Privacy Policy

The Achievement Network, Ltd. (“ANet,” “we,” “us”) takes the protection of personal information, particularly student data, very seriously. This Policy outlines the policies and procedures by which we collect, use, and safeguard personal information that is collected on AchievementNetwork.org (our “Website”). We only use data that we collect for education-related purposes and/or improving our products and services. We never share or sell any student data nor use student data for any type of targeted marketing or advertising.

The myANet Data Handling and Privacy Policy specifically addresses the collection, use, and storage of data obtained specifically through our myANet platform.

This Policy does not govern the information that we collect over the phone, by fax, or through any other means. By using our Website, you are agreeing to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any portion of this Policy, you must stop using the Website immediately.

Privacy of Children Under the Age of 13

We operate our Website in compliance with all applicable laws protecting children's privacy. Our Website is not intended to be used by children under the age of 13. We never knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 and no part of our Website aims to serve or attract children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on our Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. See our Terms of Use.

Information We Collect Directly from You

The type of information that we collect directly from you when you visit our Website varies based on your interaction with the Website. We collect information directly from you when you:

request information from us,
complete an online job application,
complete a form to register for a webinar or other event, or
download a white paper or other marketing material.

The information we collect from you may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, district/school/organization name, state, country, phone number, and job role/title and resume.

Information We Collect About You Automatically

When you visit our Website, we may collect certain information automatically from your device. Specifically, the information we collect automatically may include information like website usage including pages visited, number of visits, your IP address, device type, browser-type, broad geographic location (e.g. country or city-level location), links clicked and other technical information. We use Google Analytics™ and Hubspot™ to track and store this information. For more information about Google Analytics, please see the Google Privacy Policy. For more information about Hubspot, please see the Hubspot Privacy Policy. This information helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more informative experience.

We may choose to make online publishing tools available to you, including messaging systems, forums, and planning tools. You are solely responsible for the information and content that you submit through these tools. Unless a message is clearly marked as “PRIVATE,” you should assume that the message will be visible to all other members of the Website, including any personally identifiable information that you submit. Submitted information will be connected to your account and therefore traceable to your personally identifiable information. You should exercise discretion when posting information through these tools.

We use “cookies” and other technologies to help us deliver content specific to your interests, to process your requests, and/or to analyze your visiting patterns. Cookies are small text files placed on your computer that may contain information about your preferences and session history. In order to access portions of the Website that require a login, you must enable cookies on your computer. For sections of the Website that do not require a login, you may disable the use of cookies and still access the information. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website. Some cookies may also be placed by third party services that appear on our pages, which are cookies from a domain different from ANet. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent for cookies that are not strictly necessary by changing your browser settings so that cookies from our Website cannot be placed on your device.

Our Website also may use Web beacons, which are small strings of code that provide a method for delivering a graphic image on a Web page or in an email message for the purpose of transferring data. The Web beacons are served by third party servers. We may use cookies and Web beacons in order to properly route you through our Website, customize your user experience while on our Website, to help us send you information about products and services you may be interested in, and to help us improve the Website. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies but you can change your browser setting to block cookies. Although disabling cookies will not interfere with your ability to access our Website, you will need to accept cookies in order to use certain services on our Website. You can disable the ability of Web beacons to capture information by blocking cookies. Currently, our Website does not recognize browser “do-not-track” requests. You may, however, disable certain tracking as discussed in this Privacy Policy (e.g., by disabling cookies, or using ‘private’ browsing modes).

You can opt out of the creation of a user profile, storing of data about your usage of our Website, and use of tracking cookies on other websites, or sending you information about our products and services or about the educational market on our Website on our Website or by sending an opt-out request to privacy@achievementnetwork.org.

How We Use Your Information

We collect information about you for the following purposes:

To allow us to respond to inquiries and requests about our products and services;
To allow us to respond to technical support questions;

To allow us to process event registrations;

To allow access to our informational electronic mailing list, newsletter, or database; or
To contact you about the services on our site about which you have expressed interest, such as newsletters, products or services.
To allow us to provide you with a more personalized experience on our Website;
To monitor and analyze usage of our Website, including on a personalized basis;
For legal obligations;
Legitimate interests that are not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights;
To help us keep track of information we have already gathered from you from form fills or mailing lists;

To generate reports for internal management, customers, funders, and other parties about the usage of our Website. These reports contain only aggregated anonymous information, they do not contain any personally identifiable information;

To determine the characteristics of visitors’ computers including the browsers, screen sizes, and operating systems to enhance our products and improve our services; and
If we find abuses of our Website, security risks, or safety concerns, we may use the information we collect to identify the source of the problem and take action to prevent it.
To allow retargeting advertisements, which is an online advertising method of reaching out to previous visitors of our Website, often by displaying ads or sending emails.

In order to provide our services, we share information with companies and organizations that assist us in providing our products and services to our customers, including, for example, web hosting companies and web analytics companies. We do not rent or sell any personally identifiable information to third parties.

You can decline to have personal data collected via third-party tracking technologies by navigating to the settings feature in your browser and declining third party cookies or declining third party cookies from specific sites, or, for mobile, limiting ad tracking or resetting the advertiser identifier via the privacy settings on your mobile device. Our partners, such as Hubspot, may use non-cookie technologies that may not be impacted by browser settings that block cookies. Your browser may not permit you to block such technologies

We may disclose personally identifiable information outside our organization only if we believe this action is required to (1) comply with the law, (2) enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements that govern your use of our Website or relationship with us, or (3) protect the personal safety of our Website users or members of the public.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You may send us an email at support@achievementnetwork.ord to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. In your request, please clearly state what personal information you would like to have access to. We endeavor to respond to requests within 30 days. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement.

Social Media

We use third party social media sites to provide ANet content in formats that may be useful or interesting; however, our Website is the official source of information from ANet. We cannot attest to the accuracy or usage of other information provided by these or any other linked sites.

Links to Third Party Websites

Our Website may contain links and integrations with third party sites whose information and privacy collection policies may be different from our own. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to information gathered by third party sites. Please consult the relevant policies from these third parties to learn more about their information gathering and privacy policies.

How We Protect Your Information

We work hard to keep all personal data secure. Although we cannot guarantee the security of every piece of information we collect via our Website, we have implemented a number of best practices in physical, electronic, and managerial security practices in order to prevent unauthorized access to private data. For example, if you are asked to provide a password, that information is stored in an encrypted manner. We also use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for portions of our Website to transfer data securely. You can check whether SSL is active by looking for a “locked” padlock icon within your browser. Please be aware, however, that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect. When you are required to use a password to access a portion of our Website, you are responsible for keeping the password private and confidential. You should not share it with other people. If you suspect your password has been misused in any way please notify us at privacy@achievementnetwork.org.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to edit, add, and remove portions of the policy at any time for any reason. Any changes to this Policy will be posted to our Website. The effective date of the Privacy Policy is posted at the top of the page.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us using the email address privacy@achievementnetwork.org.