PCE Privacy Statement

Last Revision: April, 19 2017

_{Thank you for visiting the Savannah Technical College’s Professional Continuing Education website. Your privacy is important to us. We provide this Privacy Notice to address the collection, use, disclosure, and security of information that may be obtained when you visit the web pages of The Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education Department.}

_{The Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education department is committed to protecting your privacy and offering technology that gives you a powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.}

_{The Information We Collect} 

_{The information you provide on this website is used solely for the purpose of assessing your request for information. The Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education department collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number when you request information about our programs through our web request for information form. In addition, as is the case with many websites, our servers may collect information such as your IP address, the pages you visit with the portal, the links to other websites through this site, and the referring page that linked you to our website.} 

_{How We Use and Disclose This Information} 

_{We may use the information you provide us in order to send you periodic updates about new programs and other information for which you have indicated an interest. We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our websites and to enable us to personalize your internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze website usage.} 

_{As a general rule, we will not disclose any personally identifiable information collected online to entities outside of State of Georgia departments and agencies except where you have given us permission, or where the information is public information under the Georgia Open Records Act O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 et seq., or other applicable laws. Visitors should be aware that information collected through this website may be subject to examination and inspection, if such information is a public record or not otherwise protected from disclosure.} 

_{We may use third-party partners to help operate our website and deliver our products and services, and may share your information with our service providers and other third parties that provide products or services for or through this website or for our business. By using our website you consent to this.}

_{Collection of Information by Third-Party Websites} 

_{Third-party websites linked to or from this website may have information practices different than ours. You should consult the other websites’ privacy notices, because we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. The inclusion of a link to a third-party website does not imply endorsement of the website by the State of Georgia or any association with the third-party website’s operators.} 

_{The Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education department encourages you to review the privacy statements of web sites that you choose to link to from Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education’s web pages so that you can understand how those web sites collect, use and share your information. Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on sites outside of the Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education and Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education’s family of web sites.}

_{Our Commitment to Information Security} 

_{We take information security seriously and use reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security and correctly use the information we collect online.} 

_{Changes to This Privacy Notice} 

_{Revisions to this Privacy Statement will be posted to this location so that you will know the type of information we collect and how that information is used. We will also post the last date of revision at the top of this page. Our goal is to provide a private, efficient and friendly digital government experience. Please note that agency sub-portals and/or specific pages may contain additional or different privacy statements.}

_{Security of your Personal Information}

_{Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education department secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.}

_{How We Share Personal Information with Other Third Parties}

_{In order to make the payment process convenient for our students and clients we subscribe to ZOHO Invoice for an optional secure online invoice payment (https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html). For more information on the Pay pal security please refer to their privacy statements. If you choose to pay online with this optional system your credit card details are sent from ZOHO Invoice to Payflow Pro via secure SSL connection, for payment processing. We do not store your credit card information in our servers and your credit card is settled to our bank via Paypal’s Payflow Pro service. For more information on the Pay pal security please refer to their privacy statements. (https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full)}

_{Changes to this Statement}

_{Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education is protecting your information.}

_{Contact Information}

_{Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Savannah Technical College Professional Continuing Education at continuinged@savannahtech.edu. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.}