Privacy

Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) places a high priority on protecting individual rights and privacy, and in particular, the privacy of children aged 12 and younger.

PREL collects and maintains information for several reasons – to fulfill services that have been planned or requested, to maintain communications outreach with various individuals and agencies, and to conduct on-going research into the effectiveness of new instructional strategies, techniques, and curricula.

This information is contained in a number of databases including:

• Postal and email addresses for disseminating print and electronic publications and news releases
• Student and teacher data for use by personnel in PREL and affiliated schools and educational organizations.
  

earlyreading.info website
PREL's earlyreading.info website (www.earlyreading.info)
compiles aggregated data on satisfaction through a voluntary user survey.

PREL reserves the right to revise its privacy policy at any time by posting an electronic notice on the PREL website at www.prel.org.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or how we handle information about individuals at PREL, please contact the Director of Communications as indicated above.

Postal and Email Addresses
Individuals and organizations may request to have their postal or email addresses added or removed from PREL databases at any time for any reason. Requests should be submitted to the Director of Communications:

• Email: askprel@prel.org
• Phone: (808) 441-1300
• Fax: (808) 441-1385
• Mail: Communications Section, PREL, 900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1300, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.
  

PREL may provide postal and email addresses to third parties solely for the purpose of distributing publications, news releases, announcements, or other information. At no time will PREL release to third parties --by sale, trade, or exchange-- personal information for any other purpose unless documented consent has been provided, with the exception of legal processes such as subpoenas and court orders.

Student and Teacher Data
PREL’s NEARStar website collects information on students and teachers enrolled in the NEARStar program. Data collection, storage, and use are outlined in detail on the NEARStar site [http://www.nearstar.org/v2/popup.asp?pageName=privacy].

PREL Website
PREL does not require registration to use this website, and therefore does not collect any individual user information. However, PREL does collect information such as user domain name, date and time of website access, and preceding website address in order to compile aggregated website usage statistics.

PREL responds to queries and requests through the "Email PREL" webpage and the askprel@prel.org email address. Statistics are compiled from these requests, but email addresses are not used further unless the requester has asked to be added to a mailing list.

The PREL website and the earlyreading.info website contain links to other websites. PREL is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of these websites, and PREL does not assess them before making the links.

© PREL 2003