Website Privacy Policy
Last modified: March 24, 2026
1. Acceptance of the Privacy Policy
The Journeys School for the Gifted and Talented, LLC ("Journeys" or "We") respects your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy"). This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.journeysgt.org/ ("Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
The privacy of Journeys' visitors, learners, families, partners, and supporters is of the utmost importance and is core to Journeys' operational model. This important consideration extends to those utilizing Journeys' Website. The Privacy Policy was created to ensure transparency in how information is collected through Journeys' Website and what ways this information is used.
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:
· when you complete any electronic forms present on the Website;
· automatically on the Website; and/or
· from emails, and other electronic messages between you and us through the Website.
It does not apply to information collected by:
· us offline (e.g., information you may provide us over text messages, phone calls, postal mail, etc.) or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Journeys or any third party; or
· any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.
If you link to third party websites (such as: North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA), Davidson Institute, Yahoo!, Gifted Challenges, Gifted Research & Outreach (GRO), Facebook, etc.), applications or content from the Website, you should check the privacy and security policy statements of such third parties to understand the policies and practices of such third parties, as such third party websites, applications or content are subject to different terms and privacy policies, and we are not responsible for those policies and practices. If you disclose your information to third parties on other websites on the internet, you do so at your own risk, as different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of such information.
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION AND HOW WE WILL TREAT IT. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE, OR PROVIDING YOUR INFORMATION (INCLUDING PERSONAL INFORMATION (AS DEFINED BELOW)) THROUGH THE WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO THE USE AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES, YOU HAVE THE OPTION NOT TO USE OUR WEBSITE AND/OR NOT TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT YOU.
This Privacy Policy is intended for residents of the United States of America, and specifically the State of North Carolina where Journeys operates.
We reserve the right to modify, amend or cancel this Privacy Policy at any time, consistent with applicable data privacy laws (see the Changes to Our Privacy Policy Section). Your continued use of this Website after we make such changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Privacy Policy periodically for updates and ensure you check the "Last Modified" date above.
2. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
Depending on how you interact with the Website, we may collect several types of information from and about you, including information:
· by which you may be personally identified or relates to, describes or is reasonably capable of being associated with you, such as your: name, e-mail address, telephone number, general location, Internet Protocol (IP) address ("personal information"); and/or
· about your internet connection, IP address, the equipment you use to access our Website, browser type and version, time-zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, mobile network information and platform, full Uniform Resource Locator (URL), clickstream to, through and from the Website (including date and time), and your actions on our Website, such as: pages you viewed, page response time, download errors, length of visit to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and other usage details.
Information about your Children
We may also collect some information that identifies your child(ren), such as: your child(ren)'s name(s) and age(s). If you provide information about your child(ren) on or through the Website, you consent to the personal information practices described in this Privacy Policy on behalf of your child, and you represent and warrant to us that you are duly authorized to provide such consent on behalf of your child(ren) in your capacity as the parent or a legal guardian of the child(ren).
We collect the above categories of information about you and your children:
· directly from you when you provide it to us; and/or
· automatically as you navigate through the Website.
A. Information You Provide to Us.
The information we collect on or through our Website may include:
· Information that you provide by completing forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of requesting further services or information. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.
· Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Additionally, through our online "Contact Us" form (located at: https://www.journeysgt.org/contact), you may be able to send messages to us through an open text field where you have the opportunity to provide us with any information you choose, which may include additional categories of personal information than the categories listed above. You acknowledge and agree that provision of any information through the open text field is optional, and that any information that you provide through it, is at your sole discretion and risk. Journeys highly recommends that you carefully consider what information you are providing to Journeys and not provide any information, including personal information, which may be sensitive in nature, that you wish to keep confidential, and/or are not comfortable providing us.
B. Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies.
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
a) Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
b) Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
We may maintain or associate the information we collect automatically with personal information that we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
a) Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
b) Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to our users' interests.
c) Compile aggregate data about traffic on the Website and user interactions with the Website to provide better Website experiences and tools.
d) Recognize you when you return to our Website.
C. Our Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer, tablet, mobile device or web browser. We do not use any cookies on our Website.
D. Use Of Google Search Console:
We use Google Search Console, a web service provided by Google, Inc. Google Search Console allows us to monitor and analyze data related to how the Website appears in Google's search results, identify which search queries lead visitors to the Website, and understand visitors' interactions with our Website.
Google Search Console may collect certain information automatically, such as your IP address, click-through rates, aggregated search behavior of visitors, the browser and device you are using, and the queries used to find our Website to provide us with valuable insights into the performance of the Website. Any data collected through our use of Google Search Console is used solely for understanding how our Website is used, improving the Website and enhancing our visitor experience.
We do not use Google Analytics on our Website.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
· To present our Website and its contents to you.
· To provide you with information, events, or services that you request from us.
· To provide, support, personalize, and develop our Website, content, and services.
· To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses.
· To personalize your Website experience and to deliver content, and service offerings relevant to users' interests.
· To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website, services, databases and other technology assets, and operations.
· To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
· To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
· To carry out our obligations and enforce our legal rights.
· In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
· For any other purpose with your consent.
By using our Website, you consent to the above uses of your information. Where we have a legal basis to use your personal information without consent, this Privacy Policy fulfills our duty to process personal information fairly and lawfully and in a manner that you would expect given the nature of our relationship with you, by giving you appropriate notice and explanation of the way in which your personal information will be used. Where consent is required for our use of your personal information as described above, you have the right to withdraw or decline your consent and cease your use of the Website. If you decide to withdraw your consent, such withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before such withdrawal.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, as permitted by applicable law.
We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:
· To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Journeys' assets (or negotiations of or due diligence for such transactions), whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Journeys about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
· To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
· To comply with any court order, law, law enforcement investigation, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
· If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Journeys, our staff, employees, students, parents, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
· To our professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, bankers, and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.
· To our third-party analytics service providers for the purposes of enhancing or improving our Website and its functionalities.
· With your consent.
5. Retention of Your Information
We will only retain your personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we originally collected it for. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:
· The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you;
· Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (for example, certain laws require us to keep records of your interactions with us for a certain period of time before we can delete them); or
· Whether retention is advisable based on our legal position, such as applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, we may retain your information in order to comply with applicable law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigation, enforce our legal rights, for backup, audit or regulatory purposes, and for other actions permitted by law.
6. Children Under the Age of 18
Our Website is not intended for children under eighteen (18) years of age. No one under the age of eighteen (18) may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under eighteen (18) years of age. If you are under the age of eighteen (18), do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features, or provide any information about yourself to us, including any personal information. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from anyone under eighteen (18) years of age without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about anyone younger than eighteen (18) years of age, please contact us directly at: info@journeysgt.org.
7. Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Our measures include technical (e.g., computer safeguards) and physical (e.g., secured files and buildings) measures. Only those individuals who have a legitimate business reason in connection with their job responsibilities are permitted to access your personal information.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page with a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated on the Website home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
9. Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:
414 Skyland Drive
Sylva, North Carolina 28779
(828) 398-0112
info@journeysgt.org
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