Privacy Policy
Lake Highland Preparatory School is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting any personal information you share with us. You can visit our website without revealing personal information. In some cases, however, we may ask for personal information in order to provide the services you request. Such information will be used by LHPS only to conduct official school business and will never be disseminated by LHPS to any unaffiliated third party. All information we collect from you is subject to this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. By using this site, you agree to be bound by these terms.
Terms of Use
This website is intended to provide news and information about LHPS. We will make all reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of content.
No part of this site or its contents – including, but not limited to, the school logo – may be copied, reproduced, modified, retransmitted, distributed, published, commercially exploited or otherwise transferred without written permission from LHPS.
Information Collection and Use
LHPS does not track, collect, or distribute personal information about site visitors. However, we do collect some information about site visits. We have access to domain names and I.P. addresses of visitors. We compile statistics that show the number of visitors and the number of requests we receive for particular pages or files on the site. These statistics are used internally to evaluate and improve the site. The statistics contain no personal information (or email addresses) and cannot be used to gather such information.
LHPS parents are provided access to specific password-protected areas of our website, which may contain personally identifiable information, such as contact information for other LHPS parents or families.
Email Privacy and Spam
The website contains email addresses of faculty and staff and (within the password-protected parts of the site) LHPS parents. Use of this information for private, commercial, or political mailings and/or distribution to any outside party is prohibited. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact LHPS.
Student Privacy
LHPS is committed to protecting the privacy of our students and their families. We do not post the full names of students on the public pages of our website. Images of students are used on the public pages of the site, as disclosed in enrollment contracts
Online Giving and Other Transactions
We are committed to the privacy of all our donors and to those making any kind of transaction via the LHPS website. If you decide to make an online donation or purchase, you will be asked to provide your name, contact information, and credit card billing information. All this information is encrypted using SSL, an industry-standard secure technology designed to prevent the theft or interception of the information you provide. Credit card billing information is used only to obtain payment from the appropriate credit card firm and to fulfill the donor's or purchaser's request and is not stored or otherwise retained by LHPS after the transaction is complete.
External Links
This site may contain links to other (external) sites. LHPS is not responsible for the privacy policies or content provided by these sites.
Cookies
Using Google Analytics, we collect some anonymous information about how you use the site by setting and accessing cookies on your computer. A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from the website to your hard drive. We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. A session ID cookie terminates once you close the browser. A persistent cookie is stored on your hard drive for an extended period of time. The stored cookies will not allow us to learn any personally identifiable information that you have not otherwise disclosed. At no time will the cookies reveal to LHPS or to others your name, email address, street address, or telephone number.
The use of cookies is an industry-standard, and they are currently used on most major websites. It is possible to adjust your browser preferences to alert you when a cookie is sent to your hard drive, or to refuse cookies altogether. However, this may significantly alter what you are able to see or access on the LHPS website.
To learn more about how Google collects and processes information, go to: www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/