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Pearson Assessments ("Pearson Assessments ") is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information and to giving you a safe on-line experience. This privacy policy was created to ensure the confidence of visitors and customers ("you" or "your") to the SpeechandLanguage.com website (the "Site"), and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of your privacy.

1. Types of Information Collected

a. Personal Information Collected. There may be areas on our Site where you can share your name, postal address, e-mail address, phone number, Social Security number, and zip code ("Personal Information") with us and where you can submit information and communicate with others. However, you can browse our Site and review our books and other products without having to submit such Personal Information. You can also purchase products on our Site with your credit card. Accordingly, we may request your credit card information for shipping, billing, and credit card validation purposes. Our Site may also provide certain features that give you the opportunity to register with us. Our registered users and customers may sign-up to receive electronic communications from us, where we ask for certain Personal Information. If you communicate with us by e-mail or complete online forms, we may require Personal Information that personally identifies you. Pearson Assessments may also request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of having someone contact you for additional information, or in response to your request for information from us. If you request that a catalog be mailed to your postal address, you may request to be placed on our mailing list to receive periodic mailings from us.

b. Submitted Comments, Articles, and Other Content. Personal Information that is voluntarily submitted by you through the Discussion Center, The Lighter Side, Clinical Café or other pages on this Site becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose Personal Information in these public areas. The submission and use of such information is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Pearson Assessments Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement. The submission and use of such information is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Speechandlanguage.com Website Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement.

c. Information from Children. Pearson Assessments does not knowingly solicit or collect information from children under 13 years of age. The use of this Site by children under 13 years of age is not conditioned on the disclosure of Personal Information. However, we ask that children not submit information to us without the consent of a parent or guardian. When we e-mail information to you we will provide prominently displayed instructions that show you how to unsubscribe from receiving such information. If your child subscribes to receive information from Pearson Assessments without your knowledge, simply follow the instructions on our e-mail and unsubscribe immediately. Please include the child's name and the parent's e-mail address in the e-mail so that Pearson Assessments can better assist you with your inquiry or request. Parents can also contact our customer service department to access, change, or delete the personal information that has been submitted by a child. If you want more information about children's privacy online, you can consult the "Consumer Protection" page on the Federal Trade Commission site at http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/privacyinitiatives/childrens.html.

d. Cookies. Pearson Assessments may collect information about you and your use of our Site whenever you visit this Site. For instance, we may collect various forms of information such as entry and exit points for our Site (i.e., referring URLs or domains), site traffic statistics, operating system and browser type (collectively "Traffic Data"). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for marketing purposes or for improving your experience on the Site. In addition, when you request pages on our Site, our servers automatically log your IP address. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the web. Pearson Assessments may store some information on your computer in the form of a "cookie" or similar file to help us maintain and improve this Site in many ways. A "cookie" is a small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It functions as your identification card, recording such things as Internet addresses, passwords, and preferences. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. With most Internet browsers, you can erase "cookies" from your computer hard drive, block all "cookies," or receive a warning before a "cookie" is stored. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Please refer to your browser instructions to learn more about these functions. Enabling cookies allows you to take full advantage of some of the coolest features on the Pearson Assessments Site and we recommend that you leave them turned on. If you elect to block the cookies, we will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience on our Site.

2. Use of Information Collected

We collect and store your Personal Information securely, and use special procedures designed to protect the information we collect from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or destruction. Pearson Assessments may use Personal Information to send you information about our products, or promotional material from time to time, or to contact you when necessary. We use your Personal Information to customize and tailor your experience on the Site and display content that we think you might be interested in according to your preferences. In order to keep our customers informed about our products, we may send e-mail notices to you. Visitors who give us their telephone numbers online will only receive telephone contact from us to respond to information requests, or with information regarding orders they have placed online.

3. Sharing of Personal Information

Pearson Assessments will not sell, rent, share, monitor, edit, or disclose any Personal Information about you, including its contents or your use of the Site, without your prior consent. Pearson Assessments may share your Personal Information for the limited purposes noted below:

a. Third Parties. Pearson Assessments may share Personal Information with other companies and individuals to perform functions such as filling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. Such companies are restricted from using such information in any way not expressly authorized by Pearson Assessments.

b. Promotional Offers. Pearson Assessments may, from time to time, send offers to selected groups of Pearson Assessments customers on behalf of other businesses. Pearson Assessments does not provide your name and address to businesses that it sends offers for. If you do not want to receive such offers, please adjust your Shopping Preferences.

c. Companies Affiliated With Pearson Assessments. From time to time we may share your Personal Information with entities affiliated with Pearson Education so that such entities can promote special offers, events, new products and services.

d. Business Transfers. As Pearson Assessments continues to develop its business, we might sell or buy stores, subsidiaries, or business units. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the obligations made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.

e. Legal Obligations. Pearson Assessments may share your Personal Information if we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (i) comply with legal process or other legal requirements of any governmental authority; (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Pearson Assessments; (iii) enforce this Agreement; (iv) protect the interests of other users of the Site or any other person; or (v) operate or conduct maintenance and repair of Pearson Assessments Site or equipment.

4. User Choice Regarding Collection, Use and Distribution of Personal Information

You may choose not to provide Pearson Assessments with any Personal Information. In such an event, you can still access and use this Site. If you do not wish to receive information and promotional material from us, you may select the appropriate "opt-out" option each time we ask you for Personal Information. If your Personal Information changes (such as address or telephone), we endeavor to provide a way to correct or update your personal data. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please adjust your Shopping Preferences.

5. Other Limits to Your Privacy

The Site may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third party websites. We have no control over the use of such websites and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any Personal Information on these websites.

6. Updates and Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update or modification on the Site. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. Updates and changes to the Website Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement and the Privacy Policy will continue to govern your use of the Pearson Assessments Site even if you elect not to receive notice of such changes.

7. Contact Pearson Assessments

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement, the practices of this Site or your dealings with Pearson Assessments, please call us at 1-800-627-7271 or use our online inquiry form.