Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy for °®½´ÊÓÆµ
Collection of your Personal Information
°®½´ÊÓÆµ collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. We also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites.
Additionally, information about your computer hardware and software is automatically collected by °®½´ÊÓÆµ. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the °®½´ÊÓÆµ website.
Please be aware that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through °®½´ÊÓÆµ's public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. °®½´ÊÓÆµ does not read any of your private online communications.
°®½´ÊÓÆµ encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from °®½´ÊÓÆµ so that you can understand how those websites collect, use, and share your information. °®½´ÊÓÆµ is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the °®½´ÊÓÆµ website.
Use of your Personal Information
°®½´ÊÓÆµ collects and uses your personal information to operate the Napa Valley College website and deliver the services you have requested. We also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from °®½´ÊÓÆµ and its affiliates. °®½´ÊÓÆµ may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services.
°®½´ÊÓÆµ does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. We may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, °®½´ÊÓÆµ may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you e-mail or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to °®½´ÊÓÆµ, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
°®½´ÊÓÆµ does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
°®½´ÊÓÆµ keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within °®½´ÊÓÆµ, in order to determine what °®½´ÊÓÆµ services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within °®½´ÊÓÆµ to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
°®½´ÊÓÆµ websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Napa Valley College or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Napa Valley College; and (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of °®½´ÊÓÆµ, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The °®½´ÊÓÆµ website uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize °®½´ÊÓÆµ pages or register with °®½´ÊÓÆµ site or services, a cookie helps °®½´ÊÓÆµ to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same °®½´ÊÓÆµ website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the °®½´ÊÓÆµ features that you customized.
You have the ability 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. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the °®½´ÊÓÆµ services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
°®½´ÊÓÆµ secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We secure the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
°®½´ÊÓÆµ will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how °®½´ÊÓÆµ is protecting your information.
Contact Information
°®½´ÊÓÆµ welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that °®½´ÊÓÆµ has not adhered to this Statement, please contact °®½´ÊÓÆµ at: websupport@napavalley.edu. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.