We have endeavored to ensure that the nature of the information we and Classwire Publishers request and use is consistent with standard practice in Higher Education.

For instance, when you request access to resources that accompany a textbook, you may be required to inform the publisher of certain Personal Information, such as your name, address, institution, and the class that you are teaching, to ensure that you are a qualified adopter. If you choose to use a Classwire Publisher's resources, your contact information will be given to that publisher in order that they may contact you about your use of their products or about new products or enhancements to their current offerings.

Additionally, certain information about educators' use of a Classwire Publisher's content in Classwire may be accessed by that publisher, either in the aggregate or, in certain cases, your particular Usage Information. For instance, a Classwire Publisher may get a report indicating which of the resources it offers you have chosen to use in your class, or an aggregate report about how educators in general use certain of its resources, whichever is most appropriate to the general purpose of promoting education and educational use of the Web.

Again, we have endeavored to ensure that the nature of the information requested and used in Classwire is consistent with standard practice in Higher Education.

Certain of a student's Personal Information is available to their Instructor, including name, contact information, and other registration information that may be required to enroll in a class. Instructors may also learn certain of a student's Usage Information as it pertains to that instructor's class. Instructors assume all the obligations of maintaining the privacy of this information that they do in their physical classrooms.

Additionally, information about student usage of a Classwire Publisher's content in Classwire may be accessed by that publisher, but only in the aggregate. This information does not identify individual students, but it may be helpful to Classwire Publishers in assessing the use and educational value of its content. For example, a Classwire Publisher may get a report indicating how many students accessed a particular resource.

No, Chalkfree does not give or sell its customer lists or your Personal Information to outside companies.

"Cookies" are pieces of information that Classwire transfers to your computer's memory or hard disk for security, performance and record-keeping purposes. When you log in to Classwire, Classwire sets a special tamper-resistant cookie that is used to verify your identity throughout your Classwire session. This cookie is intended to prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to your personal and class information. Classwire also uses cookies to improve performance by storing pertinent user information during a session rather than looking it up repeatedly in our database. Classwire cookies are deleted from your hard disk when you logout from Classwire, and are set to expire when you close your browser even if you haven't explicitly logged out of Classwire.

Most browsers are initially set to accept Cookies. If you set your broswer to refuse Cookies you will not be able to use Classwire.

Classwire may have several necessary service partners who assist in providing the service or products associated with it. As part of the operations of the site, these companies may have access to your Personal Information. These companies may provide routine services or may provide essential elements of the site. These uses of Personal Information are primary to the operation of Classwire and are not considered to be sharing your Personal Information with others.

On nearly every page in the Classwire site you will find a link named "Profile" that will take you to a summary of your Personal Information. You may confirm or edit your information there.

Personal Information is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. In many instances, such as in the case of passwords, the Personal Information is encrypted.

In addition to the Personal Information you provide us directly, you might also provide Personal Information through chat sessions, message exchanges or discussion groups made available to you. The Statement of Privacy does not cover this type of transfer of your Personal Information. You should always be careful when distributing your Personal Information in this manner. And remember that online chat sessions and newsgroup use is considered public and you are responsible for your actions in these areas.