1. Introduction.

First Vote NC is EducationNC's online, simulated election experience for students. The First Vote NC initiative creates an online, simulated election with a customized ballot.

Following the close of the simulated election, First Vote NC will post online the results of the election in aggregate. The total simulated election results may be broken down further by demographics.

First Vote NC (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://www.firstvotenc.org website (the “Service”). This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of your information when you use our Service. We will not use or share your information except as described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Definitions.

“Personal Information” includes information that alone or when in combination with other information may be used to readily identify, contact, or locate you (e.g., name, address, telephone number, email address, and location). We do not consider Personal Information to include information that has been anonymized so that it does not allow a third- party to easily identify a specific individual.

“Log Data” may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, links clicked on to other third- party sites from the Service, and other statistics.

“Cookies” are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

A “Participant ” is a student who participates in First Vote NC simulation elections.

3. Information Collection and Use.

Log Data — We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service. In addition, we may use third-party services that collect, monitor and analyze this type of information in order to improve our Service’s functionality. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information. Information on our third-party service providers will be made available upon request.

Cookies and Related Technologies — Cookies, pixel tags, web beacons or other similar technologies are sent to your browser from a website and transferred to your device. We may use these technologies to collect information in order to improve our Service. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The “Help” feature on most browsers provides information on how to accept cookies, disable cookies or to notify you when receiving a new cookie. If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some features of our Service, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.

Do Not Track Disclosure — Some browsers include a “Do Not Track” preference to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. Tracking means collecting information from users of a website as they move across the Internet to different websites over time. It is not the same as using or collecting information in connection with a single website. While we limit our collection and use of Personal Information according to this Policy, the “Do Not Track” signal is not uniform, and our website may not be set up to interpret or respond to “Do Not Track” signals communicated by your browser.

Participants’ Personal Information — We do not collect Personal Information from Participants. We only collect Participants’ responses to simulation election ballots and exit poll surveys, which includes demographic information such as grade, gender, and race/ethnicity. Demographic information collected in the exit poll surveys may be displayed in aggregate to illustrate participation data for each contest.

4. Children’s Online Privacy

We support the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and minimize the information gathered from and disseminated about children under the age of 13.

If a parent has questions or concerns about their child’s use of the Service, we encourage the parent to contact us at info@ednc.org.

5. Information Sharing.

Vendors and Service Providers — We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide our Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, and/or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third-parties may have access to Personal Information only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use Personal Information for any other purpose.

Compliance with Laws — We will disclose Personal Information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement or to protect the security or integrity of our Service.

Aggregate Data — We may allow our affiliates, vendors, and suppliers to have access to aggregate statistics about our users, traffic patterns, and related Service information. These aggregate statistics do not include Personal Information.

6. Security.

The security of Personal Information is important to us, and we strive to implement and maintain reasonable, commercially-acceptable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information we store, in order to protect it from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. However, please be aware that no method of electronic transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we are unable to guarantee that unauthorized third-parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify the Personal Information we have collected. Although we will do our best to protect Personal Information, transmission of Personal Information to and from our Service is at your own risk. You should only access the Service within a secure environment.

7. Links to Other Sites.

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. Please be aware that other websites that may be accessed through our Service may collect Personal Information. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices of those third-party websites. You should read the privacy statements and terms and conditions of linked or referenced sites you enter. These third-party websites may send their own cookies and other tracking devices to you, log your IP address, and otherwise collect data or solicit Personal Information. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of May 18, 2016 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page. We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of our Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our Service.

9. Contact Us.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@ednc.org or by writing to us at the following address:
EducationNC
PO Box 1636
Raleigh, NC 27602