Privacy Statement

Worthington Area Language Academy is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Worthington Area Language Academy website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Worthington Area Language Academy website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Worthington Area Language Academy collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. This information is collected on an opt-in basis only, through various web forms throughout the site. Worthington Area Language Academy also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Worthington Area Language Academy. This information can include, but is not limited to: your IP address, geographical location, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Worthington Area Language Academy for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Worthington Area Language Academy website.

Worthington Area Language Academy encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Worthington Area Language Academy so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Worthington Area Language Academy is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Worthington Area Language Academy and Worthington Area Language Academy family of websites.

Use of your Personal Information

Worthington Area Language Academy collects and uses your personal information to operate the Worthington Area Language Academy website and deliver the services you have requested. Worthington Area Language Academy also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Worthington Area Language Academy and its affiliates. Worthington Area Language Academy may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Worthington Area Language Academy does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Worthington Area Language Academy may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Worthington Area Language Academy may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Worthington Area Language Academy, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Worthington Area Language Academy does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Worthington Area Language Academy keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Worthington Area Language Academy, in order to determine what Worthington Area Language Academy services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Worthington Area Language Academy to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Worthington Area Language Academy websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Worthington Area Language Academy or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Worthington Area Language Academy; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Worthington Area Language Academy, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Worthington Area Language Academy website uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Worthington Area Language Academy pages, or register with Worthington Area Language Academy site or services, a cookie helps Worthington Area Language Academy to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Worthington Area Language Academy website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Worthington Area Language Academy features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Worthington Area Language Academy services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Worthington Area Language Academy secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Worthington Area Language Academy secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Worthington Area Language Academy will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Worthington Area Language Academy encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Worthington Area Language Academy is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Worthington Area Language Academy welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Worthington Area Language Academy has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Worthington Area Language Academy at info [at] walacharter [dot] com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.