This Privacy Statement is incorporated in, and subject to, the Terms of Use and Service for The Today Foundation (“Today Foundation”). Please refer to those terms for definitions of words with initial capitals letters that are not otherwise defined in this Privacy Statement. Today Foundation encourages you to read this Privacy Statement carefully.
For purposes of this Privacy Statement, references to “You” or “Your” mean (i) you in your individual capacity, (ii) your company, which may be a school or school district, and (iii) students, employees, representatives and agents of Your school or school district that are registered with Today Foundation and that have a valid security identification and password to access and use the Resources (collectively the “Authorized Users”).
“Personally Identifiable Information” generally refers to any data that could potentially identify a specific individual. While You have access to the Resources, Today Foundation may collect the following Personally Identifiable Information about You:
Personally Identifiable Information does not include “De-identified Information,” which is any data or information that cannot be traced back to an individual (except for Identifiable Use Results, as defined above). For example, a table listing the number of students in each grade at a specific school using a particular Resource would not be Personally Identifiable Information.
Today Foundation does not sell Personally Identifiable Information to any affiliated entity of Today Foundation or any third-party, nor does it use such information for any sort of behavioral advertising. However, Today Foundation may use and disclose Personally Identifiable Information for a range of educational, compliance and quality assurance purposes.
Today Foundation may use Personally Identifiable Information for the following purposes:
Today Foundation may disclose Personally Identifiable Information to the following individuals or entities under the following circumstances:
Today Foundation is permitted to use and/or disclose Personally Identifiable Information about You when Today Foundation has Your consent. Today Foundation does not need Your consent to use De-identified Information.
Each school and/or school district is permitted via functionality made available by the Resources to determine what Personally Identifiable Information (if any) is accessible by Authorized Users and to which Authorized Users in particular. In certain circumstances, a school and/or school district may be entitled to permit one or more Authorized Users to change Personally Identifiable Information. Any requests by Students or parents to access and/or change Personally Identifiable Information must be made to the school and/or school district in the first instance, and these entities will maintain a record of all such access and amendment requests and of any actual changes made. To the extent that a student and/or parent makes a direct request to Today Foundation to access and/or amend Personally Identifiable Information, Today Foundation will forward that request to the school and/or school district for a response.
Unless required by law to maintain certain information for a longer period of time, Today Foundation retains Personally Identifiable Information only for as long as a student’s school and/or school district maintains a subscription with Today Foundation to one or more of the Resources. Once a subscription to a particular Resource is canceled or otherwise terminated, Today Foundation will typically retain any Personally Identifiable Information related to that Resource for sixty days after cancellation/termination to allow for temporary lapses in subscription services, at which point that information is destroyed. Personally Identifiable Information may also be destroyed at any time at the request of the school and/or school district.
Today Foundation recognizes its responsibility to protect the Personally Identifiable Information that You entrust to it. Today Foundation uses a variety of secure techniques to protect Your information, including secure servers, firewalls, access limitations on Today Foundation’s servers and password protections that guard against unauthorized access. Additionally, the information that You send Today Foundation via the Website, including student usage information and passwords, maybe encrypted, a process used to scramble information and make it extremely difficult to read if wrongly intercepted. Today Foundation utilizes industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to allow for the encryption of Personally Identifiable Information. All Personally Identifiable Information sent to Today Foundation is encrypted during transmission, such as during login. Once the data reaches Today Foundation’s server, Personally Identifiable Information is stored on a secure database, and access to this information is password protected.
“Cookies” are small pieces of information that some websites store on Your computer’s hard drive when You visit them. This element of data is a piece of text, not a program, that contains information identifying a user. When a user revisits a Website, his or her computer automatically “serves up” the cookie, eliminating the need for the customer to reenter the information. Like many other websites, Today Foundation uses cookies for this purpose. Your user “domain” (that is, Your school name) is the only data stored on Your hard drive by Today Foundation.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but allow You to modify security settings so You can approve or reject cookies on a case-by-case basis. At a minimum, Your web browser must allow temporary cookies that are not stored on Your hard disk to log into the Website. Please refer to the “Help” file of Your Internet Browser either to learn how to receive a warning before a cookie is stored.
The Website may contain links to or reference third-party websites and resources (collectively “Third Party Sites”). These Third Party Sites are not controlled by Today Foundation and, therefore, are not subject to this Privacy Statement. You should check the privacy policies of these individual Third Party Sites to see how Your personally identifiable information will be utilized by them before providing any personally identifiable information. Please be aware that these Third Party Sites may collect personally identifiable information about You and may also send you “cookies.” Today Foundation is not responsible for the content or practices of any linked Third Party Sites, and Today Foundation provides these links solely for the convenience and information of Today Foundation’s visitors.
Today Foundation may change this Privacy Statement at any time without advance notice. However, if the Privacy Statement changes, Today Foundation will post an updated version on the Website, and the revision date will be posted at the bottom of the page. If this occurs, You will be required to the re-acknowledge the review of the revised Privacy Statement before you can continue using the Resources.
If You have any questions about this Privacy Statement or any privacy questions or concerns, You may contact Today Foundation using the information below:
Email address: [email protected]
Street/Postal address:
8150 North Central Expressway
Suite 1900 – South Tower
Dallas, TX 75206
Phone: (214) 469-2834
Effective Date: March 1, 2020