relationship (such as student-teacher). [b]4. Choice and Sharing.[/b] We’ll give you choices about the ways we use and share your personal information, and we’ll respect the choices you make. Engrade will never release any of our users' information to third parties without express permission. [b]5. Relevance.[/b] We’ll collect only as much personal information as we need for specific, identified purposes, and we won’t use it for other purposes without obtaining your consent. [b]6. Retention.[/b] We’ll keep your personal information only as long as we need it for the purposes for which we collected it, or as permitted by law. [b]7. Accuracy.[/b] We’ll take appropriate steps to make sure the personal information in our records is accurate. [b]8. Access.[/b] We’ll provide ways for you to access your personal information, as required by law, so you can correct inaccuracies. [b]9. Cookies.[/b] Engrade uses cookies only for usability purposes, we do not store any personal user information on cookies. We currently use cookies in three ways: (1) to store a user's session while they are logged in; (2) to remember a user's account settings; and (3) to determine if the user's system is compatible with certain technologies such as Flash and JavaScript. [b]10. Security.[/b] We’ll take appropriate physical, technical, and organizational measures to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, and destruction. unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or destruction. Engrade takes extreme precautions to ensure that our system is absolutely secure. Please read our [http://wikis.engrade.com/help/security security help page] to learn more. [b]11. International Transfer.[/b] If we transfer your personal information to another country, we’ll take appropriate measures to protect your privacy and the personal information we transfer. [b]12. Enforcement.[/b] We’ll regularly review how we’re meeting these privacy promises, and we’ll provide an independent way to resolve complaints about our privacy practices. To access your information, ask questions about our privacy practices, or issue a complaint, contact us at: Engrade 1327 Ocean Ave, Suite I Santa Monica, CA, United States 90401 Email: support[@]engrade.com Engrade is a participant in the TRUSTe Privacy Seal Program. TRUSTe is an independent organization whose mission is to advance privacy and trust in the networked world. As this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices monitored for compliance by TRUSTe. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Engrade on the Support page. If your inquiry is not satisfactorily addressed, you may then contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php. TRUSTe will serve as a liaison to work toward resolutions of your concerns. Any disputes arising from this Privacy Policy shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, and if you and Engrade cannot resolve such disputes, the matter shall be brought in and decided by the courts of the State of California.