Privacy Policy
Greensboro College Website & Email Privacy Statement
Introduction
In the course of doing normal business, Greensboro College maintains or contracts with third parties to maintain a variety of websites on behalf of the college as well as affiliated organizations. Greensboro College does not sell, rent, give away, or loan any personally identifiable information collected on the Site to any third party for commercial purposes.
Throughout these business-related tasks, the college will:
• Respect privacy.
• May send email messages to our constituents that include embedded information in links to our websites.
• Collects data in the form of cookies, forms, website logs, and email tracking.
• Use collected data in accordance with applicable laws.
• Use collected information to evaluate performance of our information systems or in investigations of violations of any Greensboro College policies, standards, or procedures, or as required by law.
• Will not sell personally identifiable information (PII) collected on its websites to third parties.
• Informs Individuals that they may disable or not accept cookies by manually changing preferences in their web browser. Opting out is not available on portions of the college’s website requiring a login.
• Is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of third-party websites.
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Data collection
Cookies
Cookies are messages passed from a website to and stored in an individual’s web browser. Each time the individual visits the same website, the information from the cookie is passed back to the server. Cookies are generally used with the goal of being able to identify unique and/or repeat visitors to a website. Greensboro College and third parties acting on behalf of the college (hereafter referred to as the “college”), may store and read information from a cookie that the college has placed in an individual’s web browser.
Forms
In order to conduct regular business such as accepting admissions applications, event registrations, donations or taking surveys, the college may require an individual to enter various information into forms on a website. This data may include identifying information (PII) as defined in North Carolina General Statute § 14-113.20 (b) that is subject to laws including, but not limited to, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Logs and Email Tracking
Greensboro College generally logs activity and usage of its websites. Such logging includes, but is not limited to:
• IP Addresses
• Session Information (from cookies)
• Pages visited on the college websites
• Browser information (such as browser software, version, and plugins installed)
• Referrer (the website in which you clicked on a link to the Greensboro College website)
• Date and Time
• Content Length
• Email Address (available primarily if clicking on a link to Greensboro College’s website that is embedded in an email message)
Data usage
Greensboro College will not sell personally identifiable information (PII) collected on its websites to third parties. The college uses all collected data in accordance with applicable laws, including but not limited to FERPA and HIPAA. However, the college uses collected information to evaluate performance of its information systems or in investigations of a violation of Greensboro College policies, standards, or procedures, or as required by law.
Cookies
The college may utilize information from cookies to track and pass session and associated data.
Forms
Data collected via forms will be used as appropriate to process requests for services or respond to inquiries. Unless explicitly listed, confidential information provided for the purposes of a financial transaction will be used only for the purposes described in that transaction.
Logs and E-mail Tracking
Greensboro College uses logs, including cookies and e-mail tracking, to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction. The college may also use information collected to serve targeted Greensboro College advertising on websites not directly associated with the college.
Links to third-party websites
Greensboro College may provide hyperlinks to websites that are not managed by the college or a third-party acting on its behalf. The college does not control these websites and is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these websites.
Opting out
Individuals have the option of disabling or not accepting cookies by changing preferences in their browser. (Ad Settings) Portions of Greensboro College’s website will function normally with cookies disabled, but portions of the website requiring a login (e.g. accessing secured content, posting to message boards, etc.) will be unavailable.
Privacy of Children
Greensboro College strictly adheres to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and will not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information from any child under the age of 13 in any manner that violates this law, and no part of the Greensboro College website is structured to attract anyone under 13.
Changes to this privacy policy
Greensboro College reserves the right to update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in services
Exceptions
All Greensboro College websites conform to this privacy statement unless an alternative privacy statement is explicitly provided on that site.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or information collection practices, please contact the college at: cio@greensboro.edu
