Privacy Statement and Marketing Policy


Pearson is committed to protecting the privacy and security of its online visitors. We want you to know about and understand the measures we have taken to keep teacher-courses.com a safe and secure environment for everyone. This privacy statement tells you how and why we collect information from you, and how we use that information.

We encourage our visitors to read through and understand our privacy statement. We may update it from time to time to address new issues or reflect changes on our site. Please refer to this privacy statement regularly.

If you have any questions or concerns about the statement, please contact us at customercare@teacher-courses.com. To quickly access a particular section of this policy, you can click directly on the links below:

Security and credit card use
Information you provide to us
How we use the information you provide
Choice/Opt-out
Permission Marketing policy
How does Pearson avoid "spam"?
What are cookies?
What are IP addresses?
A notice about external links
Public forums
Contacting Pearson

Security and Credit Card Use:
Pearson has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. We encrypt all transmission of sensitive data and secure all of our repositories of data. When you use your credit card to shop, your transaction is secure. Our servers use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), an advanced encryption technology that works with Netscape Navigator (versions 2.0 and above), Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 3.0 and above), and AOL (AOL 3.0 and above). This technology safeguards your personal information and privacy. However, you should understand that "perfect security" is never guaranteed.

Information You Provide to Us:
Pearson endeavors to provide you quality information that is tailored to your needs. In order to do that we sometimes need to ask you for information so that we can provide the kind of content you want, when you want it. We want to customize our site for you so that it meets your needs as fully as possible--this includes customizing articles, discussions, banners and more. We may ask you to register or provide personal information when you visit certain areas of work, enter a contest, play games, complete surveys, subscribe to a service or to a newsletter, submit content, or ask us for information.

We consider the following to be personally identifiable information: first and last name, e-mail address, street address, zip code, phone number, and credit card number. We only collect personally identifiable information from you when you voluntarily submit it. Providing your personal information to Pearson is optional. If you choose not to register or provide personal information you can still use our site but you will not be able to purchase anything online.

How We Use the Information You Provide:
We use the personal and demographic information you provide us to tailor the content, services and advertising on teacher-courses.com to meet your current and future needs. Use of this data allows us to customize your experience by showing you content according to your preferences. We will also use your contact information to ship purchases made at our store. Financial information that you share is only used to check your qualifications. Pearson does not intend to share your information with third parties. From time to time, we may share the information that you provide with other Pearson companies.

Choice/Opt-out:
Pearson gives you the opportunity to opt-out of having your personal information used for purposes not directly related to your use of our site. To help us update your records correctly, please indicate in your e-mail if you are opting out of postal mail, e-mail or telemarketing communication. Please also provide your registration details including first name, last name, street address, city, state, postal code, and country.

Permission Marketing Policy:
This permission marketing policy contains terms that are applicable to Pearson, and Pearson' customers. Pearson expressly forbids the transmission of unsolicited commercial email and unsolicited bulk email. Pearson' emails are sent out clearly indicating the purpose of the communication and include clear instructions on how the recipient can remove their contact information and avoid receiving unwanted emails in the future.

How does Pearson avoid "spam"?
Pearson only sends emails to individuals who have expressly shared their address for the purpose of receiving offers and information in the future (opt-in lists). Pearson carefully considers the timing of the messages sent and respects their customers' time and attention by controlling the frequency of mailings to individual email addresses.

We Protect Kids' Privacy:
As a parent, you've probably done a lot of thinking about protecting your family's privacy on the Internet. Well, we've been thinking about it, too. We are working hard to provide you with the best information and the highest quality interaction on the Internet in an environment that is safe. In compliance with COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act), we have adopted the following policies to keep kids safe:
  1. We will NOT knowingly collect, use or distribute personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 without prior verifiable consent from a parent or guardian.
  2. We will NOT knowingly collect, use or distribute personally identifiable information from teens between the ages of 13 and 17 without first notifying a parent or guardian.
  3. Personally identifiable information we collect from children under the age of 13 will be used solely by Pearson or its agents for internal purposes only and will not be sold or otherwise distributed to third parties.
  4. We will NOT knowingly allow a child under the age of 13 access to chat rooms, message boards, e-mail accounts, or other services within Learning Network that would allow them to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable information without prior verifiable consent from a parent or guardian.
  5. We will NOT knowingly allow a teen between the ages of 13 and 17 access to chat rooms, message boards, e-mail accounts, or other services within teacher-courses.com that would allow them to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable information without first notifying a parent or guardian.
  6. We will NOT knowingly ask a child or teen to divulge more information than is needed to participate in any activity, game, or service.
  7. We will NOT knowingly provide any direct link to websites that are unsuitable for children or teens.
  8. Pearson will not advertise on any site that does not comply with the regulations set forth under COPPA.
  9. We will advise children under the age of 13 that they MUST obtain permission from their parent or guardian before sharing ANY personal information.
Pearson encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children. We urge parents to instruct their children to never give out their real names, addresses or phone numbers, without permission, when using the Internet. We recognize a special obligation to protect personal information obtained from children. If you have any questions about our Kids' Privacy Policy please call Pearson at 1-800-463-5174.

What are Cookies?
The use of cookies is common in the Internet industry; you will find them used on our site, as you will at other major sites. "Cookies" are small text files written to your computer. They make our Website easier for you to use because they save your preferences while you are at our sites (although we do not save passwords in cookies). Cookies also help us know which areas are your favorites, which need a bit of improvement, and what technologies and Internet services our visitors are using. Knowing this information helps us continually improve the online experience for our visitors and members.

The non-personally identifiable information we track with cookies is anonymous and is not used to identify, or lead us back to, any particular visitor. Visitors to our site may have the option of disabling cookies via their browser preferences (most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies).

What are IP addresses?
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you use the World Wide Web. Web servers--the big computers that "serve up" Web pages--automatically identify your computer by its IP address.

Pearson collects IP addresses for system administration; to report aggregate information to our advertisers, sponsors, and partners; and to audit the use of our site. When visitors request pages from the teacher-courses.com website, our servers log the guests' IP addresses. We normally do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that a visitor's session will be logged, but the visitor remains anonymous to us. We can and will use IP addresses to identify a visitor when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our rules or terms of service, or to protect our service, site, customers, or other individuals.

Some features within teacher-courses.com, such as certain message boards, may display IP addresses along with the message-poster's visitor name and message. You should review each feature prior to use and only use those that disclose information you are comfortable sharing.

A Notice about External Links:
Occasionally, you will find links from teacher-courses.com to independently owned, controlled, and/or managed Websites whose content we believe will be of possible interest and value to our visitors.

We do not control the content of these links. These other sites may send you their own cookies, collect data, or solicit personal information.

Pearson has partnered with other organizations and institutions to provide certain services. In some cases, you may see Pearson' logo on another company's site, Pearson does not share any of your personally identifiable information with these partners and they do not share any information back to us. Once you leave our servers, the use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting. That policy may differ from ours. If you cannot find the privacy policy of any of these sites via a link from that site's Home page, you should contact the site directly for more information.

Public Forums:
teacher-courses.com uses forums, message boards, and/or news groups. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. Consequently, you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

To the extent that portions of the teacher-courses website, provides users an opportunity to post and exchange information, ideas and opinions ("Postings"), BE ADVISED THAT Pearson MAY NOT SCREEN, EDIT, OR REVIEW POSTINGS PRIOR TO THEIR APPEARANCE ON THE SITE, and Postings do not necessarily reflect the views of Pearson. Pearson reserves the right to monitor all Postings and to remove any which it considers offensive or otherwise in violation of our legal Terms and Conditions. Please read these Terms of Use, according to which Pearson will in no way be responsible or liable for the Postings. Here are more legal notices regarding Postings: You must have all necessary rights in and to all Postings you provide and all material they contain; your Postings must not infringe any proprietary or other rights of third parties; your Postings must not contain any viruses or other contaminating or destructive devices or features; your Postings must not contain any defamatory, indecent, offensive, tortuous, or otherwise unlawful material or content; and your Postings must not be used to carry out or solicit any unlawful activity and/or be used to make commercial solicitations. Also, you authorize Pearson to use and/or authorize others to use all or part of your Postings in any manner, format, or medium that Pearson or such other parties see fit; and you shall have no claim or other recourse against Pearson for infringement of any proprietary right in Postings.

Contacting Pearson:
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of Pearson, or your dealings with Pearson, please:

E-mail us at:

customercare@teacher-courses.com

Write to us at:

Pearson
1900 East Lake Avenue
Glenview, IL 60025-2086

Call us at:

1-800-463-5174