Privacy Policy
	Thank you for visiting the Lowndes County (Georgia) Board of Education (the "DISTRICT") School Jobs Portal (the "Portal"). Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used at this site. This policy applies to the Portal only and may differ from the Privacy Policy posted on our district websites or those of third-party websites to which this Portal links. The Information We Collect Using the Portal, you can apply for current and future employment with the member school district(s), subscribe to email alerts for future postings, and upload files for review. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected at these pages include: name, Social Security Number, contact information, employment history, educational pursuits, skills, experiences, and other information about your interests, goals, and professional attitudes. In most cases, only persons who provide us with the requested personally identifiable information will be considered for employment with the district. We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit the Portal, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OSX), and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink, etc.). How We Use the Information It is the expressed intention of the District to use the information you provide for the sole purpose of evaluating your qualifications for a given position; to respond to your inquiries about our district; to fulfill your request to be notified when a new position is posted that matches your preferences; to confirm successful submission of job postings; to provide you with Username and Password reminders at your request; to notify you about new features on the Portal; to request your feedback on our website and your experience with the Portal; to notify you about important happenings within our district; and to request reference, credential, and criminal background checks. The information you provide, including any files which you upload for review, may be distributed throughout the district managers for these purposes, and may be maintained in machine readable (electronic) or printed form. We strive to maintain confidentiality in all matters of the information we collect through the Portal. We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Portal experience. We also may use this information in aggregate to analyze site usage and performance. When deemed necessary at the sole discretion of the district, we may disclose personally identifiable information in response to a legal process - for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law. Agents and suppliers of the district who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for the District. Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice. The District is committed to protecting and securing all personal information through the use of security measures in place at our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of such information. Cookies & Web Beacons To enhance your experience with the Portal and to assist in maintaining security, the Portal uses "cookies." Cookies are text files recorded by your computer to store your preferences and to keep your information separate from other Portal users. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your email address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, posting for employment. However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. We use cookies to understand Portal usage and to improve the content and efficiency of the Portal. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our web pages (e.g., to recognize you by name when you return to our site). "Web beacons" or small clear images are placed on a web page to monitor the behavior and collect data about the visitors viewing a web page. For example, web beacons can be used to count the users who visit a web page or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page. The Portal may use web beacons from time to time for this and other purposes. Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites The Portal contains links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. Our Commitment to Security We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online. How to Contact Us If you have any questions or concerns about this Portal privacy policy, you may contact the developer of the Portal software by sending email to: policy-manager@k12personnel.com. You may also contact the member District(s) using the contact information provided near the bottom of the main login page. Updates & Effective Date From time to time, we may update this Privacy Notice. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by placing a notice on this page, which is linked from nearly every screen of the Portal. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it. The Privacy Notice posted on this site was updated on or about July 15, 2009.
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