Welcome to our Privacy Policy 

Your privacy is critically important to us. Therefore, we will never provide your private information to third party vendors without your express permission.  

The Banner School is located at: 

The Banner School 

1730 N. Market Street Frederick 

Maryland, United States 

Phone #: (301) 695-9320 

It is The Banner School’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to https://www.thebannerschool.org (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, or “https://www.thebannerschool.org“). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources. 

This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and conditions posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions. 

Website Visitors 

Like most website operators, The Banner School collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Banner School’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how The Banner School’s visitors use its website. From time to time, The Banner School may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website. 

The Banner School also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on https://www.thebannerschool.org blog posts. The Banner School only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below. 

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information 

Certain visitors to The Banner School’s websites choose to interact with The Banner School in ways that require The Banner School to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that The Banner School gathers depend on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a blog at https://www.thebannerschool.org to provide a username and email address. 

Security 

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, however, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. 

Links to External Sites 

Our site may contain links to external 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. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and the terms and conditions of every site you visit. 

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites, products or services. 

Remarketing 

Https://www.thebannerschool.org uses remarketing services such as Google Adwords, Facebook pixels, etc. to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. This means that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an inquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy. 

You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to you can opt-out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin. 

Aggregated Statistics 

The Banner School may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website through Google Analytics. The Banner School may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, The Banner School does not disclose your personally-identifying information. 

 Cookies 

To enrich and perfect your online experience, The Banner School uses “Cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer. 

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Banner School uses cookies to help The Banner School identify and track visitors, their usage of https://www.thebannerschool.org, and their website access preferences. The Banner School visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using The Banner School’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of The Banner School’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies. 

By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to The Banner School’s use of cookies. 

 Privacy Policy Changes 

Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Banner School may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in The Banner School’s sole discretion. The Banner School encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change. 

 Credit & Contact Information 

This privacy policy was last updated on April 13, 2022.  If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at lmcwilliams@bannerschool.org.