Who we are

Ohio TESOL is an professional development and advocacy organization for teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. We are a regional affiliate of TESOL International Organization. Our website address is: ohiotesol.org

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

The information that you enter into contact forms in our website will be used for the purposes of maintaining a membership list. This information may be used to facilitate your membership in the organization, inform you about upcoming events, and provide other services related to the mission and vision statements of Ohio TESOL.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Anonymous user information may be used in order to improve your experience while using the website.

Who we share your data with

We may share data entered into the contact forms on this website with 3rd party partners who have entered into contracts with Ohio TESOL. They may use this data in order to notify you about relevant products, services or events.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata can be retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Comments and forum posts may be deleted or removed from view if they contain objectionable or irrelevant content. When appropriate, Ohio TESOL will provide a reason for removing content.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Your contact information will be used in order to communicate with users about memberships and services offered by Ohio TESOL.

Additional information

How we protect your data

This website uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to encrypt data that is transferred to the site.

All visitors to this website are required to have passwords and accounts in order to interact with the website.

What data breach procedures we have in place

If we discover that a data breach has occured, holders of the affected accounts will be notified.

What third parties we receive data from

Our web host is HostMonster. Your user data may be stored on the Host Monster’s servers or moved into other accounts controlled by Ohio TESOL.

HostMonster’s privacy policy is here: https://www.hostmonster.com/privacy_policy

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

We reserve the right to change this privacy to better meet the needs of our organization and its members.