Information Collected and Processed in Connection with CSET
National Evaluation Systems (NES) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to personal
information that NES may collect or process in providing teacher certification registration and testing
services as a service provider to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing "Client".
Purpose of Collecting Personal Information.
NES collects personal information about examinees: (a) to perform test registration and collect payment
for the test registration fees; (b) to communicate with the test examinee about the test registration, test
process and test results on behalf of the Client; (c) to administer and score the test and prepare and
communicate test results reports to the Client, the test examine and the examinee’s designated reporting
institution. Providing personal information is voluntary, but necessary if the examinee wishes to register
for and take the examination.
Personal Information Collected at the Time of Registration.
The personal data that NES collects or receives in registering a test examinee for teacher certification
may include: name, address, email address, phone number, fax number, social security or other government-issued
identification number, and credit/debit card information, language, date of birth, employment information,
previous examination history, educational information, including educational institutions attended. In
addition, NES collects information about the examinee’s designated reporting education institution – the
educational institution specified by the test examinee to receive the teacher certification test results.
Personal Information Collected at the Time of Testing.
Depending upon test security requirements, NES may collect your signature, photographic image, and fingerprint
digitally when you arrive at the testing center to take the teacher certification test. In addition, while
taking the test, test examinees may be monitored and audio- and video-taped while taking the test. When the
test is administered to you, NES collects and scores your test responses and then derives test scores and
generates a report about your teacher certification test results.
Protection of Personal Information.
We use reasonable precautions to protect personal information from unauthorized use, access, disclosure,
alteration or destruction. These precautions include appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures.
We provide a secured transmission method for the electronic transmission of credit/debit card and social
security number information.
Transfer of Information to the Client and the Reporting Institution.
By registering for a test through NES, you consent for your personal information (with the exception of your
debit/credit card information) to be transmitted by NES to Client and to the reporting education institution
that you specify. Please contact the Client or the reporting education institution for information about how
they may use your personal information, if you have questions about their privacy policies and practices.
Other Transfer of Information.
In addition to transmitting certain personal data about you to the Client and the reporting education institution
that you specify, we may disclose personally identifiable information: (a) in response to a subpoena, court order
or legal process, to the extent permitted and required by law; (b) to maintain test security and integrity, to
address violations of law and/or to protect your security or the security of other persons, consistent with
applicable law; (c) in connection with a sale, joint venture or other transfer of some or all of the assets of
NES; (d) to organizations, who are working as contractors or agents of NES and who are committed or obliged to
protect your privacy in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy; and (e) as required by the Client. By
registering for the teacher certification test, you give your consent for your personal information to be
transmitted in the situations outlined above.
Information Access and Corrections.
To correct the personal information that we collect at the time of registration, please contact us by email at
postmaster@nesinc.com.
Resolution of Concerns.
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we have handled personal data, please
contact us at postmaster@nesinc.com.
Aggregation of Non-Person-Specific Data.
NES may statistically aggregate in non-person-specific form test responses and other information collected in
the teacher certification test registration and delivery process and may transfer this information to Client.
Such aggregated non-person-specific information may be used for quality control, operations management and
security and to enhance, develop or improve teacher certification testing processes, testing services and
tests.
Information from Children
This Web site and our teacher certification testing services are not directed to children or anyone under
the age of thirteen (13). NES will not, through this Web site or through its teacher certification test
registration and administration process, knowingly collect, maintain or use any personally identifiable
information about anyone under the age of thirteen (13).
Information Received from Internet Service Providers Through This Web Site
This Web site receives information that is automatically generated by a user’s Internet service provider
(ISP). This information may include the IP address (a number automatically assigned to a computer by the ISP),
the associated URLs, domain types, the browser type used to access our site, the country, state and telephone
area code, the location of the ISP’s servers, the pages of our site that the user views during the visit,
any search terms entered on this site, and the user’s Web site address and email address. This information
may be collected for system administration purposes, to gather broad demographic information and to monitor
the level of activity on the site. NES does not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information;
however, we reserve the right to link IP addresses and other information supplied by the ISP to personally
identifiable information in order to protect the integrity of our system and for security purposes.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that a Web site transfers to your computer’s browser. We use cookies to
measure traffic patterns, personalize content and control security. The cookies we use supply non-personally
identifiable information, but they may identify your computer, browser and Internet specifications.
Transmission of Information
The Internet is a global environment. By using this site and sending information to us electronically,
you consent to electronic transmission of any data that you may choose to supply us. Information transmissions
to this site and emails sent to us may not be secure. Given the inherent operation and nature of the Internet,
all Internet transmissions are done at the user’s own risk.
Links to Other Sites
This site may contain links to other Web sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties,
or by NES or its affiliates. The information practices of those Web sites are not covered by this Privacy
Policy, but by their own terms and policies, which you should read carefully. These other sites may send
their cookies to users, collect data or solicit personal information. This Privacy Policy applies only to
information collected or received in connection with teacher certification testing registration and services
for the Client. This Privacy Policy is not intended to apply to other NES web sites, or other types of
information which may be subject to different privacy policies.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change the terms of this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting an updated
Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes or updates.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of July 29, 2007, at .
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at
postmaster@nesinc.com.
