Privacy Policy

At the National School Choice Awareness Foundation, Inc. (NSCAF) we put forth every effort to ensure the privacy and security of information that you share with us online. Our privacy policy explains the information practices we use at www.schoolchoiceawareness.org, related to how we protect and use your information as well as how to contact us about privacy.

 

Our site links to a limited number of other websites. NSCAF is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of these websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements for each website you visit. NSCAF will occasionally update this privacy policy as changes to the site necessitate it. We encourage you to periodically review this policy to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

 

How do we protect your information?

 

Our website has several security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Computer systems have restricted access limited only to those persons and organizations necessary to its proper functioning. This access applies to all electronic and physical security measures. Highly sensitive data including credit card information is additionally secured using encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Our servers are in locked, secure environments.

 

How do we use the information you provide?

 

On sign-up, donation, contact us, and payment forms on www.schoolchoiceawareness.org, we may ask for your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, or other information for other legal purposes.

 

We will use your e-mail address to provide you news and information about NSCAF and our related charitable programs. We may also use your zip code and state to send you e-mail messages about upcoming events or activities in your area. We may also use the information that you provide online to contact you for other purposes.

 

We will never sell or exchange your personal or credit card information to any other third party under any circumstances.

 

Google and Social Media Platforms:

 

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Alphabet, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies and other methods to help us study usage patterns on our website. The information generated from your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of preparing reports regarding the aggregate use of the website.

 

Additionally, we share remarketing data with Google, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter to advertise on third-party websites to previous visitors to our website. This could be in the form of an advertisement in Google search results or somewhere on Facebook or another social media platform. Google and these social media platforms use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to our website. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy in addition to those of Google and the aforementioned social media platforms.

 

Cookies:

 

A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer by www.schoolchoiceawareness.org. We use cookies to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences you have specified. When you visit www.schoolchoiceawareness.org, we only access the cookie file that we have stored on your computer. We cannot and do not access any information stored in a cookie by other websites. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information. Learn more about our cookie policy.

 

IP Addresses and Log File Data:

 

We log IP address, which is the location of your computer or network on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We also use page hits in the aggregate to track the popularity of pages that people visit to improve the quality of the site. There is no personally identifiable information collected in our log files.

 

Information on Children:

 

Because we care about the safety and privacy of children online, we comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulations establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. We do not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under 13. Our site is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13, and we have designed our sites to block our knowing acceptance of information from children under 13 whenever age-related information is requested. Parents with questions may e-mail us at support@schoolchoiceawareness.org.

 

Contacting us About Privacy:

 

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, corrections to the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site or your interaction with this website, send an email to: support@schoolchoiceawareness.org.

 

Unsubscribing from Email Communications:

 

If you wish to unsubscribe from our communications, please email us at support@schoolchoiceawareness.org. We will regularly process these requests.

Alissa Jacques

Manager, Digital Communications

Alissa Jacques serves as manager of digital communications at the National School Choice Awareness Foundation (NSCAF). In this role, Alissa oversees the organization’s English-language social media presence and develops high-impact advertising campaigns to inform, inspire, and empower parents about their K–12 education options.

Previously, Alissa owned her own digital marketing agency, served as an adjunct writing professor at Bloomfield College, and spent two years as an elementary school teacher at Democracy Preparatory Charter School in New York.

Alissa attended both public and private schools as a child, where she developed a love for creative writing. She holds a bachelor of arts in education policy and entrepreneurship from New York University, and a master of arts in sociology of education from Teachers College at Columbia University. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, scrolling through TikTok, and exploring NYC with her husband and cavapoo, Russ.