Gaston County Schools

GastonCountySchools.INFO Website Privacy and Security Policy

Thank you for visiting the Gaston County Schools website and reviewing our privacy policy. Our privacy policy is clear: We will collect no personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us.
Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website:

Gaston County Schools Internet Security Policy

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, our computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

1. The Internet domain (for example, “xcompany.com” if you use a private Internet access account, or “yourschool.edu” if you connect from a university’s domain) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our website;
2. The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
3. The date and time you access our site;
4. The pages you visit; and
5. If you linked to the Gaston County Schools website from another website, the address of that website.

We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors — to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

If You Send Us Personal Information

If you choose to provide us with personal information by sending an e-mail to the Administrator or someone else associated with Gaston County Schools, or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it through our website, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us provide you with information that you request. If you submit personal information through our website, we use your personal identification information only in respondng to your issue/ question/ feedback. We do not collect personal information for any other purposes. The information you provide is not given to any private organizations or private persons. The Gaston County Schools website does not collect or use information for commercial marketing.

We would only share your e-mail or personal information if required by law or by court order within the jurisdiction of Gaston County, North Carolina. Otherwise, your information is considered confidential and will not be released.

Links to Other Sites

Our website may have links to other websites within the Greater Gaston County that we may have not direct control over what gets posted. It will be our goal to never link to “questionable” websites that may not be appropriate for kids and deemed to be “mature” and to decline any such requests. We want you to be aware of this, and to use your own discrection. Be assured that information we provide on this website adheres to our strict Web Standards Policy. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site.