The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, effective April 21, 2000 , applies to the online collection of personal information from children under 13. The new rules spell out what a Web site operator must include in a privacy policy, when and how to seek verifiable consent from a parent and what responsibilities an operator has to protect children's privacy and safety online.
This Website is NOT directed at children under 13. The target audience is students from 15 to 18, or 9th grade to 12th grade, generally via their participating school or school district.
Personal Information
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and Rule apply to individually identifiable information about a child that is collected online, such as full name, home address, email address, telephone number or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the child. The Act and Rule also cover other types of information -- for example, hobbies, interests and information collected through cookies or other types of tracking mechanisms -- when they are tied to individually identifiable information.
The only information collected on this site is information necessary for the student to establish a profile including their name, grade and their individually selected password.
Basic Provisions
Privacy Notice
The link to the privacy notice for this site is posted on the home page. The link to the privacy notice is clear and prominent.
The name and contact information (address, telephone number and email address) for TCA, LLC is posted. The information collected only includes the name, grade and password, and is collected directly from the student.
The information is never used for marketing back to the student. It is simply used to establish their account for them to re-enter the site and continue their studies.
TCA, LLC NEVER discloses information collected from students to third parties, with the exception that for school licensed access, where the school then offers this service to their students, the information includes the selection of the teacher and class, and their teacher has access to this information. Through their schools, parents have the option to agree to the collection and use of the child's information without consenting to the disclosure of the information to third parties.
We only require the student to disclose the minimum information than is reasonably necessary to participate in these courses as a condition of participation.
Through the subscribing school, or directly to TCA, LLC, via the contact information in the privacy notice, the parent can review the child's personal information, ask to have it deleted and refuse to allow any further collection or use of the child's information. The privacy notice includes the procedures for the parent to follow to have this information deleted.
Direct Notice to Parents
The parents are always able to contact the listed representative by postal mail, email or telephonically to request clarification, or to have their childrens ' information deleted. These requests generally should be handled via their local schools, but direct contact to TCA, LLC is always available.
For More Information
If you have questions about the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule [PDF], visit the FTC online at www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy . You also may call the FTC's Consumer Response Center toll-free at 1-877-FTC-HELP (382-4357), or write Consumer Response Center , Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW , Washington , DC 20580 .
Your Opportunity to Comment
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