Peirce College Privacy Policy


Effective Date: September 27, 2006


Our Policy

Thank you for visiting the Peirce College website. Your privacy is very important to us and we take reasonable steps to ensure that any information you provide to us is protected. This Privacy Policy describes the information we may collect from you as a result of your use of our website and how we may use that information. This Privacy Policy applies only to our website and does not apply to any other method or means that we may use to obtain information from you.

In using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. Please be sure to check this page for updates.


Information That We May Collect

The College does not collect personal information about you when you visit our website unless you affirmatively choose to make such information available to us. The information that we collect varies depending on which page of the website you use. For example, if you submit an inquiry form, we require that you include your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address.

When you visit our website, our Web server automatically recognizes only the Internet domain and IP address from which you accessed our website. This information is stored as a cookie. The cookie contains a randomly generated number that does not correspond nor relate to the identification of your personal e-mail address or other personal information. In addition, we gather information regarding the volume and timing of access to our website by collecting information on the date, time, and website pages accessed by visitors to the website. Again, only aggregate information is collected, and individual visitors' personal information is not identified.

Peirce College uses procedural and technical safeguards to guard the information that you provide to us against loss, theft, unauthorized access, and disclosure, including SSL encryption technology. Despite these industry standard safeguards, we do not promise that your personal information or private communications will remain private.


Our Use of Information We Collect

We collect this information so that we can improve the content of our website, and this information is not shared outside of Peirce College.

If you choose to share personal information with us--by sending us an email message or filling out a web form with personal information--we will use the information only for the purposes you authorized. We do not sell, lend, or rent your personal information to third parties. We comply with applicable law concerning the handling of personally identifiable data and do not disclose such information to third parties unless required to do so by law.


Third Party Collectors of Information

Our Privacy Policy is limited to the use and disclosure of information that Peirce College collects from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to third parties, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of your information. We make no representations or warranties as to how third parties may use your information.


Notification of Material Changes to Policy

This section identifies material changes to this Policy since the Effective Date.

(None at present.)


Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding the Peirce College website privacy policy, please contact us at webmaster@peirce.edu.