Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

About Us
This is a privacy policy for Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.bishopfordhs.org.

We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:

BISHOP FORD CENTRAL CATHOLIC HS
500 19th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
United States

You may contact us by e-mail at ggentile@bishopfordhs.org. You may call us at 718-360-2500.

Dispute Resolution and Privacy Seals
We have the following privacy seals and/or dispute resolution mechanisms. If you think we have not followed our privacy policy in some way, they can help you resolve your concern.

Disputes: Users may contact the President of BFCCHS with the contact information provided to resolve disputes.
President/Customer Service:
Phone: 718-360-2501
Mail:

BFCCHS
President/Customer Service Satisfaction
500 19th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
United States

Additional Information
This policy is valid until 31 Dec, 2004 at 12:00:00 EST and may be amended during regular periodic quarterly reviews. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes. We will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.

Data Collection

P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 1 data group.

We collect the following information:

Click-stream data
HTTP protocol elements
User's interaction with a page or resource
HTTP cookies
Search terms
Transaction history
Computer information
Navigation and click-stream data
Interactive data

At the user's option, we may also collect the following data from store purchasers or registrants:

State management mechanisms
Preference data
User's Birth Date
User's Gender
Unique identifiers
Birth year, month, and day
Purchase information
Demographic data

This data will be used for the following purposes:

Completion and support of the current activity.
Web site and system administration.
Research and development.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents. Agents: We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes

In addition, the following types of entities will receive this information:

Universities, Colleges, Conferences and Athletic Associations following different practices.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

BFCCHS has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. Data requested will be used for stated purposes only.
General/Site Registrants: Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address), unique identifiers, and demographic information. We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information they requested, information about our company and promotional material from some of our partners on an opt-out basis; users may opt-out of receiving future mailings. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor the visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate, NON-personally identifiable basis.
E-commerce/Online store transaction: Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect visitor's contact information (like their email address), unique identifiers, financial information (like their account or credit card numbers), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). Contact information from the order form is used to send orders, information about our company, and promotional material from some of our partners to our customers. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary to aid in order fulfillment/delivery. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings. Financial information that is collected is used ONLY to bill the user for products and services.

Cookies
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser and enable delivery of tailored information from a Web site. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.

Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

Site administration
Completing the user's current activity
Research and development

Children's Guidelines
BFCCHS does not sell products or services to anyone under age 18 by use of credit card without parental consent. BFCCHS will NOT collect contact information from anyone under age 13. Without prior parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to the child's request and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental consent. BFCCHS will NOT entice by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and parents should exercise caution when allowing children access to these features where they may disclose personal information.

Compact Policy Summary

The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:

    CP="CAO DSP COR CURa ADMa DEVa OUR OTRo STP UNI PUR COM NAV INT DEM STA PRE"

The following table explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy.

Field	Meaning
`CP=`	This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P compact policy.
`CAO`	Access is available to contact and other information.
`DSP`	The policy contains at least one dispute-resolution mechanism.
`COR`	Violations of this policy will be corrected.
`CURa`	The data is used for completion of the current activity.
`ADMa`	The data is used for site administration.
`DEVa`	The data is used for research and development.
`OUR`	The data is given to ourselves and our agents.
`OTRo`	The data is given to other organizations with different privacy practices, unless the user chooses otherwise.
`STP`	The data is kept for the stated purpose only.
`UNI`	Unique identifiers are collected.
`PUR`	Purchase information is collected.
`COM`	Computer information is collected.
`NAV`	Navigation and clickstream data is collected.
`INT`	Interactive data is collected.
`DEM`	Demographic and socioeconomic data is collected.
`STA`	State-management data is collected
`PRE`	Preference information is collected.

The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes. For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment.

Policy Evaluation
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.

Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.

Satisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered satisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. IE6 will accept cookies accompanied by this policy under the High, Medium High, Medium, Low, and Accept All Cookies settings.

Last update: November 4, 2003