Effective Date: August 12, 2010
Policy At Remington College, we remain dedicated to the protection of your privacy in order to give you a secure online experience as you visit us at www.remingtoncollege.edu and other websites we use to provide information to you about our campuses, programs, and community efforts. (collectively “Website”). As such, this Statement of Online Privacy officially replaces our Privacy Policy dated June 6, 2007.
Your trust is important to us and we believe you have the right to know how information is submitted through our Website is handled. You may visit most of our site without providing personal information to us. At other times, we will need your personal information in order to provide you with services or information that you request from us. The only personally identifiable information that we collect about our Website visitors, however, is voluntary. This policy explains our data collection practices and use of your personal information with regard to such voluntary events.
Unfortunately, regardless of the measures taken to secure online privacy, no data transmission can be guaranteed 100 percent of the time. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot warrant the security of the information provided to us online. By visiting our Website, you are accepting the practices described in this Statement of Online Privacy.
Unofficial Websites Official Websites will be signified by our Statement of Online Privacy and copyright designation for all sites where you may be asked to provide us with personal information. You may find websites to which we have no editorial responsibility or control. Such websites are considered unofficial and include, but are not limited to, websites, web pages, social media, and related electronic mediums of our instructors, students, and other entities not formally acting on behalf of Remington College. Unofficial websites are not endorsed by Remington College and they do not fall under our Statement of Online Privacy. Please consult the privacy statements of those websites or seek information directly from the persons responsible for them to understand your privacy rights.
The Information We Collect Essentially, there are two categories of information that can be captured through the use of the Internet: non-personally identifiable information; and personally identifiable information. We briefly explain both categories to you below. Non-Personally Identifiable Information The use of the Internet generally means that information may be collected by the websites visited. One of the most common methods of collecting non-personal information is through the use of “cookies.” A cookie is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about website activity. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. Cookies and related technologies do not collect personally identifiable information and we do not combine the information collected through cookies with other information to tell us who you are. Our ad servers may use cookies and other devices to determine on an anonymous basis which advertisements have been viewed and who has responded to them, but these technologies are not used to collect personal information about you.
Personally Identifiable Information By way of example, information that may identify you personally include such things as your name, address, social security number, telephone number, credit card information, and medical records.
As a visitor to our Website, you will see submission forms that may be referred to as “Contact Us,” “Request More Info,” or forms with similar phrasing and information collection capability. Such forms offer you the ability to volunteer personal contact information so that we may provide a proper response to your request. Specifically, we use your personal information for the following purposes:
We are not in the business of selling your personal information. We may, however, share information only with our subsidiaries, affiliates, and other third party entities that we may retain from time to time to perform analytical and marketing functions on our behalf.
Third-Party Advertising We may allow third parties, including business partners and ad networks, to display our advertising on their sites. Some of these companies may place a cookie on your computer to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. This enables them to understand where you, or others who are using your computer, saw the advertisement and deliver advertisements that they believe are of interest to you. We do not control these companies’ use of cookies or other similar technologies. Third-Party Service Providers We may rely on third-party providers to perform a variety of services on our behalf. In so doing, we may need to share your personal information with them. Please note, however, that we share only such personal information necessary for our providers to perform their services, which in turn allows us to be more efficient in our business and our ability to better serve you.
For example, we may rely on a service provider to:
Other Situations Additionally, we may disclose your personal information:
Our Students Our students may also provide us with additional information for use in specific educational programs, financial aid, and other purposes. Such information is different than the information we collect “online”; therefore, our Statement of Online Privacy is not meant to address information collected “offline” even though we may store it electronically. Regardless, our commitment to maintaining such privacy is equally important to us and we comply with the following federal laws:
FERPA As participants to federal Title IV funding programs, our students have the right to privacy with regard to educational records pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). While, as stated above, such records are not governed specifically by this Statement of Online Privacy, our students have the right to access their individual records, seek amendment of their records, and control, with limited exception, how education records are disclosed to third parties. For more information on privacy rights under FERPA, please visit the United States Department of Education’s website at www.ed.gov.
HIPAA Some of our students may be required to provide us with individually identifiable health information. As such, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) will control how we protect the privacy of such information and the instances where health information may be disclosed to third parties. For more information regarding privacy rights under HIPAA, please visit the United States Department of Health & Human Services website at www.hhs.gov.
GLBA The Financial Modernization Act of 1999, also known as the “Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act” (GLBA) is a federal law that is administered and enforced by eight federal agencies. Essentially, GLBA contains two major components with regard to financial privacy: the Financial Privacy Rule; and the Safeguards Rule. Non-traditional financial institutions, such as Remington College, are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and we are committed to compliance. For more information related to financial privacy, please visit the FTC’s website at www.ftc.gov.
Children’s Privacy The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) governs the collection of personally identifiable information with regard to children under the age of 13. Our Website is not structured to attract children; therefore, we do not knowingly intend to collect information from any child under 13 years of age.
Changes in Statement of Online Privacy In legal terms, our Statement of Online Privacy shall not be construed as a contractual promise, and we reserve the right to amend this policy at any time without notice. Your California Privacy Rights California Civil Code § 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once per year, free of charge, information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to: Remington College Attn: Privacy Officer 500 International Pkwy, Ste 200 Heathrow, Florida 32746
Data Security, Breach, and Notification The convenience and efficiency of the Internet and online data collection does not go unnoticed by persons who seek to breach online security measures in order to engage in identity theft and other unlawful activity. In the event of such an event, we will analyze the breach to determine whether it requires and the involvement of law enforcement authorities and notice to you pursuant to state or federal law.
Contacting Us For more information, or if you have questions or concerns regarding our Statement of Online Privacy, you may email us at privacy@remingtoncollege.edu or you can reach us by mail at: Remington College Attn: Privacy Officer 500 International Pkwy, Ste 200 Heathrow, Florida 32746 
Effective Date: August 12, 2010 |
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