Privacy Policy

Our Cookie Policy explains how Lakeview Academy ("Company," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at http://www.lakeviewacademy.org ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Lakeview Academy) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below and in our Cookie Policy.

How can I control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Preference Center. The Cookie Preference Center allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.

The Cookie Preference Center can be found in the notification banner and on our Website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.

The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):

More information can be found in our Cookie Policy.

What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?

Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?

Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention, and for other site operations.

If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to "information" on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).

Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.

Do you serve targeted advertising?

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.

When you visit and interact with the Site, Lakeview may collect your Internet Protocol Address (“IP Address”), which is a number that is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your Internet Service Provider. This number is identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever you visit the Site, along with the time(s) of your visit(s) and the page(s) that you visited. We use IP Addresses to monitor the regions from which Users navigate the Site and for fraud prevention purposes.

Lakeview uses Personal Information for the following general purposes:

• to facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manager User accounts. 

• to provide the Service to Users;

• for billing, payment processing, identification and authentication, and fraud prevention;

• to send marketing and promotional communications;

• for newsletters and email updates and information;

• to analyze Site usage and improve our products and the Service;

• to contact you and deliver administrative notices and communications relevant to your use of the Services;

• for internal market research, troubleshooting problems, and detecting and protecting against error, fraud or other criminal activity;

• as otherwise set forth in the Policy.

Lakeview may analyze Personal Information and web navigational data based on your interests and may use the analysis from this information in a way that doesn’t reveal a User’s personal information (“Market Research”) in order to:

• Market the Service;

• Improve the likelihood of a sale to a group of Users; and

• Increase the likelihood that a group's experience with the Service is relevant to its interests as a whole.

Lakeview uses data at the individual level to sell Services to Users who express an interest in these services.  Lakeview may use your cell phone number to call or text you in order to provide the Service.

We use Financial Information solely as authorized by you in accordance with the Service.

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Services.  Such third parties may include:

• AO Swag for online school store purchases. For more information about AO Swag’s privacy policy please visit: https://shoplakeviewacademy.merchorders.com/Privacy.php
   
• Blackbaud Merchant Services is our payment processor for our online giving forms including forms such as our Give Now form, Lion Fund Donations, LPA Donations and Fine Arts Booster Club Memberships.  For more information on the privacy practices for Blackbaud Merchant Services, please visit: https://www.blackbaud.com/products/blackbaud-merchant-services
   
• Blackbaud. For more information on the privacy practices for Blackbaud, please visit: https://docs.blackbaud.com/privacy/
   
• GoFan. For athletic ticket purchases. For more information on the privacy practices of GoFan, please visit: https://web.gofan.co/privacy-policy 
   
• Google Analytics.  Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.  For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
   
• Google AdWords.  Google AdWords remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.  You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads.  Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.  For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
   
• Google and Google Business.  For more information on the privacy practices of Google and Google Business, please visit Google’s Data Policy  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US
   
• Facebook.  Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.  You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950.  To opt-out from Facebook's interest-based ads follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217.  Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You may also be able to opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.  For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.
   
• Finalsite for website platform, mobile app, admissions applications, enrollment contracts and tuition charges. For more information on the privacy policies of Finalsite, please visit: https://www.finalsite.com/security-and-privacy. Finalsite uses Stripe for their payment processor.  For more information on the privacy policies of Stripe, please visit: https://stripe.com/privacy
   
• CampBrain (Xlpor) for registration of Summer Camps, Youth Sports Academys and other Enrichment and Extracurricular programs. For more information on the privacy practices of CampBrain, please visit CampBrain’s Privacy Policy: https://campbrain.com/olrprivacy/
   
• Instagram.  For more information on the privacy practices of Instagram, please visit Instagram’s Data Policy:  https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
   
• Magnus Health. For more information on the privacy practices of Magnus Health, please visit Magnus Health's  Data Policy: https://magnushealth.com/product-privacy-policy/
   
• Niche. For more information on the privacy practices of Niche, please visit Niche’s Data Policy: https://www.niche.com/about/privacy
   
• North Georgia Community Foundation for Lakeview Athletic Club memberships, Golf Tournment sponsorships, and other Athletic Advertising opportunities. For more information about North Georgia Community Foundations’ privacy policy and practices, please visit: https://www.ngcf.org/privacy-policy
   
• OneCause. For management of Lakeview’s Annual Auction event registrations and sales and other events. For more information on the privacy practices of OneCause, please visit OneCause’s Privacy and Security Policy: https://www.onecause.com/general/security-privacy-policy/
   
• Twitter.  For more information on the privacy practices of Twitter, please visit Twitter’s Data Policy:  https://twitter.com/en/privacy
   
•  YouTube.  For more information on the privacy practices of YouTube, please visit YouTube’s Data Policy: https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/our-commitments/protecting-user-data/

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

You may opt-out of receiving communications from us, remove your information from our database, and choose to not receive future communications unrelated to the Service.

During registration you choose whether to receive correspondence from Lakeview and whether you want to participate in a variety of Lakeview programs. This information remains on your profile where you can, at any point, easily edit it to indicate that you have changed your mind. If you receive an unsolicited email from a Lakeview domain, please contact us at communication@lakeviewacademy.org.

To preserve the integrity of our databases, we may retain information submitted by Users for an indefinite length of time. If required by law, we will delete Personal Information by erasing it from our database. We will also respond to User requests to delete or correct account or Personal Information, which you can do by contacting Lakeview at communication@lakeviewacademy.org.

Your Lakeview account is password-protected so that only you and authorized Lakeview staff have access to your account information. In order to maintain this protection, do not give your password to anyone.   Also, if you share a computer, you should sign out of your Lakeview account and close the browser window before someone else logs on. This will help protect your information entered on public terminals from disclosure to third parties.

Lakeview makes every effort to ensure that your information is secure on its system by backing up data in separate backup drives and using public key access encryption and firewalls on both our main and backup servers. We also employ customer record managers to protect against loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Only certain authorized Lakeview staff can access Personal Information, and then only if it is relevant to their job duties. Lakeview has staff dedicated to maintaining this Privacy Policy and other privacy initiatives, periodically reviewing security and making sure that every Lakeview employee is aware of our security practices. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, Lakeview cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. While Lakeview will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of all personal information, we expressly disclaim any liability for any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all personal and/or financial information stored therein, and you agree to hold Lakeview harmless for any damages that may result therefrom. Lakeview expressly disclaims any liability that may arise should any other individuals obtain the information you submit to this website.

Lakeview reserves the right to disclose Personal Information from both private and public areas of this website at our discretion, if required by law or if we are given reason to believe, in our sole discretion, that someone is causing injury to or interference with the rights of Users, the general public, or Lakeview, to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process.

We will not transfer to a non-Agent third party any Personal Information without your prior affirmative consent.

Finally, Lakeview reserves the right to transfer, sell and/or distribute all information collected through the Service to an affiliate, subsidiary, or third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or part of its business, assets or stock.  Lakeview will use its best efforts to ensure that the new entity follows this Privacy Policy with respect to your Personal Information, as and to the extent required by applicable law.

Lakeview believes strongly in giving you the ability to access and edit your Personal Information.  You can view, update and correct your account information. You may edit your account information at any time -- all you need is your username and password.

So that we can protect the integrity of sensitive data, there are certain pieces of information, such as your age, that you cannot alter yourself. For example, since children under 18 are not allowed to register as Users, we need to take reasonable measures to preserve the accuracy of our Users’ ages. Please contact us to find out how to change information you cannot access through your account.

Our databases automatically update any Personal Information you edit in your profile or that you request we edit. Information remains in our databases and becomes the property of Lakeview upon submission.

Lakeview’s security and privacy policy are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary. This policy might change as Lakeview updates and expands the Service. Lakeview will endeavor to notify you of these changes by email, but will not be liable for any failure to do so. Lakeview also encourages you to review this privacy policy periodically. If you do not understand any of the terms or conditions of any of Lakeview’s policies, you may inquire regarding the same via email at communication@lakeviewacademy.org.

Lakeview and its Service are based in the U.S., and the Company’s offices are headquartered in the U.S. Please be aware that information you provide to Lakeview that it obtains as a result of your use of the Service may be processed and transferred to the U.S. and be subject to U.S. law. The privacy and data protection laws in the U.S. may not be equivalent to such laws in your country of residence. By using the Website, participating in any of the Service, or by providing Lakeview with your information, you consent to this collection, transfer, storage, and processing of information to and in the U.S. Lakeview will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, you may contact us via email at communication@lakeviewacademy.org or via mail at Gainesville Independent School, 796 Lakeview Drive, Gainesville, GA 30501.