Gillette Community College District (“GCCD”) understands that your privacy is important to you. GCCD’s policy is to protect the privacy and confidentiality of individuals accessing our website. This privacy policy describes what information GCCD collects when you access and use our website and how that information is used and protected. 

Information Gathered Automatically and Its Use

The GCCD website uses tracking tools like cookies, pixel tags and analytics to monitor and improve the site or to provide ads and other information that may be of interest to users. These tools may collect the following information:

• Internet protocol (IP) address for your computer/device
• Internet service provider
• Website from which you arrived
• Operating system and web browser software
• Date and time of your visit
• Pages you visit on this site
• Device location
• Terms you use in our site’s search engines

For internal purposes, our website uses analytical tools provided by other companies to help us track site usage, understand how users find sites, and improve website functions and content.

Other tools show GCCD advertisements on sites across the web. Using cookies and related means, those tools show GCCD ads to people who have previously visited our website or might be interested in our site based on other sites they have visited.

To opt out of those services, you will need to modify your settings with those other companies directly.

You may also see GCCD advertisements served to web users in specific geographic areas, or ads that appear to every user who visits a given website. These ads may appear regardless of browsing behavior.

Information Supplied by Users

The GCCD website may request personal information by means of forms, surveys or questionnaires for a specific purpose. Personal information is any information that can be used to identify you or that may be linked to you., such as first name, last name, postal address, email address, and phone number. For example, persons requesting admissions materials will be asked to provide a name, mailing address, email address and phone number. You can choose whether to provide this information. Providing personal information on a voluntary basis may be necessary for certain services.

Information from Other Sources

GCCD may receive more information about you, like name, age, gender or social media activity, from third party sources. GCCD or vendors contracted by GCCD only collect data that is publicly available or provided by a third party according to its terms of use. This information helps GCCD provide you with information tailored to your interests.

Sharing Your Personal Information

GCCD will not license, sell or provide your personal information to any third party except as described herein, or with your consent. GCCD will not share your personal information with third parties except as may be required by law, as may be necessary to protect GCCD’s interests, or with vendors contracted by GCCD which have agreed to keep the information confidential.

Other Links

The GCCD website may contain destination links to other independently run websites for GCCD student groups or organizations, and to some third-party sites outside the “gillettecollege.org” domain. GCCD is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such websites. These destination links are provided only for your convenience, and as such, you access them at your own risk. Any information you reveal on any such site is not subject to this privacy policy. Therefore, you should consult the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Security

GCCD strives to protect your personal information against loss and unauthorized access. This website has information security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We restrict access to our data center and servers to authorized personnel and limit access to personal information to those personnel who have a legitimate business need or purpose to access such information. Despite these security measures, GCCD does not represent or warrant that personal information will be protected against loss, misuse or alteration by third parties. 

Website Terms and Conditions of Use

Use of the website constitutes acceptance of the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. We reserve the right to revise this privacy policy at any time. Continued use of the website after any such changes constitutes acceptance of the terms and conditions of the privacy policy as revised. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this privacy policy or any revised privacy policy, you should not use the website.

How to Contact GCCD

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, the practices of this website, or your interaction with this website, contact marketing@gillettecollege.org.