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Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how the The College of Westchester uses and protects any information that you give The College of Westchester when you use this website.

The College of Westchester is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

The College of Westchester may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from January 1, 2006.

Scope

The College of Westchester (CW) is committed to protecting the privacy of all users of our Site: https://www.cw.edu. This privacy policy describes how CW collects, uses, and protects information collected from users of our Site. By using this website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. This policy applies to all of The College of Westchester websites.

What we collect

We may collect the following information in order to provide information or services to you when using our website information request forms, subscriptions to newsletters, or contacting our customer service representatives by phone. We only collect personally identifiable information that you submit voluntarily:

  • name and job title
  • contact information including email address and telephone
  • demographic information such as postcode, mailing addresses, preferences and interests
  • other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

The College of Westchester collects personal information only with the express consent of the user when they request information from our organization. This information is only used when communicating with users as per their indicated preferences and as needed for service-related communications. We may use the information you provide for:

  • Internal record keeping.
  • to improve our products and services.
  • to send promotional communication about special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
  • We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.

Opting Out

The College of Westchester provides users with the ability to opt out from communications from any of our newsletters. An opt out option will either appear at the bottom of a newsletter received by email, or users can reply directly to the emailed newsletter and request removal from that correspondence.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Your Online Application

You may choose to complete our admissions application online. We comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the applicable provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) in protecting the educational records of our students. Information entered on your online admissions application form will be used to determine your admissibility and to register you for your selected education program upon acceptance to The College of Westchester.

After you submit your online application, your application data will be removed from your application account on the Admission portal. If you begin an online application, your in-progress application account will be kept active for 1 year following your last date of access.  After this period of time, your Username and Password will become invalid and will require creating a new username and password to begin completing a new application.

We will not sell, rent or lease any data you enter into the online admissions application and will not use or disclose such data for purposes other than reviewing your admissibility, admitting and registering you as a CW student, and providing educational services.

If you decide to pay the application fee as part of the submission of your application, for billing purposes, we may share your name, address, and other personal and financial information with a third party billing processor for billing purposes only.  Please note your obligation described below to notify the webmaster of any unauthorized access to your account and your responsibility for any account charges, loss or damage before such notification occurs.

Information Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We take commercially reasonable measures and follow generally accepted standards to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control, and to protect our computers, networks, servers, data, and systems from unauthorized access or malicious activity; however, we cannot guarantee the performance or adequacy of such security measures.

If you choose to use our online admissions application process, it is your responsibility to protect your user name and password. You agree to notify webmaster@cw.edu if you become aware of unauthorized use of your Username or Password and any other breach of security including unauthorized charges to your credit card account.  You agree that unless and until we receive notification from you of any such security violation, we are not responsible for any credit card account charges or other losses or damage.

Links to External Websites

Our Site may contain links to external websites. CW is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third parties or the content or security of such websites and, therefore, you should review privacy policies located on those websites.

Law Enforcement and Government Disclosures

We may disclose personally identifiable information to law enforcement without your consent pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants, or orders or to otherwise comply with the law.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

In order to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, we do not knowingly permit children less than 13 years of age to become users, and we do not knowingly collect information from such children. By using our websites, including providing contact information on CW’s inquiry forms, you represent that you are not less than 13 years of age.

Contact Us

To request removal of your contact information so as to not receive future mailings or other marketing communications from us subject to contractual, academic, legal or technical restrictions, to update your contact information, and to obtain further information regarding collection of data on this website, please contact us at webmaster@cw.edu.

The College of Westchester reserves the right to change or modify this or other policies at any time. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by posting a notice on our site. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this statement so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and with whom we share it.

Revision Date

This policy was last updated in September of 2014.

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