Who will have access to my information?
To apply for admissions, or personalize our website experience, you may be required to provide certain information as part of the process. We do not sell or disclose contact information of our users to third parties. SCTC will not disclose any personally identifiable information collected online to entities outside of SCTC except: (1) where you have given your permission; (2) where the information is considered public information under the Georgia Open Records Act O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et. seq., or other applicable laws; (3) where required to do so by other operation of law. Visitors should be aware that information collected through this website may be subject to examination and inspection, if such information is a public record and not otherwise protected from disclosure.
Voluntary Information
In order to request information and materials, register or sign up for e-newsletters, or provide comments and suggestions, we collect your contact information for the express purpose of fulfillment of the requested services. At any time, you may opt-out of any communications or services.
If you choose to request information, or apply for courses through the website, we will request information from you including your name, address, telephone number, email address, and possibly your social security number and/or your student number. Personal information that you provide via email or through other online means will be used only for purposes necessary to serve your needs. The service may involve redirecting your inquiry, information or comment to another person or department better suited to meeting your needs.
Involuntary Information
SCTC can use your IP address to compile site statistics, and the popularity of its various pages and functions. SCTC will not attempt to match any personally identifiable information that you provide with your IP address, unless there are reasonable grounds to believe that doing so may provide information that is relevant to or necessary as part of an investigation concerning the violation of a law or College terms. SCTC may also collect information regarding the type of browser and operating system used to access this site along with the internet address from which linked to the SCTC site, as well as links followed to other sites from the SCTC site. We can continue to improve the SCTC web site if we know which pages our users are visiting and how often.
Privacy Notice
This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for sctech.edu. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:
- What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
- What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
- The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page.
While we use encryption (SSL) to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
If you feel that we are not abiding by these terms, you should contact us immediately at: webmaster@sctech.edu
