This legal statement includes an Acceptable Use Policy, Security and Privacy details, Analytics details, a notice about Cookies, Copyright notices, a Disclaimer, and an ADA notice.
Acceptable Use Policy
Students and faculty who subscribe to this website have access to lessons which may provide code from multiple sources. Students may copy the code from lessons without citing the source. However, if third-party code is provided, then students ought to site it in the HTML, CSS, PHP, and/or JavaScript files.
Students and faculty will have access to the site for 2 years. A resubscribe message may be sent by PayPal after 2 years at which time you can decline or continue for an additional fee.
Students and faculty may use the textbook to learn about web design, management, and interaction, however, the work may not be used to create illegal or malicious websites or break their school’s acceptable use policies.
Students and faculty must maintain a secure password and should memorize their password to avoid being locked out after too many failed login attempts. Users will be locked out for 5 minutes after five failed login attempts or three forgot password attempts.
Security and Privacy
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. User and password information may be encrypted before it is transmitted across the network.
The author has a firm commitment to privacy. The following statement addresses the information-gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site. Your subscription to access the lessons requires your student email address, student name, and student website address. These three items are stored in a secure database. By subscribing to the website you agree to allow your name and website addresses to be posted for other students to view. Any data stored in a database will be secured with encrypted passwords. Personal data such as phone and email will not display to the public. We do not share any personal information with any third parties.
When you visit this website, it automatically collects certain information, such as: Domain, country, IP address, Browser, platform, resolution, Entrance-Exit Pages, Referrals, Date, Time, Search Terms and Search Engines. This is standard practice for websites and is not used for any purpose other than to evaluate how we can design the site to best serve your needs.
In order to provide better and more secure service we will occasionally use a “cookie.” A cookie is a small piece of information stored on your computer that can uniquely identify your browser and may include other information about your visit to the site. The cookie cannot be read by a website other than the one that set the cookie.
Google Analytics
The author uses Google Analytics, a website traffic tracking and reporting service, on many of the Web pages. This service helps us to better understand and improve the sites’ performance and user experience. We adhere to Google’s usage guidelines for this service, which prohibit the collection or association of personal information with Web analytics.
If you have questions or concerns regarding privacy, please notify the author.
Copyrights
Pam Van Londen is the designated agent to receive notification of alleged copyright infringement in the courses.pamvanlonden.com domain. If you believe your copyrighted work is appearing on this site without permission, please notify the author.
Van Londen will comply with requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Consistent with the DMCA, and in accordance with Van Londen’s acceptable use policy, the Van Londen reserves the right to terminate system access of users who seriously or repeatedly infringe on the rights of copyright owners within this website. A summary of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is available at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
If you are a student and do not want your website listed on the Current Students page, please notify the author.
Disclaimer
Information on this website is instructional. While we try to keep it accurate and up-to-date, we cannot guarantee that it always will be. If you see something in a document that should be corrected or updated, notify the author. Unless otherwise noted, the information may not represent the author’s official statements or views. Use the information here at your own risk.
This site contains links to external websites. The author is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. If you see a broken, inappropriate, or confusing link, please notify the author.
Americans with Disabilities Act
This publication may be made available in accessible formats upon request. Please call 541-737-8627 for further information.