Hickory Christian Academy has created this privacy statement for its web site in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: HickoryChristianAcademy.com.

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our web site.

Our site's Application and Registration Forms require users to give us basic contact information, i.e. name, email address, and other pertinent information. We may use the user's contact information from the registration form to send the user information about Hickory Christian Academy. Users are contacted via e-mail to confirm their registrations and reports. The user's contact information may also used to contact them when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

This site contains links to other sites. Hickory Christian Academy is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

No personal information is shared with any outside parties. If warranted, Hickory Christian Academy may release account information when we believe, in good faith, that such release is reasonably necessary to (a) comply with law, (b) enforce or apply the terms of our User Agreement or (c) protect the rights, property or safety of Hickory Christian Academy, our users or others.

By registering on HickoryChristianAcademy.com, you consent to the collection and use of the information as described above. Any change to the Privacy Policy will be posted on this page in order to make you aware of the information gathered and any use thereof.

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. On pages which handle secure information (ex. credit card processing page), Hickory Christian Academy uses SSL security. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information input before it is sent to HickoryChristianAcademy.com. All of the customer data collected is fully protected against unauthorized access.

Choice/Opt-Out
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database, to decline future communications:

1. You can send email to hickorychristianacademy@charterinternet.com
2. You can send mail to the following postal address:
   Hickory Christian Academy
   P.O. Box 5203
   Hickory, NC 28603
3. Call the following telephone number: (828) 324-5405
4. Fax the following telephone number: (828) 324-4353

Updated February 21, 2006