Privacy Policy

Last Updated: February 24, 2026

The South Dakota Education Monitor is committed to your privacy. This policy explains our data collection practices and your rights regarding your personal information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

We use "cookies" to store information about your preferences and to record user-specific information on visits to pages. This allows us to customize our web page content based on your browser type or other information that you send via your browser.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to serve ads on this website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the advertising cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, South Dakota Education makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Information Collection and Use

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

Any information provided via contact forms is used solely for the purpose of responding to inquiries.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.