Last Updated on May 25, 2018. This Privacy Policy is effective immediately for users of lightspandigital.com  on or after May 25, 2018 and will become effective on May 25, 2018 for users that already have visited lightspandigital.com

This Privacy Policy describes our policies on the collection, use, and disclosure of information about you in connection with your use of our services, including those offered through our websites, emails, and mobile applications (collectively, the “Service”). The terms “we”, “us”, and “Lightspan “ refer to Lightspan Digital, a Chicago, Illinois based company. When you use the website, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.

By viewing, using, or otherwise interacting with the website located at lightspandigital.com (the “Lightspan Digital Website”) or submitting any information to us in response to the Lightspan Digital Website, you agree to the application of this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”). If you do not agree with the Policy, please do not use the Lightspan Digital Website or submit any information to us.

Personal information is any combination of information, in the possession of or likely to come into the possession of Lightspan Digital, that can be used to identify, contact, or locate a discrete individual (“Personal Information”) and will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Any information that cannot be used to identify a discrete individual (such as aggregated statistical information) is not Personal Information.

By using this Site, or providing your Personal Information to us, you hereby consent to the transfer of your Personal Information to the United States, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Lightspan collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information in its normal course of business. Below are the primary uses of this information supplied to us:

• Establishing and maintaining communications with you;
• Providing requested content or services from Lightspan Digital;
• Responding to your inquiries about content and other services;
• Making proposals for future service needs;
• Processing transactions through service providers;
• Registration for conferences, training, and other events;
• Meeting legal, security, processing, and regulatory requirements;
• Protecting against fraudulent, suspicious, or other illegal activities; and
• Compiling statistics for analysis of our sites and our business.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The information gathered from this Site falls into two categories: (1) information voluntarily supplied by visitors to our Site and other Products, and (2) tracking information gathered as visitors navigate through our Site.

PRIVACY NOTICE

At lightspandigital.com, we respect our customers and understand that you are concerned about privacy.  Our practices comply with applicable U.S. laws and requirements. We are located in the United States and this is an U.S.-based website.  By using this site, you agree to the transfer of your personal information to or within the United States. If you are located within the European Union and are transmitting personal data on this website please review the “GDPR Support” section below.

As we continue to develop our website and take advantage of technologies to improve the services we offer, this policy likely will change.  When we change it, we will post the change(s) on our website. If we change the policy in a material way, we will provide appropriate online notice to you. You can determine when this version of the privacy notice was adopted by referring to the “Effective Date” below.  If you have questions about our privacy notice, please contact us via email at [email protected].

Privacy Overview

This is a summary of how we may collect, use and transmit information about you. It is a general overview only, and must be read in conjunction with Full Privacy Notice below.

How we collect information and what information we collect?

• When you provide it to us: we collect personally-identifiable information, including name, and email address, and other information you may voluntarily provide to us.
• When you use the website: our servers may collect the domain names or IP address of visitors to our site.
• Cookies: we may use cookies on our websites; for complete information please review the Full Privacy Notice

How we may use your information

• To facilitate customer service or to enable us to contact you if you request information.
• To target valuable marketing and advertising offers.
• To perform research on our users’ demographics, interests, and behavior based on the information provided to us when making a purchase, during a promotion, from surveys and from our server log files.
• To match user information with third party data to help us better understand our customers (customer profiling).
• Share and/or disclose information and/or aggregated user statistics to prospective business partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.

Who collects your information

When visiting this site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with Lightspan Digital, our subsidiaries and related companies, and our service providers.

Do we share information

We may share the information you provide with our subsidiaries and related companies.  In addition, we may share your information with third parties as set forth in the Full Privacy Notice.

Third Party websites

Our website may contain various links to third-party websites. These third-party sites may provide additional information, goods, services and/or promotions.

Privacy Help

Please review the Full Privacy Notice below. If you have questions about our policy, please contact us in writing at [email protected].

GDPR Support

The following provision applies if the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to the particular transaction and if you are a data subject, as defined by the GDPR, within the European Economic Area.  We are based in the United States and any personal data collected from this website will be transferred and processed within the U.S. If you do not agree to this, do not provide us with personal data.

• Data Controller: Marketing General Incorporated
• Data Subject Rights to Personal Information
  • to access your information and to receive information about its use
  • to have your information corrected and/or completed
  • to have your information deleted
  • to restrict the use of your information
  • to receive your information in a portable format
  • to object to the use of your information
  • to withdraw your consent to the use of your information
  • to complain to a supervisory authority

Your rights as a data subject may be subject to certain limitations and restrictions.  You may exercise your rights as a data subject by contacting us in writing at [email protected].  When you make a request, we may require certain documentation in order to be able to verify your identity before we are able process your request. Your cooperation is necessary to exercise your rights under the GDPR.

• Sensitive personal information: we do not knowingly or intentionally collect what is commonly referred to as ‘sensitive personal information’, as defined by the GDPR. Please do not submit sensitive personal information about you to us.

Full Privacy Notice

1. When do we collect information

We collect personally-identifiable information when you provide it to us.  In addition, our website servers collect the domain names of visitors to our websites.  In addition, we might receive personal data and other online and offline information from our business partners who share it with us. We will use such information in accordance with applicable laws and this Privacy Notice.

1. What information do we collect

The personal information we collect might include your name, title, company, address, email address, phone numbers, etc.  If you make a purchase on our site, your credit card number and related information will be collected. We may combine the information we collect from you with information we receive from you offline.  We may also receive information about you from other sources, including, for example, address update services. Finally, we also collect information using cookies and web beacons to collect information such as your IP address, browser type, the time and length of your visit, the pages of the site you visit and other clickstream data.  Additional information about cookies is located below.

1. How we may use your information

• We collect personal information to facilitate customer service or to enable us to contact you if you request information. We may also offer or provide optional surveys and questionnaires asking for information, as well as several opportunities for visitors to ask questions. We use the information you provide to help us design and build better products, to customize your shopping experience, and to provide advice and purchase recommendations. Taking part in any of these segments is optional.
• We also use the information we collect to help target valuable marketing and advertising offers. This kind of advertising may be done with banner ads as well as promotional emails, and offers may be provided by our company as well as from our subsidiaries, affiliates, marketing partners, advertisers and other third parties.
• We may perform research on our users’ demographics, interests, and behavior based on the information provided to us when making a purchase, during a promotion, from surveys and from our server log files. We do this to better understand and serve our users. This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis to prevent identification of personal information relating to any one individual.
• Our servers may collect the domain names of visitors, as well as other information about your visit. This information is aggregated to measure number of visits, average time spent on a website, pages viewed, etc. We share this aggregated data with third parties and our affiliated companies. We use this information to measure the use of our websites, recognize you when you return to the site, remember products in your shopping cart and to improve content of our websites.
• We use information provided by and/or collected from your use of the website to review site usage and operations, to address problems with the site, our business or our products and services, and to protect the security or integrity of the site and our business.

1. Reasons we share information

We may transfer or otherwise disclose information collected from and about you for the following purposes:

• To our service providers, suppliers and business associates, if the disclosure will enable them to fulfill your request for products or services from us for another vendor on our site;
• To our service providers and business associates, if the disclosure will enable them to perform a business, professional or technical support function for us;
• To other companies, credit bureaus or government agencies in connection with issues related to fraud, credit or debt collection;
• As necessary if we believe that there has been a violation of our site Terms of Use, of the law or of our rights or the rights of any third party;
• To respond to judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law; and
• If our company or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets.

Any personal information or content that you voluntarily upload or submit for posting to the site becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others.  It is in violation of the site’s Terms of Use for you to post any content that requests personally identifiable information.

1. Who has access to your information

When you are on our website and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with Lightspan Digital, our subsidiaries and related companies, and our service providers.  We share your information as described in “Reasons we share information”, above.

1. Record Retention

We will retain your personal data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.  We will also keep your personal data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services and to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting purposes. We retain archived copies of your information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.

1. Cookies & Similar Technologies

We, or third-party service providers acting on our behalf, may use cookies or web beacons on our site.  A cookie is a small text file that may be stored on the hard drive of your computer when you access the site.  A web beacon is an electronic image used to recognize a cookie on your computer when you view a web page. We may use cookies and web beacons to collect non-personal information from you, including your IP address, browser type, the time and length of your visit, the pages of the site you visit and other clickstream data.  This information may be used in order to:

• recognize you when you return to the site;
• improve and personalize your experience on our site;
• provide you with customized advertising; and
• monitor site usage and analyze the behavior of site visitors.

We do not collect any personal information through our use of cookies and web beacons, and we do not combine the non-personal information we collect through them with any of your personal information. You may decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features on our site.  You also may be able to make some web beacons unusable by rejecting cookies. Check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

1. Your Rights; Contact Us

You can request to access, update, correct, and delete your information you provided to us by sending us an email at [email protected].. Keeping your personal data current helps ensure that we can respect your preferences. When you make a request, we may require certain documentation in order to be able to verify your identity before we are able process your request. Your cooperation is necessary to exercise your rights under this Privacy Notice.

Write to us at the following address:

Lightspan Digital

2141 W. North Ave., 2nd Floor, Suite #211

Chicago, IL 60647

1. Security of Personal Data

We have implemented an information security program that contains administrative, technical and physical controls that are designed to safeguard your personal data. While we use all reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data submitted through our websites.

1. Third Parties

This Privacy Notice only addresses the collection, processing and use (including disclosure) of information by us. This site may contain various links to third-party websites. These sites may provide additional information, goods, services and/or promotions. These sites are owned and operated independently of Lightspan digital, and have their own separate privacy and data collection practices. Any information you provide to these Websites will be governed under the terms of their privacy policy, if any. Lightspan Digital has no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the independent actions or policies of these independent sites, and is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such sites.

1. Additional Privacy Information

• Transfer of Data

We are based in the United States and any personal data collected from this website may be transferred to and processed within the U.S. The privacy protections and the rights of authorities to access your personal information in the U.S. may not be equivalent to those in your home country. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing and/or processing of data.

• Children’s Privacy

We comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Act of 1998 (COPPA). We do not direct the site to, nor do we knowingly collect personal information from children.  This website is not intended to solicit information of any kind from persons under the age of 18.

• California Do Not Track Disclosures

“Do Not Track” is a privacy preference that users can set in their web browsers. When a user turns on a Do Not Track signal in their browser, the browser sends a message to websites requesting that they do not track the user. For information about Do Not Track, please visit www.allaboutdnt.org