LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICESWEB SITE PRIVACY, COPYRIGHT AND LEGAL INFORMATION
Public Schools of North Carolina (North Carolina State Board of Education and Department of Public Instruction) maintains this Web site to provide the public with relevant and timely information about North Carolina's K-12 educational programs and policies.
Privacy Policy
This privacy statement was created in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to our visitors' privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for www.ncpublicshools.org.
This site contains links to external sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of non-Public Schools of North Carolina Web sites.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
When you visit our Web
site to browse, read pages, or download information, we automatically collect
and store the following information:
- Internet domain and IP address from which you access our site
- Type of browser and operating system used to access our site
- Date and time you access our site
- Pages you visit
- If you came to our site from another Web site, the address of that site
- The search engine and search words/phrases used to locate our site (if applicable)
We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors, and to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use.
Personal and Demographic Information
In general, you can visit the Public Schools of North Carolina site without providing any personal information. Subscriptions to many of our email publications require your email address. Other information requested during the subscribing process is optional, and is used to learn more about the visitors using our email news service to better serve them.
Cookies
This site uses cookies
on a limited basis to help us provide fresh, individual content to our visitors.
Public Schools of North Carolina does not track or record information collected
by cookies during a visit to our Web site.
Web Site Security
For web site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. These attempts to cause damage could be subject to legal action.
COPYRIGHT
Users may download material displayed on this site for noncommercial, educational purposes only, provided all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. Unauthorized use of the Public Schools of North Carolina logo and Web site logo is not permitted.
The contents of this site may not be used for commercial purposes, without written permission of the Public Schools of North Carolina. To obtain permission to reproduce information on the site, submit the specifics of your request in writing to information@dpi.nc.gov or Web Marketing Specialist, Division of Communications & Information, NC Department of Public Instruction, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh, NC 27601. If permission is granted, the wording "provided with permission from the Public Schools of North Carolina" and the date must be noted and the Division of Communications & Information must be provided with a copy of the final product. However, permission is not required to create a link to the Public Schools of North Carolina Web site or any pages contained therein.
LEGAL INFORMATION
Neither Public Schools of North Carolina, its employees, nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the site are liable for the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data described and/or contained within this Web site and shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use. It is the responsibility of the data user to utilize the data appropriately and consistent with these limitations. The publications and information contained in this Web site are dynamic and will change over time. These data and related graphics are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. If you wish to verify any information contained on this site, call the appropriate Public Schools of North Carolina division listed in the Education Directory.
Pages on this site provide links to other sites that are not maintained by Public Schools of North Carolina. These links are intended as additional resources for our users. Public Schools of North Carolina is not responsible for contents of any off-site pages or any other sites linked from this site. As a result, this agency can not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, usefulness, or adequacy of any resources, information, products or process contained in any Web site linked directly or indirectly to our site.
In compliance with federal law, NC Public Schools administers all state-operated educational programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination because of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, color, age, military service, disability, or gender, except where exemption is appropriate and allowed by law.
Inquiries or complaints regarding discrimination issues should be directed
to:
Dr. Rebecca Garland, Chief Academic Officer
Academic Services and Instructional Support
6368 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6368
919.807.3200 (phone)
919.807.4065 (fax)