Essex County Schools of Technology District cares about the safety and privacy of children online, and 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. Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with an appropriate law enforcement investigation, current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site. On certain Essextech.org web pages, “cookies” are used to help with interactive usage of the site. A cookie is a small file that a Web site transfers to your hard disk, usually to keep track of your while you are connected to that site. The cookies on Essextech.org’s pages do not collect information about you, but only about your browser “session.” The cookie makes it easier for you to use the dynamic features of these Web pages, without having to provide the same information again and again as you move from one page to another. To protect your privacy, be sure to close your browser completely after you have finished conducting business with a Web site that uses cookies. If you are concerned about potential use of information gathered from your computer by cookies, you can set your browser to prompt you before it accepts a cookie. Most Internet browsers have settings that let you identify and/or reject cookies. If you decide to send us an electronic mail message (Email), the message will usually contain your return email address. If you include personally-identifying information in your email because you want us to address issues specific to your situation, we may use that information in responding to your request. In other limited circumstance, we may be required by law to disclose information that you submit.