Introduction

The Mayor’s™ Office of Education (MOE™) is committed to providing residents and visitors interested in pursuing higher education with valuable information regarding a variety of educational opportunities. Through this website, www.phillygoes2college.com (the ‘Website’), MOE is providing information, tools, and links to other websites (collectively ‘Educational Resources’ ) with the goal of increasing enrollment of Philadelphia residents into institutions of higher education. In order to best tailor MOE™ services, including the Website, to your needs and preferences, the Website may at times collect, store, and manage information entered by you into the Website, as well as automatically collected information related to your use of the Website, as described below (collectively the ‘Information’). MOE respects right to privacy and has prepared this privacy policy to inform you of the Information MOE collects and how MOE may use and disclose the Information.

Collection of Information
MOE collects general Internet based Information for statistical purposes from anyone visiting the Website. Your browser type, Internet domain (www.yourcompany.com), time and date of visit, pages viewed, third party website links accessed and IP address (unique computer identifier) are examples of the type of such Information collected. This Information is collected automatically, without your interaction. It is used to improve this Website and better serve our users.

In addition to Information collected automatically, you have the opportunity to enter Information which will assist MOE in providing Educational Resources to you. Such Information includes, but is not necessarily limited to: name, age, gender, year in school, education level, educational background, relationship to current and/or prospective students, email address and geographical information such as where you reside. Except as provided in this Privacy Statement, MOE will not disclose Information that you provide through the Website to third parties.

Use and Disclosure of Information
MOE may use and disclose Information collected from and about you for the following purposes: (1) to enhance, tailor, and customize services offered on the Website; (2) to contact you directly to provide you with Educational Resources; (3) to review your use of the Website; (4) to inform organizations that provide educational services about prospective students which may result in you being contacted by such third party; (5) to compile statistical data; 6) to help establish a direct line of communication between you and colleges, universities and other institutions of higher learning; and, 7) to assist the School District of Philadelphia and other high schools attended by residents of the City of Philadelphia in providing you with resources related to your interest in pursuing post-secondary and higher education

MOE may at times share your Information with third party organizations including, but not limited to: (1) organizations under contract to act on behalf of MOE; (2) colleges, universities and other institutions of higher learning that provide post-secondary and higher education; (3) the School District of Philadelphia and other schools attended by residents of the City of Philadelphia.

Information may also be shared as required by law including, but not limited to, all applicable federal, state and local government information laws, and the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act as codified at 65 P.S. § 65.101.

Cookies
Cookies are small data files that are transferred by a web application to the user’s hard drive. These files are used to store information related to the user, such as, ID, passwords etcetera. This information is provided by the user via interaction with a web application or site. Cookies do not access information on the user’s computer. Their primary purpose is to make the users experience more enjoyable on there next visit to the site. Cookie management is controlled at the browser level. The user can turn off cookie transfer via the configuration option of their browser. The applications on the Website may at times transfer cookies to the user’s hard drive. MOE is committed to using cookie technology responsibly and will make every effort to protect the user’s computer environment from highly unlikely cookie related damage.

Security
MOE is committed to maintaining the security and integrity of personally identifiable information and other Information that is either available from or collected by the Website, and has taken reasonable precautions to protect Information from loss, misuse, alteration, or unauthorized disclosure or use. Unless a particular page on the Website states clearly that encryption technology is being used, the City cannot and does not ensure the security or confidentiality of Information uploaded through that page. The City will take reasonable precautions to safeguard the confidentiality of Information, but shall not be liable for any injury or damages arising from the disclosure of Information, whether caused by security breach or by any act or omission of the City.

Agreement
By accessing and using the Website you consent to MOE™s collection, use and disclosure of Information as described in this Privacy Statement.