This Privacy Policy protects your privacy by:

Informing you about:

• The types of information WestEd collects through our family of Web sites;
• How it collects that information;
• The general purposes for which it collects such information;
• The types of organizations to which it discloses the information.

Ensuring accountability to individuals who believe that WestEd has not complied with these privacy principles.

Privacy is of concern to most users of the Internet, and is an important part of an enjoyable and satisfactory user experience. We at WestEd are aware of and sensitive to the privacy concerns of visitors to our Web sites.

Information We Gather from You

Personal Information
We do not collect any personal information from visitors to our Web sites. Under no circumstances do we collect any personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health, or sex life.

Statistical Information About Your Visit
When you visit any of our Web sites, our computers may automatically collect statistics about your visit. This information does not identify you personally. We may monitor statistics such as how many people visit our Web sites, the visitor's IP address, which pages a visitor views, from which domains our visitors come and which browsers and browser settings visitors use.

Use of Cookies
We only use "cookies" as described in this Section. A "cookie" is a piece of information that our Web sites send to your browser, which then stores this information on your system. If a cookie is used, our Web sites will be able to "remember" information about you and your preferences either until you exit your current browser window (if the cookie is temporary) or until you disable or delete the cookie. Many users prefer to use cookies in order to help them navigate a Web site as seamlessly as possible. You should be aware that cookies contain no more information than you volunteer, and they are not able to "invade" your hard drive and return to the sender with personal or other information from your computer.

Our uses of "cookies" are limited to the following specific situations. We may use temporary cookies in order to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This is set upon your arrival to our Web sites. We may use permanent cookies for the purpose of remembering and enabling your indicated preferences for content filtering. Your preferences are set when you change the default settings. Our third party web site analytics vendor also may send a permanent cookie in order to track click behavior and gather aggregate information, including information to define new visitors, analyze site path data, and track historical commerce information.

Most browsers can be set to notify you when you receive any cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it in each situation in which one is sent. To find more information about cookies, if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer® as your browser, go to the Microsoft Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm?RLD=291 or if you are using Netscape Navigator® as your browser, go to the Netscape Web site at http://home.netscape.com/security/basics/privacy.html#cookies

How We Use and With Whom We Share the Information We Gather
We assure you that the information we gather from you about your visit is in aggregate form and solely for the purposes of operating and improving the performance of our Web sites.

How We Put Information to Good Use
We use information about you for purposes of monitoring and improving our internal operations as well as to improve the experience of users on our Web sites. For example, we may correlate Web site traffic information with data about individual users. This data helps us to determine how much our customers use parts of the Web sites, allowing us to enhance it to fit the needs of as many of our customers as possible. We may also break down overall usage statistics according to customers' domain names, browser types, and MIME types by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).

Accountability
If you feel that WestEd, or any of our agents, representatives or employees, is violating this Privacy Policy, please contact us by postal mail at:

WestEd
Attention: Legal Department
730 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

Notification of Changes
We will post any changes to this Privacy Policy 30 days before their effective date so you will always know what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. You are responsible for periodically checking our web site for changes to this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact
WestEd
Attention: Legal Department
730 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA 94107