Terms and Conditions Updated 5/14/2018
Wisc-Online offers an ever-growing library of high-quality educational teaching materials FREE to educators. This library is kept up to date and changes as new materials are added or existing ones are revised. All of the content for the learning objects is the intellectual property of Wisc-Online.
Introduction
Fox Valley Technical College maintains fiscal and operational responsibility for Wisc-Online with guidance from an advisory council that includes representation from all of the colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System.
Wisc-Online offers you access to the Wisc-Online Digital Library in exchange for your agreement to accept and comply with these terms, conditions, and notices stated here and as may be modified by Wisc-Online from time to time. Wisc-Online refers to these terms, conditions, and notices, whether modified or unmodified, as the "Agreement" or as the "Terms of Use."
Wisc-Online reserves the right to modify at its sole discretion this Agreement without providing notification. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Agreement. By visiting or using any part of the Wisc-Online website, you are agreeing to the Terms of Use, and you are agreeing that this is a binding contract between Wisc-Online and you. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms of use, please do not visit or use any part of the Wisc-Online website.
General Use and Limitations of General Use of the Wisc-Online.com website: Except where we specify otherwise, Wisc-Online offers you access to the Wisc-Online.com website solely for your personal, non-commercial, and educational uses. You promise that you will not use the Wisc-Online.com website, logo, URL or content, in whole or in part, for any purpose or in conjunction with any media that is pornographic, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use or for any purposes other than those that are personal, non-commercial, and educational. You agree that you will not use the Wisc-Online.com website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Wisc-Online website or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Wisc-Online website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Wisc-Online.com website.
If and when requested by Wisc-Online, you agree to provide true, accurate, and complete user information and to refrain from impersonating or falsely representing your affiliation with any person or entity. Except with the written permission of Wisc-Online, you agree that you will not access or attempt to access password-protected, secure, or non-public areas of the Wisc-Online website. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access prohibited areas of the Wisc-Online website may be subject to prosecution.
You agree that you will not juxtapose the Wisc-Online name and mark and the link with your name or any other material(s) in a manner which might give rise to any erroneous conclusion that there is any affiliation or association between Wisc-Online, on the one hand, and you or any other person or entity, on the other hand. You agree that if Wisc-Online, in its sole and unfettered discretion, requests in writing that you remove any link or links to the Wisc-Onlin website, you will promptly do so. You agree that if you create any link to the Wisc-Online.com website that you will not employ any technology that results in the placement of content from the Wisc-Online website in a frame and/or a reduced pop-up window and/or any other display mechanism that changes the Wisc-Online.com website from how it would appear if a user typed in its URL to a typical browser line.
Legal Notice
All materials on the Wisc-Online website are copyrighted. Educational content is provided FREE for use under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial license.
No Warranty
There is no warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Except when otherwise stated in writing by the copyright holders and/or other parties, Wisc-Online offers the Wisc-Online website "as-is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk of use of the Wisc-Online website is with you. Should the Wisc-Online website prove faulty, inaccurate, or otherwise unacceptable, you assume the cost of all necessary repair or correction.
Wisc-Online includes some health- or medical-related materials that may be considered sexually explicit, violent, graphic, or otherwise unsuitable for younger audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.
This site is provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis. Wisc-Online makes no representations or warranties of any kind, implied or expressed, as to the operation of this site or the information, content, or materials included on this site or made available through this site. You expressly agree that your use of this site is at your sole risk.
To the full extent permissible by applicable law, Wisc-Online disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, against infringement by Wisc-Online information, content, or materials of any copyrights, third party patents, trademarks, or any other rights. Wisc-Online does not warrant that this site, its servers, or communications sent from Wisc-Online.com are free of viruses or other harmful components. Wisc-Online is not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, and consequential damages. The entire risk of non-performance of Wisc-Online information, content, or materials rests with the user, who shall be responsible for all costs of any service, repair, or correction. In no event shall Wisc-Online or its members be liable to users for damages of any nature, including, without limitation, any general, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages, including lost profits, arising out of any use of hosted information content or materials.
Failure to Comply with Terms and Conditions
Wisc-Online may deny you access to all or part of the Service without notice if you engage in any conduct or activities that Wisc-Online at sole discretion believes violates any of the terms and conditions in this Agreement. If Wisc-Online denies you access to the Service because of such a violation, you shall have no right (1) to access through Wisc-Online.com any materials stored on the Internet, (2) to obtain any credit(s) otherwise due to you, and such credit(s) will be forfeited, (3) to access third party services, merchandise, or information on the Internet through Wisc-Online, and Wisc-Online shall have no responsibility to notify any third-party providers of services, merchandise or information, nor any responsibility for any consequences resulting from lack of notification.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Wisc-Online and its member organizations harmless from any and all liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, related to any violation of this Agreement by you or authorized users of your account, or in connection with the use of the Service or the Internet or the placement or transmission of any message, information, software, or other materials on the Internet by you or authorized users of your account.
Miscellaneous
In the event that any portion of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties, and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Wisc-Online’s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provision of this Agreement. Wisc-Online may modify this Agreement from time to time by placing a notice of such modification on Wisc-Online.com, and your continued use of the Service following notice of such modification shall be deemed to be your acceptance of any such modification. If you do not agree to any modification of this Agreement, you must stop using the Service. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Wisc-Online with respect to the Service.
Privacy Policy
Wisc-Online has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting your privacy.
Where Information We Collect Comes From
We collect information from you in one of three ways – it comes from what you provide directly to us via our websites, forms, and email; through automated means such as cookies, and through social media when you attach your social media accounts to your account on our site. We’ll explain each of these collection methods in more detail below.
Information You Provide Us
This is the information you provide directly to us by:
- Using any of our services, including creating a personal user account on our website(s)
- Creating games using the Wisc-Online GameBuilder service
- Leaving questions, answers, comments or feedback on learning activities
- Asking questions, submitting suggestions, or requesting customer/technical support through our online forms and email
Once you’ve registered for an account, created a game, asked a question, or had any other of the above types of personal contact, we collect the following data directly from you:
- Name and email address
- You log-in credentials, if you registered a User Account with us
- Information about your customer service and maintenance interactions with us
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Email Address Privacy
- Wisc-Online will not rent, sell, or otherwise provide the email address of any Wisc-Online member to any other organization or entity.
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IP Address
- When you register for an account, we record your IP address for diagnostic purposes, to administer our website, and to gather aggregate, anonymous demographic information.
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Cookies Policy
- We manage secured areas with the use of cookies. We use the cookies to verify member authorization to the member's area, for diagnostic purposes, to administer our website, and to gather aggregate, anonymous demographic information.
When you visit our websites, our system automatically collects information about your visit, such as your browser type, your IP address, and the referring website.
Sometimes, our third-party vendors and partners also collect this information. They’ll share with us the general demographic information of our users. We never use the automatically collected information to identify you without your consent.
This information is generally collected using cookies, web or email pixels, or hyperlinks. Generally, we use cookies to:
- Track traffic flow patterns on our website
- Understand what browsers our visitors are using
- Monitor our website’s performance
- Customize your experience so you see more relevant content to your interests
Types of Cookies and Their Purposes
- Required Cookies: These allow you to navigate and use our website. These cookies are mandatory for the functionality of our website.
- Functional Cookies: These allow us to remember your selections on our website including your login name, your profile, your badges, and any groups or favorites you may have saved or created. Functional cookies allow us to personalize your experience with our site.
- Advertising Cookies: These allow us to evaluate our marketing and advertising. Advertising cookies are often provided by our third-party partners and they track what ads you’ve seen and what ads your browser has shown you. However, we never share your personal information to third-party providers. The only information we share involves your visit to Wisc-Online and our other sites. It is important to point out that your visit to our sites may be linked to your personal information collected on other sites. In this case, this is external to our family of websites and any data processing is controlled by the third-party vendors on those sites.
Descriptions of Cookies on our site and Opt-Out instructions
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Wisc-Online.com (Required Cookies)
We store various cookies required for navigating and using our websites.
Opt-out Instructions: You can configure your browser to disable these Required Cookies. Keep in mind that opting-out may reduce how our site functions in your browser.
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Google Analytics (Functional Cookies)
Like many other sites, we use Google Analytics, which is a web analysis service of Google, Inc. (“Google”). Learn more from their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Opt-out Instructions: We recommend downloading and using the browser plugin “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on,” which is available here.
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Google AdWords (Advertising Cookies)
We use Google AdWords Conversion Tracking cookie, which makes the ads you see more useful to you. You can learn more about AdWords and Google’s privacy policy here.
Opt-out Instructions: Visit Google’s Ads Settings to personalize your ad settings including Topics you like and Topics you don’t like.
Information We Collect Through Automated Means
Analytics Information
We collect analytics information to help us discover meaningful patterns in data. For us, that means using analytics to improve the user experience, discover what content our users are watching, learn how our users arrived at our websites, and explore how our users navigate our websites.
When you visit our websites, we and any of our third party company partners, may use cookies and other technologies to collect, track, and combine the analytic information. This may include logging each user’s IP address and operating system, along with which browser they use. This information helps us determine where our users come from (just their country, state, and city.)
Analytics information also helps us identify repeat visitors, which learning modules or games our visitors are watching, and how long they spend on our site.
Google Analytics, along with other third-party web analytics services, use cookies and other tools to collect and analyze our user’s information. This helps us research what our users are watching and create a report so we can plan features for the future. For more information, please see our section on Cookies. We explain each type and give you instructions for opting out or disabling the cookies.
Online Advertising
We allow third-party companies (which are usually advertising companies) to put cookies on our website to tailor the ads you see based on your previous searches. Advertising cookies keep track of what ads you’ve seen across various sites. They also personalize the ads you see so they’re related to your browsing habits. The cookies save your browsing information and link it to your device or IP address.
Advertising cookies allow us and the third-party advertiser to know what types of adds you’ve seen and when you’ve last seen it. They use this information to determine which ads you see and how effective any one ad campaign is.
For more information, please see our section on Cookies. We explain each type and give you instructions for opting out or disabling the cookies.
Information We Collect from Social Media and Other Content Platforms
If you access our site or services from your third-party social network site, like Facebook or Twitter, you may be allowing access to, as well as storage of, some of the information from your social media profile information including your name, gender, and profile picture. However, whether or not we have access to this is partially dependent on how you’ve set up your social media account. If you’d like to change your social media privacy settings, please visit the social network’s site for instructions.
Data Subject Rights and Your Choices
In addition to what we’ve already covered, you may have additional rights to your information.
Legal Rights
If you would like to learn more about your legal rights, or if you’d like to exercise any of them, please contact us. The easiest way to do so is through the “Contact US” section of our website. Local laws regarding the information we can release along with your rights to that information varies. For instance, the ones in the European Union may allow you to request:
- What information is collected about you
- How your information was disclosed
- How you can access your information
- Your information be deleted
- Your information be updated if it’s out of date or incorrect
We’ll consider all requests and respond within the time period allowed by law.
International Users
Wisc-Online stores information about all visitors to our website and users on servers within the United States regardless of their country of origin or access. Any information you submit will be transferred to and stored within the U.S. By using our websites, you acknowledge and agree that your information will be stored and processed within the U.S.
In accordance with all applicable laws, Wisc-Online also may subcontract the processing of your data to, or otherwise share your data with, service providers and others in countries other than your country of residence, including the U.S. These third party companies may provide services to you, they may process transactions, or provide support services in addition to a variety of other tasks. When you provide us with your information, you are also acknowledging this transfer of information to our third-company partners.
If we use any non-European Union entities and provide them with your information, we’ll take any and all appropriate measures to ensure they protect your information. For more information about these transfer mechanisms, please contact using our “Contact Us” section.
If you believe your rights have been breaches, you may make a complaint to the data protection supervisor authority in your country or work through your local courts.
Information Protection
The confidentiality and security of your information is of the utmost importance to us. We use at variety of technical, administrative, and physical means to protect your information from unregulated third-parties. While we do make every effort to protect your information, it’s important to point out that no Internet transaction is completely secure. We also need to point out that we may retain and store your information in the Wisc-Online databases, even after your account is deactivated, for as long as we have a legitimate need for it and it’s within all applicable laws. In this case, your personal and identifiable information is removed and your account is only used for anonymous, aggregate uses.
Privacy Policy Changes
We do review our privacy policies and practices from time-to-time and make appropriate updates. This means that our privacy policies are all subject to change. If we do make changes, we’ll immediately update our website as well as update the effective date, which is found at the beginning.
If we make a material change, we’ll provide notice to all affected in accordance with the law. By continuing to use our services, you are confirming that you have read and understood the latest version of our privacy policy. We recommend reviewing our privacy policy periodically so you’re familiar with the most up-to-date version.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments or complaints about this Privacy Policy, please contact us here.