Legal & Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Scope

This policy applies only to the Spokesman Online at http://spokesman.pds.org. Note that Princeton Day School and www.pds.org may have privacy policies of their own that may supplement and/or supercede this policy. Note that our website may contain links to other websites. However, we are not responsible for, nor do we make any representations regarding, the privacy practices or the content of those sites.

Information We Gather About You

The information we gather about you falls into two categories: 1) Personally identifiable information, which includes personal information you voluntarily supply when you subscribe, complete a survey, register for an online discussion, or provide your e-mail address and 2) Non-personally identifiable information, which includes tracking information collected as you navigate through our sites.

Personally Identifiable Information

We will not share any personally identifiable information without directly and explicitly soliciting your authorization to do so.

Non-personally identifiable information

Cookies

A cookie is a short string of text that is stored on your computer and is sent back to our server each time you load a page. A cookie cannot be used to get information from your computer; it only stores information that we provide. The Spokesman uses cookies to support our login system as well as to help us understand which parts of our Web sites are the most popular, where our visitors are going and how much time they spend there.

IP Addresses

The IP or internet protocol address indicates the location of your computer on the Internet. We use the IP address to track access to our site.

Use of the Information We Gather About You

The Spokesman may perform statistical or demographic analyses of subscribers. Further, because our website provides opportunities for user-generated content such as comments, reviews, postings, etc., any information you disclose in your submissions, along with your screen name or ID, or any image or photo, becomes public and may be used by the Spokesman for online and offline purposes in any and all media. If you chose to engage in public activities on the site, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these areas, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums.

Email Policy

The Spokesman complies fully with the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. We will not share, sell, rent, swap or authorize any third party to use your e-mail address without your permission. If you feel you have received an e-mail from us in error, please contact us at thespokesman@pds.org.

Subscription and Service-Related E-mail: The Spokesman reserves the right to send you e-mail relating to your subscriber status. If at any time you no longer wish to receive mailings from the Spokesman, please contact us at thespokesman@pds.org.

Article Submission

All submitted pieces are put through a rigorous editing process in which pieces are improved with an eye for style, grammar, factual information, and content. The Spokesman reserves the right to edit any submission for length, content, and clarity. Writers submitting pieces to the Spokesman should expect their submissions to be changed at the editors’ discretion. Although the editorial staff will make every effort to publish submitted work, writers should not expect that their submissions will be published within any specific time frame or at all, at the discretion of the Editors-in-Chief. While writer-editor dialogue is encouraged, editors have the final word regarding what is published, and are not required to consult with writers before making changes to submitted work that is ultimately published. All articles submitted to the Spokesman automatically become the property of the Spokesman, and may be printed or published by the Spokesman without any further communications with the person who submitted the article. As a courtesy, any submission published by the Spokesman may be reprinted or republished, as originally published by the Spokesman, by the author identified in the by-line.

User-Generated Content

All user-generated content on spokesman.pds.org, including but not limited to comments and posts on blogs, forums, articles, etc., are governed by PDS’ Code of Electronic Integrity (E-Code). A copy of the E-Code can be found at http://spokesman.pds.org/page/ecode.xhtml.