Teach Me GIS .com 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 Teach Me GIS .com Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Teach Me GIS .com website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Teach Me GIS .com collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Teach Me GIS .com 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 Teach Me GIS .com. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Teach Me GIS .com for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Teach Me GIS .com Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Teach Me GIS .com public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Teach Me GIS .com does not read any of your private online communications.

Teach Me GIS .com encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Teach Me GIS .com so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Teach Me GIS .com is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Teach Me GIS .com and Teach Me GIS .com family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Teach Me GIS .com collects and uses your personal information to operate the Teach Me GIS .com Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Teach Me GIS .com also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Teach Me GIS .com and its affiliates. Teach Me GIS .com may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Teach Me GIS .com does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Teach Me GIS .com 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, Teach Me GIS .com 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 Teach Me GIS .com, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Teach Me GIS .com does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Teach Me GIS .com keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Teach Me GIS .com, in order to determine what Teach Me GIS .com services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Teach Me GIS .com to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Teach Me GIS .com Web sites 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 Teach Me GIS .com or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Teach Me GIS .com; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Teach Me GIS .com, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Teach Me GIS .com Web site use "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 Teach Me GIS .com pages, or register with Teach Me GIS .com site or services, a cookie helps Teach Me GIS .com 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 Teach Me GIS .com Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Teach Me GIS .com 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 Teach Me GIS .com services or Web sites you visit.

Google Analytics™

The Teach Me GIS .com web site implements Google Analytics to collect metrics which are used to better anticipate clients needs.

Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on visitor interactions on Teach Me GIS .com. These cookies are used to store non-personally identifiable information. Browsers do not share first-party cookies across domains.

If you would like to opt-out of having Google Analytics use your data, you can do so here: Google Analytics Opt-Out

Security of your Personal Information

Teach Me GIS .com secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Teach Me GIS .com 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 Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Teach Me GIS .com will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Teach Me GIS .com encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Teach Me GIS .com is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Teach Me GIS .com welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Teach Me GIS .com has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Teach Me GIS .com at webmaster@teachmegis.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.