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WEB SITE PRIVACY: The School Bell Partners ("SBP") Web servers automatically recognize and record the domain name from which you access the Internet and the names of the pages you visit while at an SBP Web site. The SBP Web servers do not automatically extract or store your electronic mail address (See E-Mail Addresses below). The information automatically recognized and recorded is not personally identifiable and is used to improve the content of SBP Web sites and make them more useful.

When you use this website, SBP may collect a variety of technical data which is stored in aggregate form. This data may include (but is not limited to) your IP address (a unique number that identifies your computer on the Internet), domain, and Web browser information. SBP may track the web page you visited before coming to this website, and the page you link to when you leave this website, which pages on this website you access, and how long you spend on each page.

SBP may use aggregate information about your surfing behavior and equipment to improve the performance of this website, and to evaluate your reaction to the content and design of the website.

SBP also uses anonymous individually identifiable and aggregate information for a variety of marketing and promotional purposes. For instance, SBP uses what's learned about your preferences to alert you to new areas when you return to this website, or to help SBP or SBP's business partners target messaging or product placements to your particular interests.

SBP does not intentionally share personally identifiable information you provide via web forms, email, or in writing except with SBP corporate affiliates, other companies with which SBP has substantial strategic or marketing relationships, companies to which SBP outsources certain functions of this website, and as required by law. In addition, if you indicate your desire to receive a particular service or information from another company (e.g., email notifications), SBP will share your personally identifiable information with that particular company. Note, finally, that SBP may share anonymous aggregate data about visitors to this website with third parties in order to improve site function and performance and to report website statistics.

If you supply SBP with your postal address, email address, phone number, and/or other personal contact information, and you request to be contacted, you may receive periodic mailings about new products and services or upcoming events from SBP or other organizations with which SBP shares your information. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, you may contact SBP through schoolbellpartners.com to be removed from future mailings. Please note that the date of the most recent opt in/out request will supersede prior requests.

SBP has instituted security measures in physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information collected from you. Please keep in mind, however, that no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, SBP cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit using this website, and you transmit such information at your own risk. Furthermore, SBP does not assume responsibility for use or disclosure of your information resulting from unauthorized or illegal access to our systems or those of our vendors or partners.

INTERNET SECURITY: SBP uses encryption technology to protect certain information sent over the Internet. SSL is an encryption technology known as "Secure Sockets Layer". SSL encrypts transmissions between two parties and verifies the Web site server you are communicating with. An "s" after the "http" in a Web site's address indicates that you are attached to a secure server using SSL technology. Additionally, if your browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, Netscape Navigator 4.0, or a higher version of either, a picture of a lock or a key should appear in the lower right hand corner of the browser's window.

USE OF COOKIES: Some SBP Web sites use a feature of your Internet browser called a cookie. Cookies are files placed within your browser on your computer's hard drive by a Web site server. SBP Web sites may use cookies to facilitate your Internet sessions, to maintain security and to improve our Web sites. For example, SBP uses cookies to verify your identity, remember your personal settings such as your offer preferences, and to monitor your use of SBP Web sites to improve our services. Cookies are commonly used and let this website recognize previous visitors to our web page, record a visitor's progress from page to page, and recall certain information a visitor entered previously. SBP may also use tracking images and applets to collect the same information. These are also common practices. If you choose not to enable cookies on your browser, you will not be able to use some of the services offered on SBP's Web sites.

ADVERTISING SERVICES: SBP may use third party companies to serve ads on our Web site and other Web sites. These companies would help SBP execute, optimize, and measure the effectiveness of our online banner advertising programs. These companies may use cookies and non-personally identifiable information (for example, information that does not include name, address, e-mail address or telephone number) about your visit to this and other Web sites to measure advertising effectiveness and to provide ads about goods and services that may interest you.

SBP's technology and online applications may contain small graphics with tags in them. These tags are not personally identifiable and work in conjunction with these cookies. These tags allow us to measure the effectiveness and response rates of our advertising.

CHILDREN: SBP Web sites do not knowingly collect or use personal information from children under age 13 without obtaining verifiable parental consent. If a child whom we know to be under age 13 sends personal information to an SBP Web site, we will use that information only in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

TO FURTHER PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY: While exploring the services offered through SBP's Web sites, please be aware that other online retailers, partners, third party Internet sites, and third party services accessible through SBP's Web sites, have separate privacy and data collection policies and practices, which are independent of and may be different from SBP's policies and practices. SBP is not responsible or liable for these independent policies and practices and it is your responsibility to review them and decide whether or not they satisfactorily protect your rights.

These Internet Privacy Practices were last updated during 2015 and update and replace any previous Internet Privacy Practices from SBP. We may amend these Internet Privacy Practices at any time, and when such a change is made we will post a revised version on this SBP Web site. Changes will be effective when they are posted. It is your responsibility to review these Internet Privacy Practices from time to time to be aware of any such changes. Your continued use of this SBP Web site indicates your agreement to any such changes.

School FUNDCenter (“SFC”) Fundraiser for Schools powered by School Bell Partners (“SBP”)

INTRODUCTION

1. Assumptions. SBP projects that $1,000,000,000.00 (that’s one BILLION dollars) can be raised by SFC through websites operated by all U.S. “Schools”’ (i.e., grade pre-K through 12^th grade educational entities, including but not limited to school districts, departments of education, boards of education and individual schools), based on funds committed by sponsors, together with a reasonable amount of parent/teacher/school family participation per School. SBP cannot exactly predict the volume and timing of participation and therefore does not guarantee that this $1,000,000,000.00 total will be raised or, over what time period. Please visit our website, http://schoolbellpartners.com/faqs/ for more details about our assumptions for fundraising success.

2. Every Click Counts (“ECC”).   To assist Schools as they become part of the Fundraiser program, SBP will make a small donation to each participating School for each click on a Sponsorship displayed in the SFC Window added to the School’s website. SBP calls this “Every Click Counts” or “ECC”. ECC donation amounts vary by each sponsorship’s fundraising offer.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

SCHOOL PARTICIPATION: Schools participating in this fundraiser (“Fundraiser”) stipulate they are in agreement with the Terms & Conditions set forth herein. At the end of these Terms and Conditions, Schools will be given the opportunity to accept the Terms and Conditions, electronically. A School may not participate in the Fundraiser unless and until it accepts the Terms and Conditions.

FUNDRAISER START: Schools that have placed the SFC Window (“Sponsor Window”) on their School websites in accordance with the SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE OF SFC WINDOW terms set forth herein will be eligible to earn contributions from national-regional sponsors (“National-Regional Sponsors”) and/or local businesses (“Local Businesses”) (Local Businesses and National-Regional Sponsors, each a “Sponsor”, and collectively, “Sponsors”) who will be recognized within the Sponsor Window added to prominent locations on each School's website by School website managers.

SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY: This Fundraiser is administered by SFC and is intended to benefit accredited public or private educational institutions (serving grades Pre-K through 12th) located in the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and Guam, (private institutions must be recognized as tax exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) and described under IRC section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)). Schools must be housed in a facility zoned as a school building by the local municipality, county or other governing body. Colleges and day care centers not providing pre-K classes do not qualify. Eligibility for this Fundraiser is determined by SFC and the School.

SCHOOL SIGN UP: In order to receive earned contributions, Schools must first sign up for the SFC Fundraiser by having the School principal or an authorized School administrator go on the Internet ("online") to www.SchoolWebsiteSponsors.com and provide the required information about the School, including but not limited to the School name, address, phone number, School's published website url, the name of the principal, the email addresses and names of the School’s contacts for the SFC Fundraiser, the School’s bank account information (for electronic payment) or payee information (for payment by check), and the name and email address and title of the School's main contact responsible for administering the Fundraiser on behalf of the School. Upon review, verification of eligibility, and acceptance of the School information by SFC, the School's sign up will be confirmed and the School may request withdrawals of earned contributions at any time.

SPONSOR ELIGIBILITY: Businesses that sell, promote or advertise products or services deemed by SFC and/or individual Schools, in their sole discretion, to be inappropriate will not qualify for participation in the SFC Fundraiser. Examples include but are not limited to businesses specializing in alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and adult content, or any products or services determined by the School not to be suitable for children. SFC will make reasonable efforts to verify that National-Regional Sponsors are COPPA compliant. Schools will be responsible for satisfying themselves that Local Businesses are COPPA compliant.

FUNDRAISER CONTRIBUTION RATES TO SCHOOLS:  Schools earn contributions through SFC for National-Regional Sponsors which the Schools allow to participate, and also directly from Local Businesses the Schools allow to participate.

1. National-Regional Sponsorship Contributions:SFC receives funds from each National-Regional Sponsor that appears in the SFC Window. The funds consist of two parts. The first part is the contribution from the National-Regional Sponsor to the School, which contribution belongs to the School and is the School’s property. Accounts for Contributions will be maintained separately for each School by SFC. The Contributions may be withdrawn at such times and in such amounts as the School may decide in its sole discretion. The second part is the fee for SFC, which SFC will retain for its own account. The amount of the contribution and fee are calculated by various factors, including but not limited to, the School’s student enrollment and the visibility of the area on the School website where the School places the SFC Window. The specific amounts of the fees and all contributions made to Schools are calculated and disclosed to each School before the School adds the Sponsor Window to its website. All contributions are credited to each corresponding National-Regional Sponsor.

2. Local Business Sponsor Contributions:The School may arrange contribution amounts from Local Businesses. Payment of the contribution is made by the Local Business directly to the School. SFC has a partner which signs up Local Businesses and maintains their text listing. This partner is called “School Website Affinity Network” (“S.W.A.N”). S.W.A.N.’s services are funded by an annual fee. Such fees are accounted for by SFC and payable by Schools to SFC either by check, electronic bank fund transfer, credit/debit card, or adjustments to earned School donation balances (the “Local Sponsor Payment Methods”). SFC is responsible for fee payments to S.W.A.N.

SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE OF SFC WINDOW:  Schools that participate in the SFC Fundraiser agree to prominently place the SFC Window on the School website’s home page (main landing page) and sub-pages (linked directly to the home page) and to keep the SFC Window live for a term of no less than one year after commencing participation in this Fundraiser. The SFC Window shall be placed where it is most likely visible to all website visitors. If such placement is not accomplished by the School, SFC may discount the contribution rate based on the variance from the preferred location. Such discounts will be accounted for to National-Regional Sponsors. The School further understands that SFC Window view and click information will be recorded and retained to allow SFC to track various performance metrics. Among other things, SFC may use this information to help develop SFC Window enhancements and to report performance statistics. In addition to Sponsor related information, the SFC Window may also display SFC related content and offers available through the Fundraiser. All content appearing in the SFC Window and related Sponsor and/or SFC Fundraiser information are the sole property of SFC or the National-Regional Sponsors, protected by copyright laws, and any copying or re-distribution of such content is prohibited.

NATIONAL-REGIONAL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION: SFC makes its own efforts to solicit participation from businesses whose trade areas extend beyond local areas where Schools are located. Such businesses include, but are not limited to, retail chain stores, consumer packaged goods brands, and service providers. All such businesses fall under the same eligibility requirements as Sponsors. Each School is notified by SFC of the business’s name, type and contribution, when a particular business indicates its desire to be included on the School's website. Upon the School's acceptance, the business will appear in the SFC Window on the School's website, and the School will receive the corresponding contribution.

SPONSOR ACCEPTANCE OF SFC WINDOW: Sponsors that participate in the SFC Fundraiser agree to allow the business information they provide to be displayed within SFC's determined templates and layouts, and further agree to allow SFC to track various performance metrics. Among other things, SFC may use this information to help develop SFC Window enhancements and to report viewing statistics. In addition to Sponsor related information, the SFC Window may also display SFC related content and offers available through the Fundraiser. All content appearing in the SFC Window and in the Sponsor information that appears when users click in the SFC Window, is the sole property of SFC, or each individual Sponsor, protected by copyright laws, and any copying or re-distribution of such content is prohibited. After appearing in the SFC Window on a School’s website, a Sponsor will appear live for a pre-determined term. This term will be disclosed to each School before a Sponsor commences appearing on the corresponding School’s website within the SFC Window placed there by the School.

LOCAL BUSINESS SIGN UP: Local Businesses can initiate their participation directly through Schools. The Local Business provides payment of the contribution and identifying information to an authorized School representative. The School then provides this information to SFC, and SFC activates the Local Business listing. Then, the School pays the S.W.A.N. fee to SFC, using one of the Local Business Payment Methods. Finally, SFC pays S.W.A.N.’s annual fee.

SFC COMPUTER SERVERS: SFC uses third party ad servers for its ad serving and reporting functions. These ad servers may vary depending on particular SFC Windows and corresponding content, and are subject to change in SFC's discretion. Applicable ad server(s) shall be official counter(s) for determining various performance metrics, and other relevant information reported to Schools and Sponsors.

DISQUALIFICATION AND FUNDRAISER CHANGE: SFC is brought to Schools and Sponsors and maintained by SFC’s affiliate, School Bell Partners, LLC (“SBP”). SBP reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions, withdraw its services from a School, or disqualify a Sponsor from participation, at any time. All contributions credited to the School per SBP’s records will be paid over to the School.

BILL PAYMENT SERVICE: SBP offers Schools and Sponsors the ability for contribution payments to be made and remitted to Schools either electronically or by check.

LIMITATIONS AND CANCELLATION RIGHT: SBP and any of its affiliate companies are not responsible for late, lost or misdirected data, or any other transmission or recording method errors including jumbled, garbled or illegible data, or for any other errors or malfunctions that may affect any aspect of the Fundraiser. SBP reserves the right to cancel or suspend this Fundraiser at any time without notice. Tracking information and advertising content and metrics are the sole property of SBP.

EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THE FUNDRAISER IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, SBP DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON- INFRINGEMENT.

LEGAL TERMS AND INDEMNIFICATION: By participating in the Fundraiser, Sponsors and Schools, together with their administrators, employees agents, representatives, successors and assigns, agree to release, hold harmless, defend and indemnify, SFC, SBP and each of their respective parent and affiliate companies, subsidiaries, agents, representatives, distributors and advertising and promotion agencies, successors and assigns, as well as the officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents of each of the foregoing, from any and all liability, loss, damage, expenses, costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), or injury sustained in connection with such Sponsors’ or Schools’ participation in the Fundraiser. All taxes and other fees or costs associated with the contributions are solely the responsibility of the Schools and Sponsors and their corresponding representatives. (Depending upon total amounts earned, Schools may receive an IRS earnings form.) Contribution payments from SBP will not be made to any entity other than the corresponding School.

ARBITRATION: Any legal or equitable claim arising out of participation in the Fundraiser (a "Claim") will be resolved only by binding arbitration. The arbitration will be conducted under the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the "JAMS Streamlined Rules"). ARBITRATION MEANS THAT YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. The interpretation and enforcement of these Terms and Conditions will be governed by the laws of the state where you are located, except this paragraph will be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. Neither you nor we will be entitled to join or consolidate Claims in arbitration by or against other individual or entities, or arbitrate any Claim as a representative member of a class or in a private attorney general capacity. Accordingly, you and we agree that the JAMS Class Action Procedures do not apply to our arbitration. If, however, the law of your state would find this agreement to dispense with class arbitration procedures unenforceable, then this entire paragraph is unenforceable.

SPECIFIC SFC WINDOW CONTENT: Shown below are: (i) the current variations of SFC Window Sponsorships from which Schools may select, (ii) the contributions Schools may expect to receive from allowing such Sponsorships to be placed on their School website, and (iii) corresponding ECC contributions. All of these available Sponsorships have been approved by the related Sponsors. These Sponsorships will change from time to time. As Sponsorship changes are made, Schools will be notified and will be given the option to: (a) opt-out of the new Sponsorships from existing Sponsors that are replacing previous Sponsorships, or (b) opt-in to add new Sponsorships from existing or new Sponsors. Here are the currently available Sponsorships and related contributions:

A School may not participate in the Fundraiser unless and until it accepts the Terms and Conditions.