The purpose of the Georgia Career Information System (GCIS)
is to help you identify career and education opportunities and make career
plans. The Georgia Career Information
Center (GCIC), a research, training, and service center at
To take
advantage of some components of this site, you must create a personal
portfolio. You only need a user name and password to create a portfolio. After
you create a portfolio, you have complete control over the information you
choose to save. In order to make the most use of the portfolio, you will need
to enter or save personal information such as your preferences and notes on why
you are interested in particular careers or educational opportunities.
GCIC adheres
to guidelines created by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1996. We respect your
privacy. Except as stated herein, or as otherwise required or permitted by law,
this information is not disclosed to any other group or agency for any purpose,
nor, except as necessary to correct system problems, is individual information
looked at by staff of GCIC.
General
Website Activity
In general, we maintain logs of site usage in order to improve the site. This
information is collected in aggregate and is not identifiable to an individual
user. We gather such information as how often content is accessed, frequency of
responses for assessment questions, average length of user session, etc. This
information is reported in aggregate and may be shared with others but cannot
be used to identify individuals.
Portfolios
for students at K-12 Institutions
K-12 institutions are covered by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
of 1996 or FERPA. Additionally, GCIS is designed in accord with the Children's
On-Line Privacy Protection Act of 1998.
FERPA
includes provisions that reflect the way GCIS operates in K-12 institutions.
First, all student portfolios at a school are accessible to the GCIS Site
Coordinator for the institution and to designees of the GCIS Site Coordinator.
However, under FERPA, the Coordinator and/or the designees must have a
"legitimate interest" to look at material in a student's portfolio.
If a GCIS Site Coordinator wants access to a student’s portfolio, they must send
an email request to GCIC staff. A parent can obtain access to her/his child's
portfolio (student under 18) by requesting access through the GCIS Site
Coordinator.
Provisions
of the Children's On-Line Privacy Protection Act of 1998 require verifiable parental
consent in order to collect personal information on individuals under the age
of 13, (“Child”). Schools making GCIS available to students under the age of 13
need to obtain written authorization from parents or
legal guardians before a Child creates an on-line portfolio. The parent must
agree to the provisions of the GCIS Privacy Policy. Parents may obtain access
to their Child’s portfolio from the school’s GCIS Site Coordinator or by using
the Child’s user name and password. GCIS Site Coordinators need to contact GCIC
to disable the Child’s portfolio if the parent wishes to prohibit future use of
the portfolio. GCIS Site Coordinators may also request that the option to
create a personal portfolio be disabled for all students at a school.
Cookies
A "cookie" is a small file that is saved on
your computer’s memory during the time you are accessing GCIS. The cookie does
not contain personal information. The cookie is erased whenever you “log out”
of GCIS, close your browser, or if you remain connected but inactive for 24
hours.
Linked
Sites
GCIC has identified many other Internet sites that provide potentially valuable
information. These sites may provide services requiring you to register and
enter personal information such as schools that accept electronic applications
or job search sites that store electronic resumes. We do not endorse the
privacy policy of these sites and you need to choose whether to use their
services.