CASP Privacy Policy

The California Association of School Psychologists (CASP) is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust, and values your privacy and recognizes the sensitivity of your personal information. Our employees share the same concerns. Together, we work towards protecting your privacy. We have carefully crafted our Privacy Policy to address any concerns you might have, and to assure you that your personal information, if provided to us, will be treated carefully and appropriately.

Basic Confidentiality Policy
Where personal information is required for use of the website or in interacting with the website it is CASP policy that information, such as your name, postal and e-mail address or telephone number, is private and confidential. The personal information you provide is stored in a secure location, is accessible only by appropriate staff, and is used only for the purposes for which you provide the information, such as to reply to your request or to send you requested materials.

CASP sells names and postal addresses (but no e-mail addresses or phone numbers) to appropriate school psychologist-related organizations. If at any time you would like to add or remove your name from the CASP's mailing list, or correct your personal information, please email us at Webmaster@CASPOnline.org.

No Release of Information to Third Parties
Personal information collected as a function of this website will not be released to third parties except to further the purpose for which you provide the information or if such release is required by law.

Collection and Use of Information
The CASP site requires you to provide certain personally identifiable information in order to use certain "Members Only" features and functions of the site. By providing such information, you consent to our collection and use of it, as described in this Privacy Policy.

The information you provide may include information provided during the registration process, including contact information, (such as your name, address and email address) and financial information, such as a credit card number, if you order products or services through the site. This information will be used to process your order and if necessary, to contact you regarding the status of your order. You agree and acknowledge that your order may be processed, fulfilled or serviced by third parties other than CASP and you understand that such third parties are not limited by CASP in their use of the information provided to them to process, fulfill or service your order. Therefore, in order to process, fulfill or service your order, you expressly consent to our sharing your information with any necessary third parties.

CASP may use your contact information to get in touch with you regarding the status of your membership, registration or any orders you may place, for instance. You may also be contacted by us or our agents regarding additional services and features, or we may request your feedback about your experience with CASP.

No Computer Tracking of Identifiable Information
Our web site does not track, collect or distribute personal information about visitors. We regularly compile aggregate statistics that show the number of visitors to our site, the requests we receive for particular information on our web site, and the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that those requests come from. These aggregated statistics are used by internal CASP technical support staff to improve the website in an ongoing effort to provide better information and services to the public.

Cookies
Like most web sites, the CASP site uses "cookies" to allow you to move more quickly through the CASP site. We use this information only for purposes of planning and tracking, as well as assisting the technical function of our site. By understanding how our site is accessed, we can continually improve it to respond to user's interests. However, CASP cannot control the use of cookies by advertisers or third parties hosting data for CASP. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the cookie feature. Please note that cookies may be necessary to enable you to use certain features on the CASP site.

Third Party Websites
The CASP website may provide you with links to the web sites of third parties. In the event you choose to access such web sites, CASP is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. Further, please note that the third party's privacy policy and security practices may differ from CASP standards. CASP assumes no responsibility nor does it control, endorse or guarantee any aspect of your use of the linked site. We recommend that you check the applicable privacy policy of such party before providing personally identifiable information to it, as its privacy policy may differ from CASP's.

Changes in our Privacy Policy
Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted on this page so that you are always aware of our policies. We may also contact you by email with any changes.