Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

Education Planet (DBA Lesson Planet) respects your privacy. Our purpose in collecting information from you is to help us better understand our user base and to provide quality service. We will not willfully disclose any individually identifiable information about you to any third party without first receiving your permission, as explained in this privacy statement. Our customers include teachers, student teachers, and school administrators in the K-12 public and private school markets as well as homeschooling parents.

Information We Collect

We may request that an entity applying for an account with Lesson Planet provide us with personal information relevant to our provision of the various services offered on our site. We do not collect any personal information other than name, address, school/district, city, state, zip, phone, credit card and email address. When information is requested, we explain how it may be used and give you an opportunity to request that the information not be used for those purposes. We also give you an opportunity to opt out of future communications from us.

Cookies and Other Monitoring Technologies

Lesson Planet uses cookies, web beacons and other monitoring technologies to compile anonymous statistics about site users. Cookies are data files stored on your computer that identify you as a unique user. From time to time we may use third party business applications to monitor our sites for the purpose of reporting user traffic, statistics, "click-throughs" and/or other activities and to set a cookie on your computer. Cookies and related monitoring technologies enable us to track user trends, preferences and patterns. We may also receive and record information from your computer and browser, including your IP address, site(s) you visited and keyword searches you conducted on our site(s). The information helps us provide improved services, including customized e-mail notifications. You can visit our site without using cookies. Most browsers permit users to refuse cookies or to be notified before a cookie is accepted. In addition, you may opt-out of most third party tracking.

Access and Opt-Out

Members can update or correct membership information by logging in (via http://www.lessonplanet.com) and clicking on Your Profile link or you can contact us at support@lessonplanet.com. If you would like to be removed from Lesson Planet notifications you can unsubscribe at http://lessonplanet.com/profile/edit or by accessing your account and updating your information preferences.

Security

We employ Industry Accepted standards in protecting your personally identifiable information on our Site. We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology when transmitting your sensitive financial information. While we employ precautionary measures to protect your information, no system can be 100% secure and we encourage you to use discretion in how you share your personal information online.

We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 on our Site.

Links to Other Sites

The Lesson Planet website contains links to other sites. Those sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. We are not responsible or liable for the privacy practices or content of such sites since we do not control them.

Education Planet Does Not Share Information

Lesson Planet does not share non-personal and non-personally identifiable information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties. Such non-personally identifiable information may include your IP address, sites(s) you visited and keyword searches you conducted on our site(s).

In addition, Lesson Planet may partner with other parties in connection with the various services offered on our site, such as credit card processors or email delivery services. In such instances, we may share limited personal information that is necessary for the third party to provide its services. These companies are prohibited from using this information for any other purpose.

Lesson Planet may also provide personal information if disclosure is required by law (e.g., subpoenas, search warrants and court orders). We may also determine that such action is reasonably necessary to protect a party's rights, property, or wellbeing. This action may include exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud detection or protection, or in other situations involving suspicious or illegal activities.

We post testimonials to our Site that includes personally identifiable information; we include your first name, last name, city, and state with your testimonial on our Site. Please note that any personally identifiable information you elect to include within your testimonial can be used to send you unsolicited messages. Education Planet is not responsible for the personally identifiable information you submit with your testimonial.

We do not share your personally identifiable information with any third parties for their promotional purposes.

Anonymous Survey Information

We collect non-personally identifiable information via voluntary visitor surveys. This information is anonymous and is used to gain a broad picture of visitor/member interests and usage patterns related to Education Planet.

Business Transfers

In the event of a transfer of ownership of Lesson Planet, such as acquisition by or merger with another company, a user's personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.

Consent and Changes to this Privacy Statement

By using the Lesson Planet site or services, you consent to the collection and use of your information as outlined in this privacy statement and consent to our Terms of Use. Additionally, if you are using any of our services, we may also collect and use information in accordance with such service's applicable Terms and Conditions.

Lesson Planet may decide to change this privacy statement from time to time. If and when we do, we will post the changes on this page so that you are always aware of the information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Additional Questions

Please contact us with any questions regarding our privacy statement.

Email support@lessonplanet.com

or call toll free: (800) 304-2635

You can also write to us at:

Lesson Planet, 924 Anacapa Street, Suite 4i, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Effective September 26, 2012