This Statement of Privacy applies to The Hochstein School website (www.hochstein.org). By using the Hochstein School website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Hochstein welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that we have not adhered to this Statement, please contact us at marketing@hochstein.org.

The Hochstein School website collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. The site also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites, for marketing puposes. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by the website. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses.

The information gathered from our registration process is necessary to ensure the safety of our students and for payment/billing purposes. Email addresses will be collected upon registration and will be used for important correspondance throughout the school year.

Hochstein may share demographic data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Hochstein, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. Hochstein does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Hochstein does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Hochstein may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.

The Hochstein School will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Hochstein School of Music & Dance or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Hochstein School; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Hochstein School, or the public.

On occasion, The Hochstein School may administer surveys or solicit donations on our website. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through any Google Form, Cognito Form, or Bloomerang data collection point, this information may be collected and used by others. These surveys are voluntary.

If you are interested in applying for a job with The Hochstein School, we may collect information from your resume. This information will not be used for marketing purposes.

Hochstein encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to so that you can understand how those webites collect, use and share your information. Hochstein is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the The Hochstein School family of Web sites.

The Hochstein School website use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Hochstein pages, or register with Hochstein’s site or services, a cookie helps Hochstein to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same page, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of Hochstein services or Web sites you visit.

Hochstein School of Music & Dance secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Hochstein School secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Hochstein School of Music & Dance will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Hochstein School of Music & Dance encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Hochstein School of Music & Dance is protecting your information.