Privacy Statement

This privacy statement is limited to the Mississippi Department of Education’s public websites.

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) does not sell or share your contact information or data. While using MDE public websites, you may choose to submit personal information through email or online forms. MDE will use this information to process your requests. MDE will not disclose, sell or share any personal information of visitors to third parties.

Sensitive Personal Information

MDE public websites do not process sensitive personal information.

Statistical Logs Kept

MDE improves our websites by using Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity. MDE does not attempt to personally identify visitors. Instead, MDE collects anonymized data to analyze in aggregate to determine trends and improve our site. These data are collected through cookies and similar technologies.

Examples of the types of data MDE routinely collects:

• IP addresses
• Operating System
• Device type, category and model
• Browser type
• Referring web page
• Date, time and duration of visit
• Country, city and region

This information is retained for 13–14 months.

More information on Microsoft’s and Google’s privacy policies:

• Microsoft Privacy Statement
• Google Privacy & Terms

Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies.

Questions?

If you have questions or comments, you may contact us at:

Mississippi Department of Education
P.O. Box 771
Jackson, MS 39205