PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.
George Mason University (“Mason”), a Virginia public institution of higher education, owns and operates this website.
By accessing or using this website, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. If you do not agree to all of the following terms and conditions, do not access or use this website. The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, these "Terms of Service" ), govern your access to and use of this website, SPIN, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through https://spin.cehd.gmu.edu (the "Site" ), whether as a guest or a registered user.
Each account in SPIN is only identifiable to Mason by a unique number that is assigned when an account is established. Mason does not collect any identifiable information from teachers or students using or accessing SPIN, with the exception of the email of the Teacher Administrator at a particular school, SPIN is intended and designed to only collect anonymized data. You agree not to provide or share any personally identifiable information while accessing or using the SPIN website. The information, materials and content on the site are provided solely for informational, educational, and research purposes. Mason is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any of the information or materials contain within this website.
If you choose or are provided with, a user name and password, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this account or portions of it using your user name or password. Mason may disable any user name, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by Mason, at any time in Mason’s sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Service. Mason reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content in its sole discretion.
Your interactions with a third party on the Site, or based on such third party’s participation or presence on the Site, are solely between you and the third party. You agree that Mason shall have no liability with respect to any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of any dealings between you and any third party, or as a result of the presence of such third party on the Site. The Site may include links to third party websites or resources over which Mason has no control. These links are provided solely as a convenience to users and should not be construed as an endorsement by Mason of content on those third party websites or resources. Your access and use of such websites or resources is solely at your own risk. Mason makes no representations or warranties with respect to the content, ownership, or legality of any such linked third party website.
You agree that Mason may, in its sole discretion and at any time, modify, discontinue, or suspend its operation of the Site, any part thereof or any contents, temporarily or permanently, without notice or liability to you.
Welcome to our website. Your privacy is important to us.
This Privacy Statement sets forth our policy with respect to the collection, use and disclosure of information that is collected from you while using and accessing the website. Mason collects data from SPIN account users when they access and use the SPIN website. All data is anonymized as a unique number when the user’s account is set up. It does not include any personally identifiable information, and account users are strictly prohibited from providing such information, with the exception of Teacher Administrators account users providing their email address.
As discussed above, SPIN is intended and designed to only collect anonymized data and you agree not to provide any personal information. To the extent your personal information is provided to SPIN, it will not be sold, rented or shared with third parties.
In addition, Mason does not collect or track any information from SPIN account users for purposes of advertising. SPIN account users will not be subject to behavioral or contextual advertising.
We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Statement at any time. When we do, we will post the changes on the Site. If we change the Privacy Statement in a material way, we will provide appropriate notice to you. Your continued use of the Services after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Statement shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Statement. Please also feel free to contact us at SPIN@gmu.edu if you have any questions about our Privacy Statement or the information practices of the Services.