KEV Group
KEV Group Privacy Policy
KEV Software Inc. and KEV Group Inc. (collectively, “KEV Group”) take privacy and data security seriously. We are committed to transparency in the collection and use of your personal information. The Privacy Policy below describes how we use personal information, and the circumstances under which we may share this information. This Privacy Policy applies to the privacy practices of KEV Group on its corporate website, located at http://www.kevgroup.com, as well through the School Cash Suite of software offered to schools and school boards.
KEV Group also operates the School Cash Online website, https://www.schoolcashonline.com.
Please see the School Cash Online Website Privacy Policy at www.schoolcashonline.com/home/privacypolicy for a description of our privacy practices on the School Cash Online website.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
- Kev Software:
In connection with the accounting, fee management, receipting and other software we provide to schools and school boards, we receive personal information from school boards and school board employees, including school bank account information, employee names and business contact information, employee identification number, student names, date of birth, gender, address, phone number, school board district, school, grade level, homeroom number, course enrollment, student identification number, and parent/guardian information.] We use this information in order to administer our service and provide software products to our school and school board customers, including assigning school fees to the appropriate accounts, facilitating payment for such fees, obtaining and administering permissions, and providing accounting and finance services to school boards. We rely on our school and school board clients to ensure they have all necessary authority and consent to provide this information to us in accordance with applicable privacy legislation for the purposes of providing the software services. We may monitor use of the software by our customers’ employees or other authorized users in order to detect, investigate or prevent any actual or potential violation of our terms and conditions and to better understand the improve the software.
- Communications:
You may select if you wish to receive email marketing communications with updates, surveys, and other information regarding KEV Group by providing us with your name and email address.
You can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us using the opt-out or “unsubscribe” instructions provided in the communication. Alternatively, you may contact our Privacy Officer at privacyofficer@kevgroup.com.
- Surveys:
From time to time, we may offer you the opportunity to participate in one of our surveys or other customer research. We use this information to help us enhance our service offerings.
If you submit a technical support request, we may use your email to send you a survey asking about the quality of support that you received. We use survey responses to monitor and improve our technical support offerings.
- Blog and Messaging:
When you submit a comment or leave a reply on the KEV Group website blog, you provide your name, email address and any additional comments you wish to provide. We use this information to publicly post your name, the content of your post, as well as the date and time of your submission on the website.
- Careers:
In connection with a job application or related inquiry, you may provide us with certain personal information about yourself (such as that contained in a resume, cover letter, or similar employment-related materials). We use this information for the purpose of processing and responding to your application for current and future career opportunities.
- Contact Us:
When you contact us with a request to book a demo, or a comment, question or complaint, we collect the information you provide such as your name, phone number and email address, along with additional information regarding the issue that we may need to help us promptly answer your question or respond to your inquiry. We retain this information to assist you in the future and to improve our customer service and service offerings. We also use personal information to establish and manage our relationship with you and provide quality service.
Information We Collect Automatically
We and our third party service providers, including Google Analytics, collect, process, store and analyze information obtained from your browser, including IP address, device identifiers, browser characteristics, operating system details, language preferences, referring URLs, length of visits, and pages viewed. We also use “cookies” or other tools that track, measure and analyze the behaviors and usage patterns of visitors to the KEV Group website, and users of our software products. We use this information to help us understand how visitors engage with the KEV Group website and our software products, and to improve our users’ experience and software products.
A cookie is a tiny element of data that the KEV Group website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your computer or mobile device so we can recognize you when you return. We use cookies for analytics purposes as well as for certain features of the KEV Group website and software products. You may set your web browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to not accept certain cookies. However, if you decide not to accept cookies from the KEV Group website, you may not be able to take advantage of all of the features of our website or our software products.
You can obtain additional information on Google Analytics’ collection and processing of data and data privacy and security, including how to learn more about opting out of Google Analytics’ data collection.
Your web browser may have settings that allow you to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal when you visit various websites or use online services. Like many websites, this website is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from browsers. You can learn more about “Do Not Track” signals here.
Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties without your consent except as set forth in this Privacy Policy and as required or permitted by law.
Service Providers
Your personal information may be transferred (or otherwise made available) to our affiliates and other third parties who provide services on our behalf. We use third parties to host and manage our website. Our service providers are given the information they need to perform their designated functions, and are not authorized to use or disclose personal information for their own marketing or other purposes.
Your personal information may be maintained and processed by us, our affiliates and other third party service providers in the US or other jurisdictions. In the event that personal information is transferred to the US or other foreign jurisdiction, it will be subject to the laws of that jurisdiction and may be disclosed to or accessed by the courts, law enforcement and governmental authorities in accordance with those laws.
Legal and Compliance
We and our service providers may provide your personal information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry or order, or to another organization for the purposes of investigating a breach of an agreement or contravention of law or detecting, suppressing or preventing fraud, or as otherwise required or permitted by applicable Canadian, US or other law or legal process. Your personal information may also be disclosed where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and to investigate or prevent actual or suspected loss or harm to persons or property.
Sale of Business
Personal information may be provided to third parties in connection with a merger or sale (including transfers made as part of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings) involving all or part of KEV Group or as part of a corporate reorganization or stock sale or other change in corporate control, including for the purpose of determining whether to proceed or continue with such transaction or business relationship.
Safeguarding and Retention of Personal Information
We have implemented reasonable administrative, technical and physical measures in an effort to safeguard the personal information in our custody and control against theft, loss and unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure. We restrict access to your personal information on a need-to-know basis to employees and authorized service providers who require access to fulfill their job requirements.
We have personal information retention processes designed to retain personal information for no longer than necessary for the purposes stated above or to otherwise meet legal requirements.
Access to Personal Information
You may have the right to access, update and correct inaccuracies in your personal information in our custody and control, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law. You may request access, updating and corrections of inaccuracies in other personal information we have in our custody or control by emailing or writing to us at the contact information set out below. We may request certain personal information for the purposes of verifying the identity of the individual seeking access to their personal information records.
Additional Information
Third Party Websites
The site may contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. We have no control over, do not review and are not responsible for the privacy policies of or content displayed on such other websites. When you click on such a link, you will leave our service and go to another site. During this process, another entity may collect personal information from you.
Updates to the Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our privacy practices. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Contact Us
KEV Group welcomes your comments and questions regarding this Privacy Policy and the use of your personal information. If you have questions or concerns please contact our Privacy Officer:
By email:
By post:
Privacy Officer
KEV Group
#200, 1167 Caledonia Road
North York, ON M6A 2X1
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Privacy Officer
KEV Group
990 Village Square, Suite G-800
Tomball, TX, 77375