Privacy Policy

Kells Academy respects and is committed to maintaining the privacy of its students and their families, as well as all others who might visit or provide information through this website. Personal information submitted or obtained, whether it be through online applications, e-mails, surveys or other related channel, will NOT be shared with any non-affiliated third parties unless otherwise declared on any such response or information gathering forms at the time of their completion and collection.

Kells Academy reserves the right, however, to collect and use the same information as it deems appropriate and relative to the improvement its educational offering. The school reserves the right to modify this policy at any time. Any change to our Privacy Policy will be immediately reflected and communicated at this current location.

Personal Information

Kells Academy collects personal information as part of its regular activities. Any personally identifiable information is used only for the purpose stated at the time of its collection. The Kells Academy Web site will not automatically collect any personally identifiable information—your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, or other personal data—unless you have voluntarily provided it. Should you not wish to share online any of the information requested on our forms, please contact us for an alternative. Unless otherwise stated, information you provide will only be used: to fulfill a request you have made; to update your school maintained record; to contact you. Kells Academy will not share personal data about students, their families, or users of its website, with to any third party.

Cookies or Other Automatically Placed Information

In viewing our website, some information may be stored on your computer in the form of a ‘cookie’ or similar file to allow the website to tailor the experience to your computer’s configuration as well as your personal preferences, or simply to maintain your logged-in status when visiting protected areas. Generally, these are easily blocked or removed after visiting a website. Blocking cookies may affect the functionality of this site on your computer.

Other Information Collected Automatically

Occasionally our website will automatically collect non-personal information about its users or visitors, and to analyze trends in how our website is accessed and utilized. Information is never drawn from any registration or application form. Typically, information collected includes your choice of browser; the type of computer operating system; you are using; the domain name of the website from which you linked to this site, and similar. The information is be used to provide the school with broad statistics on its website usage and related demographics;
to identify high- or low-use areas; identify glitches or problems; analyze broad visitor trends; and generally contribute to improving the Kells website experience.

Security

Kells Academy takes every precaution to protect information passing through the www.kells.ca website. Sensitive information processed through the site is encrypted to remain secure in all stages of transmission. This website takes every precaution to protect our users' personal information. Upon submission of personal information, such as pertains to a credit card for example, the information is encrypted using the highest level of SSL (Secured
Sockets Layer) available. Servers storing such information are in a secure environment, and never are credit card numbers permanently stored on our website servers. We adhere to and comply with all government regulations regarding safeguards on specific types of information.

Consent

In the event that use or disclosure of any personal information be required, the school will seek consent from the appropriate person. In the case of a student’s personal information, the school will seek the consent from the student and/ or parent depending on the circumstances, and the student’s mental ability and maturity to understand the consequences of any proposed use or disclosure.

Definition

By definition, the www.kells.ca website is a publicly accessible site, with additional password and login protected pages hosted under the domain name of Active Internet Technologies.

Links Disclaimer

This website may contain links to other Web sites. Kells Academy accepts no responsibility for the privacy practices of external sites linked from or referenced on its www.kells.ca website. We advise users to read the privacy statements of any site linked to or from www.kells.ca.

Unsecured Communications

Please be aware that all posts to any discussion forums, discussion boards, comments to blogs, and Alumni Class Notes outside of a password protected area may be viewed by the general public.