Your Privacy: Overview

This privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy") tells you about the information that the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development("DhamakaHits.com ") and its affiliates and partners collect in connection with the operation of its websites (collectively, the "Site"), how the information is used and how you can access and correct certain information that we may collect. Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to information collected from you by DhamakaHits.com via the Site and does not apply to information obtained or disclosed through offline correspondence or personal contacts with DhamakaHits.com representatives. In addition, to the extent that you disclose, or you authorize DhamakaHits.com to disclose, your information to other parties, whether they are vendors, service providers or other users of the Site, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information disclosed to them. Additionally, the Site may contain links to other entities' websites that are not controlled or operated by DhamakaHits.com. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third party websites, and DhamakaHits.com is not responsible for the content of such third party websites or the privacy practices of such third parties. Therefore, we encourage you to request and review the privacy policies of any third parties upon disclosing your information such parties or visiting such third party websites.
In addition, California residents have certain rights under state law related to the sharing of personal information with third parties for direct marketing purposes.  DhamakaHits.com has chosen to comply with California law SB 27 by providing a cost-free means to opt-out of disclosure of personally identifiable information for direct marketing purposes as described in the section titled "Choice and Opt-Out Preferences" below.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of March 31, 2007.

Collection of Your Personal Information
You can access some areas of the Site without submitting any personally identifiable information. DhamakaHits.com collects personally identifiable information only if you choose to: (a) complete the online forms to register to become a member of DhamakaHits.com, participate in any DhamakaHits.com program, purchase products, sign up for seminars, tutorials, professional development programs, classes, polling panels, volunteer or leadership positions or other programs, subscribe to our newsletters or other publications, participate in our "What Works in Schools" and other surveys, report issues, or request information or assistance through the Site or (b) post any information on discussion groups, bulletin boards or forums on the Site including, without limitation, the WebBoard area of the Site. The personally identifiable information that DhamakaHits.com collects through these portions of the Site includes your name, e mail address, address, telephone number and fax number. Under some circumstances we may also request and collect additional information that is necessary or appropriate for the completion of a transaction requested by you, such as credit card or banking information and billing address. We may also collect demographic data, including, without limitation, through our "What Works in Schools" site and other surveys. All of the information that you provide on the Site is maintained by DhamakaHits.com or service providers acting on behalf of DhamakaHits.com.  DhamakaHits.com may also collect certain non-personally identifiable information in connection with the operation of the Site, including IP addresses, browser or operating system information, data on purchases, and the websites that you visit before or after you visit the Site. Such information is maintained by DhamakaHits.com or service providers acting on behalf of DhamakaHits.com.

Do We Employ "Cookies" Or Other Similar Technologies?
DhamakaHits.com may use "cookies," log files, clear gifs or similar technologies on certain portions of the Site. DhamakaHits.com does not use cookies to retrieve information that is unrelated to your visit or your interaction with the Site.
"Cookies" are small text files stored on your computer’s hard drive. "Clear gifs" are small graphics files stored on your computer’s hard drive that are similar in function to cookies. They allow DhamakaHits.com to personalize your experience, provide specialized content and support to customers, record session information, recall visitor preferences and/or simplify the completion of online forms. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can use settings on your browser to disable or turn off cookies. If you choose to reject the cookies used by the Site, you may be unable to access certain areas of the Site, or your use of the Site may be degraded. "Log files" are files that store information such as internet protocol addresses, browser type, internet service provider, pages visited before or after the Site and similar demographic information for aggregate use to determine how the Site is used.

How We Protect Your Information
To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy and facilitate the appropriate use of information, DhamakaHits.com uses physical, technological and administrative procedures to attempt to protect the personally identifiable information we collect through the Site. Nevertheless, Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any messages or information you send to the Site may be read or intercepted by others. If you have any questions about the security of personally identifiable information collected by DhamakaHits.com, please contact us at: DhamakaHits.com.

Use of Your Personally Identifiable Information
DhamakaHits.com uses the personally identifiable information we collect about you to provide any products or services requested by you. Upon our collection of your personally identifiable information, DhamakaHits.com may use such personally identifiable information internally, separately or in combination with pre-existing information, for the following purposes:

• To provide any requested products or services, including, without limitation, membership services, seminars, professional development programs, tutorials, classes or other training services, books, subscriptions, polls, curricula or other products;

• To troubleshoot problems with the Site, or any products or services, as requested;

• To bill you for and collect fees owed;

• To customize your experience or homepage on the Site;

• To enforce our Terms of Use;

• To detect and protect against error, fraud and any other unauthorized or illegal activities;

• To provide your contact and billing information to vendors whose products or services you have requested and to provide your contact information to leaders and / or other members of groups that you have elected to join or leaders and / or other participants in projects or initiatives in which you have elected to participate;

• To contact you with more information about DhamakaHits.com and its services; or
   

• To alert you to upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services.

Personally identifiable information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or abroad.

Disclosure of Your Personally Identifiable Information
We may disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties, including, without limitation, service providers or vendors whose products and / or services have requested, as necessary or appropriate to provide such products or services to you. You acknowledge and agree that, by requesting such third-party products and / or services, you hereby authorize DhamakaHits.com to disclose your personally identifiable information to such parties.

In addition, your username or user ID will be displayed when you use certain portions of the Site, including, without limitation, in connection with the WebBoard and any other discussion groups, bulletin boards or forums in which you participate. Other users may be able to view your username or user ID and the contents of any posts by you (collectively, your "User Posts"). Therefore, if you include any personally identifiable information in any of your User Posts, any other person or entity who accesses this Site may be able to identify you and your activities on this Site. In addition, we may disclose your personally identifiable information, including as part of working group lists, mailing lists and other directories, to leaders and / or other members of groups that you have elected to join or leaders and / or other participants in projects or initiatives in which you have elected to participate.

In addition, we may disclose your personally identifiable information to our subsidiaries or affiliates and to third party partners whom we occasionally hire to provide services on our behalf, including support services, website services, packaging, mailing and delivering promotional materials, shipping, answering customer questions about our services and new services. DhamakaHits.com will only provide those partners with the personally identifiable information they need to deliver the services to us and / or on our behalf, and they will be contractually prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. In the event that DhamakaHits.com is involved in a transaction such as a merger, stock purchase or sale, or sale of substantially all of DhamakaHits.com 's assets, your personal information may be transferred to the other party in such transaction. We may also disclose your personally identifiable information to other third parties that we believe will be able to provide you with offers, valuable products, services or other information that may be of interest. Because such third parties may keep and use your information whether or not you purchase their products or use their services, your personal information will be subject to their privacy policies, and you should contact them directly for more information about their specific privacy policies.