Smart Routes To School is committed to protecting your privacy and safety online. We encourage parents to check and monitor your use of all online activities and we urge you to ask your parent’s or guardian’s permission before giving personal information to any web site. In addition, we protect your privacy by not posting messages or submissions that contain personal information, such as a full name or an e-mail address. We have created this policy to explain why we ask you for information when you enroll in Smart Routes and how you or your parent can change or delete that information. The policy also explains the types of information we gather and it is used.

We Protect Kids Privacy

In keeping with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)--the law that protects your online privacy--and the guidelines of the Children's Advertising Review Unit of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Smart Routes limits the collection of personal information from students. For example, Smart Routes does not ask for your phone number; will not intentionally post, sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

Why We Collect Information

Smart Routes To School participation is limited to certain approved schools. Students, with the assistance of their parent or guardian, must enroll to participate in online activities. Students can participate in Smart Routes activities at their school without enrolling online. To enroll in Smart Routes and to assist us in verifying that only authorized participants are enrolling, we ask you to provide some basic information: Your first name, last name, school and limited transportation information. By enrolling, we are able to collectively track travel information for your school. You can choose to provide additional information such as your daily trip log and personal journal entries. This additional information can be viewed only by you and your parents/guardians.

Parents: You should know that COPPA prohibits children's sites from requiring kids to provide any information other than what is reasonably necessary for participation in activities.

How We Collect and Use Information

1. Student Enrollment
We ask for the following information when you enroll in Smart Routes online:

• Your first name and last name and password that you make up
  
• A parent's e-mail address
  
• The school you currently attend
  
• Your normal mode of transportation to and from school
  
• How far your trip to school is (If you are unsure of this distance you have the option of typing in your address on a map for the purpose of measuring the distance. The address is not saved.)
  

We ask for a parent's or guardian's e-mail address in keeping with standard safety guidelines and COPPA and to protect the integrity of our site. This allows us to let your parents know that you've enrolled in Smart Routes, and to tell them about our privacy policy, activities they can participate in, and your activities at our site. We do not ask for a student’s email address, Any communication from the Smart Routes program will be sent to the parent/guardian.

We use non-personal information--your school, your distance from school, your transportation mode--to maintain a useful web site and Smart Routes program. We may also use collective information by school (total number of participants, total number of trips logged by mode, etc.) with our partners, sponsors and in marketing, publicity and evaluation.

2. Passive Data Collection
Cookies are small data files; your browser may place a cookie on your computer when you visit a Web site to mark that you've been to that location. Smart Routes To Schools views only the cookies that are set by our site, and they do not provide us with any personal information. These cookies help us collect aggregate data about the number of visitors to our site, how long the visitors stay, and which Web site features and activities are used the most often. Cookies also help us determine general information about the types of computers, browsers, and operating systems that are used to view our site. That way, we can make sure the technology we use successfully allows users to view our features. You may choose to set up your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are sent. But if you don't have a Smart Routes cookie, it may limit our ability to customize and improve our features.

Smart Routes does not use advertising or third-party cookies.

3. Postings and Other Submissions
Smart Routes does not have any facilities for public postings. All information entered by you on “My Home Page” is password protected and only allowed to be used by you and your parent/guardian. If you send us a general question or comment, we will use only your e-mail address to respond to you on a one-time basis.

Links to Other Sites

It is important to note that our site contains links to other sites, those links however, are limited to pages intended to be used by parents and SRTS Coordinators. Within the student, password protected pages, there are no links to outside sites.

How We Protect Personal Information

In an effort to prevent unauthorized access, to maintain data accuracy, and to ensure the correct use of collected information, Smart Routes has established appropriate electronic, physical, contractual, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

You Have a Choice: To Change Your Information or to Cancel Your Account

In keeping with COPPA and Smart Routes’ belief in fostering family decisions about Internet use, members and parents may modify, review, or delete account information at anytime. To do so, you must log in and click on “edit my profile.” If you have any questions about our information practices and privacy policy, you may contact us at info@smartroutestoschool.com or send a letter to SRTS, 2365 Iron Point Road, Ste 300, Folsom, CA 95630.

Grown Ups Sign-In Information

The sign-in for our Grown-Ups area--a place for parents, teachers, and other adults-- requires a first name, last name, a password, and an e-mail address. We may also ask for optional information in the Grown-Ups sign-in area to help customize and improve our site. An e-mail address is requested so that we may send messages about membership and other site news and information. All messages include instructions on how you may unsubscribe from receiving such e-mails.

Smart Routes does not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share aggregate (nonpersonal) information with our partners, sponsors or for general marketing.