Policy effective date - 11/8/2023
TEACH.org, Inc. (“TEACH”, “TEACH.org”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) operates and manages http://www.teach.org (“Website”). This Privacy Policy describes, among other things, the types of information we collect, how we use it, and how we share the information. Any terms not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in our Terms of Use (“Terms”).
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT, ALONG WITH OUR TERMS, FORMS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND US. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MAY NOT USE OUR WEBSITE.
Personal Information:
We use the term “Personal Information” to refer to any information you provide in connection with your use of our Website by which you can be personally identified. Personal Information may include such things as your email address, telephone number and any other information which might reasonably be used to identify you.
We obtain Personal Information from you when you submit it to us. We may use your Personal Information to register or subscribe you for certain features, functions, services, activities, games, promotions and content on our Website (these are referred to as “Content” in our Terms). You may also email us with a question or for more information and we will use your contact information (which includes Personal Information such as an email address) to respond to your question or request.
If you provide or submit your Personal Information to our Website, we will give you the right to review, update and/or delete your Personal Information, subject to our obligations to comply with legal, regulatory, internal audit, and record-keeping requirements. We may also use your Personal Information to notify you of updates, promotional offers, or important information about our Website and services.
As part of an SMS/text message service that we provide in connection with a particular campaign or service, we may collect your cell phone number, your carrier’s name, and the date, time and content of your messages, as well as other information that you provide. You will not receive SMS/text messages from us unless you expressly opt in to the service by sending JOIN, or another specific keyword provided in connection with the campaign or service, to the telephone number associated with the campaign or service. We may use the information we collect as part of this service to contact you and to provide the services you request from us. We may use an automatic dialing system to deliver text messages to you. By giving us your permission to enroll you in the service, you approve the use of an automatic dialing system to deliver text messages to you and agree that you are responsible for any charges from your carrier for SMS/text messages or data usage. Our SMS/text message service supports AT&T; Verizon Wireless; Sprint; T-Mobile; and Metro PCS, and may support other carriers. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. To stop receiving text messages, reply to any SMS/text message with STOP. You will receive an SMS/text message confirming that you have been unsubscribed. To obtain more information, reply to any SMS/text message with HELP.
Cookie Policy Statement:
When you access or visit our Website, we and our operational service providers may use technology that can recognize, collect and/or transmit information that is associated with your device. Although the term “cookie” specifically refers to a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes, we will use the term “cookie” to refer generically to any technology that can recognize, collect and/or transmit information about your visits to our Website. This type of information includes such data as the Internet or web domain that referred you, the type of operating system and browser you are using, the date and time of your visit, data relating to activities on our Website (e.g., so-called ‘click stream’ data) and other technological attributes about your visit to our Website. This information may be used by us, among other purposes, to analyze trends, administer our Website, track user movements on our Website, and gather aggregate demographic information about visitors so we can continually improve our Website.
Where required by applicable law, we obtain your consent to use cookies. You can choose to reject or block all non-essential cookies or specific types of cookies set by virtue of your visit to the Website. You can customize your preferences regarding the use of cookies on our websites via your Cookie Settings.
The type of cookies we may use include:
By using our Website without rejecting or blocking some or all non-essential cookies, you agree that TEACH can place those cookies that you have not deleted or rejected on your device.
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through the browser settings. Be aware that, if you do not agree to certain cookies, your experience on our Website may be diminished and some features may not work as intended depending on the cookie. You can disable or turn the cookie feature off by changing the settings on your Internet browser and you can also change the settings to stop your browser from automatically accepting cookies. Changing these settings may also require you to re-enter certain information each time you visit or attempt to use our Website. To find out more about cookies, you can visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Our policy is to not sell, rent, lease, provide or otherwise disclose your Personal Information to unaffiliated entities unless otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may disclose your Personal Information to nonprofit or government partners of Teach.org, subject to a written requirement that the Personal Information may be used only for the purpose of providing you with resources and opportunities related to exploring and entering the teaching profession. We may also disclose your Personal Information to any Third Party we engage for the purpose of supporting TEACH with our own internal administering, marketing, operating, configuring site design, maintaining and providing internal support for our Website and Content. These Third Parties are called “operational service providers,” and they provide internal support to operations and activities and/or for Site design, development, hosting, marketing, and operations. We will never sell or give away personal information to other entities for purposes outside of TEACH's mission and operations. Finally, we may disclose Personal Information to certain partner organizations for the sole purpose of improving the accuracy of contact information, subject to a written requirement that those partner organizations may not use such Personal Information to contact you for any purpose.
We also reserve the right to make your Personal Information available:
You should also be aware we are a nonprofit organization and simply because a website or web page includes our logo, name or otherwise refers to us, does not mean the website or web page is ours or under our control. We work with sponsors, advertisers, government agencies, and other Third Parties to bring you public service advertising and if you enter, provide or submit Personal Information on or to a co-branded website or webpage you may be subject to the terms, conditions and privacy policies of the Third Party sponsor, advertiser, government agency or co-branding organization.
We maintain reasonable standards of security and confidentiality. We also try to limit information access to individuals who need to have such access to perform their responsibilities associated with our Website and the Content. While we strive to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information and your communications when using our Website.
In general, we provide you with the ability to correct or update your Personal Information. In some instances, some Personal Information may not be changed or deleted by you and requires you to contact us for verification (e.g., email address). In general, we offer you the ability to opt out of receiving commercial emails and other commercial communications from us in the future. Our Website and/or email communications will provide you with instructions and the procedures you can use to opt out when applicable.
INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT RIGHTS
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights associated with your personal information based on applicable law. Subject to any exceptions or limitations under applicable law, you may have the following data protection rights:
To make a privacy request, please contact us by completing the form located at www.teach.org/support or by emailing us at with “Privacy Inquiry” in the subject line. Provide full details relating to your request, including your contact information and any other details you believe are relevant. We are committed to responding to requests to exercise data subject rights in accordance with applicable laws.
IDENTIFY VERIFICATION REQUIREMENT
The law may require us to verify that any request submitted was made by someone with the legal right to access the information. Therefore, before accessing or divulging any information pursuant to a data access request, we may request that you provide us with additional information so we can verify your identity and legal authority, particularly where the information provided with the request is insufficient to confirm legal authority and/or identity. We will provide a response to an access request within the timeframes required by law. If we cannot substantively respond in a timely manner, we will notify you and provide the reason for the delay. Under certain circumstances, we may not fulfill your request, such as when doing so would interfere with our regulatory or legal obligations, when we cannot verify your identity, if your request involves disproportionate cost or effort, or when the law allows us to retain that information. But we will respond to your request within a reasonable time, as required by law, and provide an explanation.
California law permits our customers who are California residents to request and obtain from us information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the immediately preceding twelve calendar months. At this time, we do not disclose your personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes so this requirement does not apply to us.
You may not submit your personal information unless you are at least 13 years old. Children under the age of 13 that have registered with this Website are in violation of our Terms. If you believe that your child under the age of 13 has provided his or her personal information to us, please notify us immediately by contacting us at . You may be required to provide verifiable identification that you are the child’s parent or legal guardian.
We may edit, amend, modify and update our Privacy Policy at any time by posting updated text on or links to our Website.
When we make material changes to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting a notice on our Website. We display the Effective Date at the top of our Privacy Policy so that you will know when there has been a change. Your continued use of our Website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance to the modified terms and conditions set forth herein.
For questions about our Privacy Policy please email us at
