Privacy
The following statement applies to the Web site of the National Dropout Prevention Center
for Students with Disabilities, developed by Education
Development Center, Inc. (EDC), through its Center for Family, School,
and Community. EDC is committed to protecting the privacy and security
of its online visitors and providing a safe environment for everyone.
PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
Collection of Information
EDC only collects personally identifiable information from our visitors
13 years or older. Personally identifiable information includes
first and last name, home address, email address, or telephone number.
EDC does not collect personally identifiable information from children
under the age of 13 without first obtaining verifiable parental
consent, unless EDC only uses this information to (1) obtain parental
consent or provide parents with notice of EDC's privacy practices;
(2) respond directly on a one-time basis to a child's specific request;
(3) respond more than once to a child's specific request along with
providing parental notice; (4) protect the safety of a child; or
(5) comply with legal requirements. EDC's consent and notification
process gives parents the ability to let EDC know if they do not
want us to make further use of the personally identifiable information
we have collected from their child.
EDC may request
personally identifiable information from children in connection
with our forums, content submissions, or classroom activities so
that we can answer questions or requests. Unless EDC indicates otherwise,
personally identifiable information from children under the age
of 13 will be used by EDC for internal purposes and will not be
sold or otherwise transferred to advertisers or anyone else.
Posting of Information
It is EDC's policy never to post on the National Dropout Prevention
Center for Students with Disabilities Web site any personally identifiable
information other than a child's first name, first initial of last
name, state, and age or grade.
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FOR KIDS
Please do not ever give out your full name, email address, home address,
telephone number or any other personal information that would enable
someone to contact you either online or offline unless you first
ask your parent or guardian for permission to do this. The National
Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities Web site
may ask you for your first name and email address along with your
parents' email address. We do this so that we can contact your parents
to let them know that you have communicated with us and that we
have collected this information from you.
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FOR PARENTS
There are activities on the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students
with Disabilities Web site that children can participate in and
enjoy without having to share personally identifiable information.
In the event we do wish to collect or use a child's personally identifiable
information, we will notify you to obtain verifiable parental consent.
Parents can always request to review or have deleted their child's
personally identifiable information from EDC's records and refuse
to permit further use of a child's information.
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FOR TEACHERS
There are activities on the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students
with Disabilities Web site that are available to teachers to enable
them to enhance their classroom and student activities. In order
for EDC to be able to customize these activities for individual
teacher's use, EDC will collect personally identifiable information
from teachers and use this personally identifiable information to
tailor the content to teachers' specific needs. Teachers can then
provide a password to their students so students can publish materials
and do other activities online in connection with their classroom.
EDC will only enable such passwords with the verifiable consent
provided by teachers.
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WHAT ARE COOKIES AND HOW DOES EDC USE THEM?
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site sends to your computer while
you are viewing the Web site. These pieces of information allow the
Web site to remember important information that will make your visit
to that site more useful. You can choose to have your computer warn
you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn
off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Netscape
Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings. Look at your browser's
Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you
turn cookies off, you won't have access to many EDC features that
make your Web experience more efficient—like the features mentioned
above—and some of our services will not function properly.
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USE OF IP ADDRESSES
We collect IP addresses to obtain aggregate information on the use
of the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities
Web site. An IP address is a number assigned to your computer by
a Web server when you're on the Web. When you are on our site, we
have a back-end server that logs your computer's IP address. We
only use the information we gather from tracking IP addresses in
the aggregate, such as how many users entered a specific area of
our site. EDC does not use IP addresses to identify an individual
user. However, EDC may use this information to identify a user if
we feel there are, or may be, safety and/or security issues, or
to comply with legal requirements.
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LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Visitors to the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities
Web site will find links to other sites whose content we believe
will be of interest. In many cases, the links represent cooperative
projects established with the organizations connected with these
sites. Please note that EDC does not monitor or control the content
that appears on these sites and that the content may be constantly
changing. We recommend that children check with their parents or
teachers before linking to any new site. We encourage all visitors
to the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities Web site to read the privacy policies of
all linked sites before navigating through them.
We hope that
you enjoy exploring the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities Web site.
The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities
(NDPC-SD) web site is managed jointly by NDPC-SD
and the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), and sponsored
by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education
Programs (OSEP). The primary contacts for Web site issues are:
Lanae Neild, NDPC-SD, 209 Martin
Street, Clemson, SC 29631-1555, telephone: 864-656-2676, email:
[email protected]; or
Judith Zorfass, EDC, 55 Chapel
street, Newton, MA 02458, telephone: 617-618-2174, email: [email protected].
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or practices, or
if you wish to amend, update, or verify the information on file,
or notify us that you want your information deleted from our files,
please contact us at the above address.
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GETNETWISE
GetNetWise is an online resource that provides information and tools that parents
and teachers can use to guide children to a safe online experience.
You can access this content by going to: www.getnetwise.org/. This
initiative is part of an industry effort to create an online environment
where adults feel empowered with tools, information, and resources
to safeguard children on line.
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SECURITY
EDC ensures that all information, personally and non-personally identifiable,
that it receives via the Internet is secure against unauthorized
access. This information is kept in a safe and secure system isolated
from direct connection to the Internet. This means that no eyes,
other than ours, will ever see the information that our visitors
send to us, unless we indicate otherwise.
As you can see, to join a discussion we request that students enter
their first name and last initial only; we ask them not to provide
their email addresses or any other identifying information.
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Updated: September 8, 2026
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