Information we obtain from social media platforms. We maintain pages for our institution on social media platforms, such as, LinkedIn,
Twitter, Google, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and other third-party platforms. When
you visit or interact with our pages on those platforms, the platform provider's privacy
policy will apply to your interactions and their collection, use and processing of
your personal information. You or the platforms may provide us with information through
the platform, and we will treat information so received in accordance with this Privacy
Policy.
Information we obtain from other third parties. We may receive personal information about you from third-party sources, such as marketing
partners, publicly-available sources and data providers. Our use of any information
obtained from our business customers is restricted by our agreements with those business
partners.
Marketing and advertising. We do not sell your personal information. We and our third-party advertising partners,
may collect and use your personal information for marketing and advertising purposes:
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- Direct marketing. We may send you Spring Arbor University-related direct marketing communications as
permitted by law, including by email and mail. You may opt-out of our marketing communications
as described in the Opt-out of marketing communications section below.
- Interest-based advertising. We may engage third-party advertising companies and social media companies to display
ads on our Service and other online services. These companies may use cookies and
similar technologies to collect information about your interaction (including the
data described in the “Cookies and Other Information Collected by Automated Means”
section below) over time across the Service, our communications and other online services,
and use that information to serve online ads that they think will interest you. This
is called interest-based advertising. We may also share information about our users
with these companies to facilitate interest-based advertising to those or similar
users on other online platforms. You can learn more about your choices for limiting
interest-based advertising in the Advertising choices section below.
Cookies and Other Information Collected by Automated Means
We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information
about you, your computer, and activity occurring on or through the Service. The information
that may be collected automatically includes your computer type and version number,
manufacturer and model, device identifier (such as the Google Advertising ID or Apple
ID for Advertising), browser type, screen resolution, IP address, the website you
visited before browsing to our website, general location information such as city,
state or geographic area; and information about your use of and actions on the Service,
such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation
paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen,
access times, and length of access. Our service providers and business partners may
collect this type of information over time and across third-party websites.
On our webpages, this information is collected using cookies, browser web storage
(also known as locally stored objects, or “LSOs”), web beacons, and similar technologies,
and our emails may also contain web beacons.
We use your personal information for the following purposes and as otherwise described
in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:
To operate the Service. We use your personal information to:
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- provide, operate and improve the Service;
- provide information about our products and services;
- establish and maintain your user profile on the Service;
- communicate with you about the Service, including by sending you announcements, updates,
security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
- communicate with you about events or contests in which you participate;
- understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the Service
and our communications;
- provide support and maintenance for the Service; and
- respond to your requests, questions and feedback.
For research and development. We analyze use of the Service to improve the Service and to develop new products
and services, including studying user demographics and use of the Service.
To comply with law. We use your personal information as we believe necessary or appropriate to comply
with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas
or requests from government authorities.
For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety. We may use your personal information and disclose it to law enforcement, government
authorities, and private parties as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a) protect
our, your or others' rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and
defending legal claims); (b) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service;
and (c) protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized,
unethical or illegal activity.
With your consent. In some cases we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your
personal information, such as when required by law.
To create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data. We may create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data from your personal information
and other individuals whose personal information we collect. We make personal information
into anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data by removing information that makes
the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous, aggregated or
de-identified data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes,
including to analyze and improve the Service and promote our business.
We do not share your personal information with third parties without your consent,
except in the following circumstances or as described in this Privacy Policy:
Related companies. We may share your personal information with our affiliates, subsidiaries, and other
related companies. Our agreements with related companies require that they use the
information only as described in this Privacy Policy.
Service providers. We may share your personal information with third-party companies and individuals
that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Service (such as customer
support, hosting, analytics, call or message routing, email delivery, marketing, and
database management services). These third parties may use your personal information
only as directed or authorized by us and in a manner consistent with this Privacy
Policy, and are prohibited from using or disclosing your information for any other
purpose.
Partners. We may sometimes share your personal information with partners or enable partners
to collect information directly via our Service.
Professional advisors. We may disclose your personal information to professional advisors, such as lawyers,
bankers, auditors and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional
services that they render to us.
For compliance, fraud prevention and safety. We may share your personal information for the compliance, fraud prevention and safety
purposes described above.
Your Choices
In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users.
Access or Update Your Information. If you have registered for an account with us, you may review and update certain
personal information in your account profile by logging into the account.
Text message communications. We use text messaging to communicate with you about your service. Normal messaging
rates apply and the frequency of messages may vary. Mobile Carriers are not liable
for delayed or undelivered messages. No mobile information will be shared with third
parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes.
Opt-out of text message communications. You may opt-out of text messaging at any time by replying to any message with STOP,
by filling out our opt-out form, or by contacting us at [email protected]. This will end the communications from
the particular phone number you choose to opt out. You may continue to receive service-related
and other non-marketing text messages from other phone numbers managed by Spring Arbor
University, and you may opt out of those in a similar fashion.
Opt-out of marketing communications. You may opt-out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe
instructions at the bottom of the email, or by contacting us at [email protected].
You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.
Cookies. Most browser settings let you delete and reject cookies placed by websites. Many
browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. If you do not accept
cookies, you may not be able to use all functionality of the Service and it may not
work properly. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies
have been set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org. We use Google Analytics to help us understand user activity on the Service. You
can learn more about Google Analytics cookies at https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage and about how Google protects your data at https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can prevent the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of the Service
by downloading and installing a browser plugin available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Advertising choices. You can limit use of your information for interest-based advertising by:
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- Browser settings. Blocking third-party cookies in your browser settings.
- Privacy browsers/plug-ins. By using privacy browsers or ad-blocking browser plug-ins
that let you block tracking technologies.
- Platform settings. Google offers opt-out features that let you opt-out of use of your
information for interest-based advertising:
- Ad industry tools. Opting out of interest-based ads from companies participating in
the following industry opt-out programs:
You will need to apply these opt-out settings on each device from which you wish to
opt-out.
Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online
services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar
signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit https://www.allaboutdnt.com.
Choosing not to share your personal information. Where we are required by law to collect your personal information, or where we need
your personal information in order to provide the Service to you, if you do not provide
this information when requested (or you later ask to delete it), we may not be able
to provide you with our services. We will tell you what information you must provide
to receive the Service by designating it as required at the time of collection or
through other appropriate means.
How can you delete the data we collect from you? Based on the laws of some countries, you may have the right to request access to the
personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in
some circumstances. To request to delete your personal information, please email [email protected].
We will respond to your request within 30 days.
Other Sites and Services
The Service may contain links to other websites, and other online services operated
by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we
are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on
web pages or online services that are not associated with us. We do not control third-party
websites, or online services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Other
websites and services follow different rules regarding the collection, use and sharing
of your personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the
other websites and online services you use.
Security Practices
The security of your personal information is important to us. We employ a number of
organizational, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal
information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information
technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. Email,
in particular, is an insecure way to transmit personal information. Please take special
care regarding what information you send to us via email or text message.
Children
The Service is not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect personal information
from, anyone under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or
her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should
contact us. We will delete such information from our files as soon as reasonably practicable.
We encourage parents with concerns to contact us.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material
changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy
Policy and posting it on the Service. We may, and if required by law, will also provide
notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach
you, such as via e-mail (if you have an account where we have your contact information)
or another manner through the Service.
Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the new
terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the Service (or as otherwise
indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your continued use of the Service
after the posting of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the
terms of the modified Privacy Policy.
Consent To This Agreement
By visiting and using the Spring Arbor University website you agree and consent to
the collection and use of information by Spring Arbor University as specified above.
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page
so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
what circumstances we disclose it.
At any point during your use of our Service, if you have any questions concerning
your privacy, please feel free to contact the Marketing office at [email protected].
