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Connecticut College is committed to protecting and preserving your privacy. We have created this privacy policy to help you understand what information we collect from you through our website and how your information is used and disclosed. By using our website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
We do update this Privacy Policy from time to time so please review this Privacy Policy regularly. If we materially alter our Privacy Policy, we will notify you of such changes by posting a notice on our website. Your continued use of the website will be deemed your agreement that your information may be used in accordance with the new policy. If you do not agree with the changes, then you should stop using the website, and you should notify us that you do not want your information used in accordance with the changes.
We collect information from you when you inquire about admission, make a donation, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey or otherwise fill out a form or enter information on our website. While completing these activities, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, interests and other details. You may edit or update this information by contacting the appropriate Connecticut College office or emailing info@conncoll.edu.
We also collect information and interpret user behavior using cookies, small files that are transferred to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow), enabling the College to recognize your browser and capture and remember your browsing behavior on our website. Our web server also logs information such as IP address, date and time of visit, and pages viewed. For more information see “How We Use Cookies” below.
By submitting a telephone number to the College, you agree that a representative of the College can contact you at the number you provide, potentially using automated technology (including texts/SMS messaging) or a pre-recorded message. Your consent is not an obligation to receive any of our products and/or services.
A “cookie” is a piece of text which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, this cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer. They help us to improve our website. They present the content from our website in the most effective manner for you and your computer.
All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser's “Help” menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you disable cookies, your website experience may be less personalized.
We do not use flash cookies on our website. We do not track website users across websites or across time, and we honor do not track signals. We do not track, plant cookies, and/or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
We may use the information we collect from you—through online forms, cookies and server logs—in the following ways:
We also use third-party services that track and manage this information on our behalf including Google Analytics, remarketing with Google AdSense, and Google Analytics demographics and interest reporting. We use these services to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions, and other ad service functions as they relate to our website. If you do not want any information to be collected and used by Google Analytics, you can install an opt-out in your web browser. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.
The College does not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to third parties your personally identifiable information (PII) unless we provide you with advance notice. However, we may disclose your PII to third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or providing services to you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our website policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety. Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to third parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
To secure your information, we have put in place commercially suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on our website. If we collect personally identifiable information (PII), we store such information behind secured networks and it is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive and/or credit card information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. All financial transactions are processed through a third-party gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
Nonetheless, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically on our website, and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk.
By accessing third party websites through our website, you are consenting to the terms and privacy policies of those websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.
Our website is designed and intended for those who have reached the age 16 years of age or older. By using our website, you affirm that you are at least 16 years of age or older. We are not liable for any damages that may result from a user’s misrepresentation of age.
No one under age 13 is authorized to submit or post any information, including PII, on our website. Under no circumstances may anyone under age 13 use our website. Parents or legal guardians of children under 13 cannot agree to these terms on their behalf.
We are committed to making sure that our website is accessible to everyone. For more information, please see our Accessibility Statement here.
In addition to this policy, Connecticut College protects the privacy of current and past students in compliance with FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), a federal law designed to protect the privacy of education records. Learn more about FERPA.
We welcome any queries, comments, complaints or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us at:
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320
1-860-447-1911
privacy@conncoll.edu
If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from United States law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction. When we transfer personal information to third-party controllers, we will protect your information as described in this Privacy Policy or as disclosed to you at the time of data collection and in accordance with applicable law.
When we process your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, we will only do so where we have lawful bases for the specific purpose or activity involved, which may include the following:
If you are located in the European Union, subject to applicable exemptions and limitations, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that such personal information be erased, corrected or transferred. You may also have the right to object to our processing of your personal information or to request that we restrict certain processing.
If you are located in the European Union and you want to exercise any of your rights as set forth above, please contact us at privacy@conncoll.edu. Alternatively, if you are located in the European Union, you can also have recourse to the European Data Protection Supervisor or with your nation’s data protection authority.
Last updated September 20, 2022