Privacy Policy

Phoenix Middle School Privacy Policy

At Phoenix Middle School, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This statement was developed to give you an understanding of conditions relating to information collected through this site. This Privacy Statement pertains only to the information that Phoenix Middle School collects or that is provided to us by you.

Your privacy
Most importantly: we will not sell, trade, give, etc., the information that we collect on our site to any third party, without your express permission. The data that we collect is not mined or used for marketing purposes in any way. The data that we collect is used solely for purposes of web metrics and traffic analysis. Be assured that safeguarding the contents of website traffic is our priority.

What we gather from you
Our site collects information in several ways. Phoenixms.org uses cookies to track your IP address to track traffic patterns and for system administration. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and is stored on your computer's hard drive.

Any information that our users provide is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) as it travels between your computer and our servers. When you see a solid key or a locked padlock icon on your browser window, this indicates that your transmission will be protected by SSL technology. For the protection of the personal information we follow generally accepted industry standards.

Like most standard website servers, ours uses log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, referring domain name, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp and number of hits and page views. Log files are not linked to personally identifiable information. Phoenix Middle School uses data gathered from the tracking utility to guide site updates and to monitor system performance. We do not tie log files to personally identifiable information.

The personal data we collect about you is stored in limited-access servers behind a firewall. We will maintain safeguards and passwords to protect the security of these servers and the databases of your personal data.

Contact information
Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like email address). Contact information is used to set website permissions and to contact users when necessary.

Parties to whom we disclose your information
The data that we collect on our site will not be transmitted to any 3rd party without your express permission. Meaning, that we will not, and do not, mine your data for marketing purposes, nor disclose the details of your traffic to a third party, without your express permission.

Phoenix Middle School may disclose user information in special cases where Phoenix has reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify or contact someone who may be violating Worthington City Schools user policy.

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. A password must be entered to log in to your account. All personal information is fully encrypted during all transactions. Please note, however, that no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure.

Corrections/Updates
If you wish to correct, update or otherwise modify the information that you have provided to us please contact the site administrator.

Links
This web site contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are 'clicking' to another web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.

Questions about this Policy

If you have questions or concerns about this Policy or any Privacy Notice, please contact us:

Phoenix Middle School
2341 Snouffer Road, Worthington, OH 43085
Phone: 614.450.4100 | Fax: 614.883.3610

Office Contact

Sean Flynn Principal
Chrissy Cavaluchy Secretary
Todd Kuck Nurse
Julie Miller Building Assistant
Ron Waterwash Counselor

School Hours: 8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Phoenix Middle School
2341 Snouffer Road, Worthington, OH 43085
Phone 614.450,4100 | Fax 614.781.0135

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