INTERNET PRIVACY

            The Pittsylvania County School Board is committed to complying with the Privacy Protection Act of 1976, Virginia Code Ann. §2.1-377 et seq.  The Pittsylvania County School Division shall not collect unnecessary personal information by means of its website, and shall collect only appropriate personal information to the extent necessary to serve its constituents and the community. 

            Personal information collected and retained by the school division’s website will be maintained in compliance with the Virginia Privacy Protection Act.  Any individual wishing to learn the purpose for which information has been recorded and the particulars of its use and dissemination may contact the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee regarding this information.  Any person wishing to correct, erase or amend inaccurate, obsolete or irrelevant information may do so by procedures established by the Superintendent or the designee.

             The Pittsylvania County School Division shall inform the public of any personal information collected through its website by posting the following privacy statements or a link to these privacy statements in a conspicuous fashion on the website home page:   

¨       The website has been established to enhance and support those functions that are integral parts of the educational process.  As may be required for the performance of the function as an educational institution data may be collected via the website for the purposes of surveys, class registrations, training, requests for community opinions and other matters strictly relating to business of the school system.

¨       The school system does not disseminate the information related to the activities stated above outside the school system or use it beyond the scope of its original intended function.

¨       The school system does not collect private information for uses other than those listed above.

¨       The school system does not store “cookies” on any computer.

¨       The school system has attempted to secure the website by imposing restrictions on the use of universal IPs at the school level.  In addition, installation of a hardware firewall provides additional protection for the system.

¨       The school system does not collect any personal information concerning the political or religious beliefs, affiliations and activities of persons using the facilities.

¨       The school system does maintain a log of the pages accessed by clients logged on to the system as part of a comprehensive system for Internet filtering and dynamic document review for real-time inspection of page content in order to determine if the content of said page is inconsistent with the mission of the Pittsylvania County Schools.

¨       The school system provides training for each employee on the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).  The AUP specifically describes the public and private nature of using Internet access or system e-mail. 

Adopted:            December 12, 2000
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 Legal Refs.:            Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended,  section  2.1-380.