Updated - May 2008

As used herein “this site”, refers to NewYorkScienceTeacher.com. By using any part of this site you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy, and the Terms & Conditions of this site. If you do not agree to these terms, you are not permitted to access any portion of this site at anytime.

NewYorkScienceTeacher.com reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy at anytime, as long as proper notification, such as posting on this site is given. At such a time, the new or updated Privacy Policy immediately goes into effect. If you do not agree to the terms of the new or updated Privacy Policy, you are not permitted to access any portion of this site at anytime.

Policy for Minors

Use of any section of the site by minors is prohibited without permission by a parent or legal guardian of the minor. Minors are not permitted to submit personal information at any time to this site. Any such information will be immediately discarded. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com does not knowingly accept, print or process information submitted by minors, and cannot be held responsible for such actions.

PLEASE NOTE: That upon giving your child consent to access the Internet; they are being exposed to certain material that may not be appropriate for minors. They are also being exposed to areas where they may have communication with adults, where personal information such as phone numbers and addresses, could be voluntarily revealed. Please talk to your children about these areas, before you grant them consent. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com cannot be held responsible for situations that arise from such situations where personal information is disclosed while using this site.

Policy for Adults

Do not attempt to make contact with any minor using portions of this site. You should not voluntarily disclose personal information. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com cannot be held responsible for situations that arise from such situations where personal information is disclosed while using areas on this site.

PLEASE NOTE: While using member areas of this Site, you should not voluntarily disclose personal information. Other registered members can view this information. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com cannot be held responsible for situations that arise from such situations where personal information is disclosed while using member areas on this Site.

Collection of Personal Information

NewYorkScienceTeacher.com does not require the collection of personal information such as name, address, city, state, zip code, or school district, in order to use this site.  Any personal information submitted to create an account is not shared, sold, posted or other wise disseminated to other third parties, however, when this information is requested in circumstances where law enforcement agencies, court orders, or subpoenas, or any other circumstance that is part of a criminal investigation arises from use of this site, this site will fully comply.

Registration

There are sections of this Site that require a User ID, and Password.  To obtain this you must become a registered member. Registration is free, (each section of this Site that requires registration might require a different User ID, and Password then another. Information needed varies within this Site, so registration will also vary), but Personal Information is collected. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com only uses this information in order to regulate usage of this Site. Personal Information is not sold, rented, or given to third party sources. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com also collects the IP Address of your computer when accessing these sections of this Site. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com reserves the right to use this information in circumstances where law enforcement agencies, court orders, or subpoenas, or any other circumstance that is part of a criminal investigation arises from use of this Site.

Security for Personal Information

NewYorkScienceTeacher.com is committed to keeping your personal information secure from outside access. We use a variety of security technologies, to make sure that there is no unauthorized access to your personal information.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small bits of data sent from a web server to your web browser, and then stored on your hard drive. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com uses cookies for statistical analysis of users. Information collected includes, but is not limited to: IP address, browser type, operating system specifications, date & time of entry and exit of site. This information is collected to make your web-surfing experience easier. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com reserves the right to use this information in circumstances where law enforcement agencies, court orders, or subpoenas, or any other circumstance that is part of a criminal investigation arises from use of this site.

Some Advertisers may use cookies and/or web beacons to collect data in the ad serving process within their Ads.  These are not a part of NewYorkScienceTeacher.com, nor do these advertisers have access to NewYorkScienceTeacher.com cookies, therefore are not subject to this Privacy Policy.

You have the ability to disable cookies from your web-browser. By doing this, some sections of this site, may not function properly.

Links

NewYorkScienceTeacher.com may incorporate outside links within this site. These links are not under the control of NewYorkScienceTeacher.com; therefore the contents of such sites are not the opinion, view, or control of NewYorkScienceTeacher.com which can in no way be held responsible for any situation that arises from viewing such a site. If you feel there is a problematic link within this site, please contact us.

News

NewYorkScienceTeacher.com does incorporate news articles into this Site. The articles are based on an objective view of both sides of the story. If such articles are found to be offensive, please stop all use of this Site. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com cannot be held responsible because you do not agree with such article, views, opinions, or any other situation that arises.

Public Forums

NewYorkScienceTeacher.com offers users the unique online experience of public forums, such as, but is not limited to Message Boards, Instant Messaging, and User Email. To use such sections of this Site, you must become a registered member. Upon registration you may access such sections of this Site, and participate in them. Voluntary disclosure of Personal information is not encouraged. Any other registered member of this site can view such information. Therefore do not post such information that you do not wish to be viewed by all registered users of this Site. NewYorkScienceTeacher.com cannot be held responsible for any unsolicited communication that is a result of such a posting.