Because this school Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices. This Web site has agreed to notify you of:

1. What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personally identifiable information that is collected from you through the Web site
2. The organization collecting the information
3. How the information is used
4. With whom the information may be shared
5. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of the information
6. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under Riverdeep control
7. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information

E-mail: info@caliva.org

California Virtual Academies are committed to assuring the privacy of its subscribers and users.

Usernames and passwords		All CAVA users-teachers, students and parents-are provided with a private username and password when they enroll at the school that allows them to use the site's online materials appropriately for their individual role. The CAVA username and password allow users to access materials and participate in the moderated discussion groups at the site. Enabling those options is the primary use of personal information submitted to the CAVA Web site.
Changing personal profile information		In order to establish a voluntary profile to help find others with like interests in the virtual homerooms of the school Web site, users may provide limited demographic information, e.g., information about pets, favorite songs, or a favorite quote. Other information (such as email addresses, choosing topics to receive email notification of when new messages are added, choosing to use a cookie to remember their usernames and passwords, and topics to which to limit keyword searches are also currently optional. Users are encouraged throughout the forums not to post any additional personally identifiable information in message on the forum boards. If a user wishes to change or eliminate his voluntary profile, he may do so by using the Edit My Profile link at the bottom of the page. He may also change his password there.
How and why CAVA may track its Web site users		In the future we may use Session ID numbers to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Session ID numbers are not linked to personally identifiable information. Additionally, for systems administration, detecting usage patterns and troubleshooting purposes, CAVA's servers may automatically log standard access information including browser type, access times, URL requested, and referral URL. While information like this may be shared with third parties in aggregate form, individually identifiable information related to this data will never be shared with third parties without explicit permission.
Allowing users to opt out		Our users are given the opportunity to "opt out" of having their information available by deleting it using the Edit My Profile link at the bottom of each page of the virtual homeroom forums. No personally identifiable information is collected at any other point on the school Web site not already mentioned.
Links to external sites		Throughout our Web site we include links to other Web sites. Our privacy policy does not apply to these external links. We do not use masking. We urge parents and teachers to learn more about protecting children on the Internet by visiting the following sites: U.S. Department of Education's Parents' Guide to the Internet SafeKids.com
Changes to this policy		This policy may change as we add new features to our site. We will place a notice on the California Virtual Academies homepage if there is a change in our privacy policy 30 days prior to a change. We will also take commercially reasonable measures to obtain written or active e-mail consent from our users if we start using the information collected from our users in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding this policy.

We read every message we receive and try to reply promptly to every one. The information you send is used to respond directly to your questions or comments. We may also file your comments to improve the site and program, or we may review and discard the information. Your personal information is only shared with third parties with your explicit permission.