Privacy Statement

Chattahoochee Technical College Online is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Chattahoochee Technical College Online site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Chattahoochee Technical College Online site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Chattahoochee Technical College Online collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Chattahoochee Technical College Online also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Chattahoochee Technical College Online. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Chattahoochee Technical College Online for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Chattahoochee Technical College Online site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Chattahoochee Technical College Online public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Chattahoochee Technical College Online does not read any of your private online communications.

Chattahoochee Technical College Online encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Chattahoochee Technical College Online so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Chattahoochee Technical College Online is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Chattahoochee Technical College Online and Chattahoochee Technical College Online family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Chattahoochee Technical College Online collects and uses your personal information to operate the Chattahoochee Technical College Online Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Chattahoochee Technical College Online also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Chattahoochee Technical College Online and its affiliates. Chattahoochee Technical College Online may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Chattahoochee Technical College Online does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Chattahoochee Technical College Online 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, Chattahoochee Technical College Online may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email 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 Chattahoochee Technical College Online, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Chattahoochee Technical College Online does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Chattahoochee Technical College Online keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Chattahoochee Technical College Online, in order to determine what Chattahoochee Technical College Online services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Chattahoochee Technical College Online to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Chattahoochee Technical College Online Web sites 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 Chattahoochee Technical College Online or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Chattahoochee Technical College Online; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Chattahoochee Technical College Online, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Chattahoochee Technical College Online Web site use "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 Chattahoochee Technical College Online pages, or register with Chattahoochee Technical College Online site or services, a cookie helps Chattahoochee Technical College Online 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 Chattahoochee Technical College Online Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Chattahoochee Technical College Online 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 Chattahoochee Technical College Online services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Chattahoochee Technical College Online secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Chattahoochee Technical College Online secures 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 Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Chattahoochee Technical College Online will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Chattahoochee Technical College Online encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Chattahoochee Technical College Online is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Chattahoochee Technical College Online welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Chattahoochee Technical College Online has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Chattahoochee Technical College Online at dhjackson@tcsg.edu. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.