Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy applies to visitors to our website and official social media platforms. It is intended to identify the types of information Carnegie Institute gathers from users and explain how that information is used.
Information Collected by the School
We recognize the importance of protecting private information collected through our website and social media platforms against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The Institute limits employee access to personal information to only employees with official duties related to the data.
You may explore the school’s website without revealing or disclosing sensitive information. If a visitor completes the “Get Started Today” form or the “Qualification Questionnaire” to request additional program information while exploring our website, you may be asked to voluntarily provide your name, address, phone number, email address, program of interest, or other personal information to provide the information that you need. Carnegie will ethically collect, manage, utilize, and secure any confidential personal data provided to the Institute.
Information collected during the visit to Carnegie’s website includes the Internet domain from which a visitor accesses the website, the IP address assigned to the visitor’s computer, the type of browser the visitor is using, the date and time of the visit, and the address of the website from which the visitor has linked to Carnegie-institute.edu.
How Information is Used
Our primary usage of information that you, as a visitor, voluntarily supply is to provide material to you on our educational programs, our school, and details related to accreditation, admissions, placement, financial aid, etc., that you requested. We also make every effort to provide you with appropriate follow-up, support, and communication through telephone/mobile devices, email, text messages, and/or postal mail.
As a student or alums, our usage of the information would be associated with purposes related to Carnegie Institute events, special outreaches, or initiatives. Please note that any time you would like to unsubscribe from future emails, follow the opt-out instructions in the email messages you receive.
In addition, visitor information collected by the school’s website or our social media platforms may be used, including but not limited to determining general information about the way you use our website, pages viewed during the website visit, date and time of visit, amount of time spent on the pages of our website, visitor location based on IP address, demographic information, and/or personally identifiable information voluntarily submitted to Carnegie-institute.edu. This information is used to monitor and improve the Institute’s website performance, revise content, and market to prospective students and others.
Information Sharing
The Institute will not sell, transfer, rent, loan, trade, or release personal information collected on this site to any agency or company outside of Carnegie Institute. However, when required by law or when the Institute determines sharing will help to protect the safety, property, or rights of the Institute, members of the community, and guests, the Institute may share personal information upon written request and receipt of a signed release.
Cookies
The Institute uses cookies, which are small pieces of information sent to a browser by a website visited by the user. Cookies are often used to remember information about preferences and pages you have visited. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information but are used to track usage patterns, traffic trends, and customer behaviors and to record other information from the website.
How is Information Secured
The Institute has employed security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of the information under its control. When visitors submit personal information on our website, their information is saved on our secured server. Media Temple manages our website, and our server is managed by MacroConnect, an experienced IT Company specializing in servicing educational facilities/schools.
Links
The Institute’s website includes links to professional organizations’ websites and social media platforms and is provided as a service to the users. We do not control the privacy policies of the destination sites and are not responsible for the content of external web links.
Social Security Number Privacy Policy
Under Michigan’s Social Security Number Privacy Act, Carnegie Institute takes the mandatory steps concerning social security numbers of employees, students, and graduates and those collected from the ordinary course of business. Particular attention is given to the confidentiality of the SSN, prohibition of unlawful disclosure of the SSN, limiting access to documents that contain the SSN, proper disposal of documents that contain the SSN, and penalties for violation of the SSN privacy policy.
Changes to the Institute’s Privacy Policy
The Institute may update this Policy at any time. The Institute will notify the public about significant changes in how it treats personal information by publishing it on the school’s website with an updated effective date. By using the website and providing us with personally identifiable information, the visitor consents to use such information as described in the Policy.
Contacting us
Please direct any questions regarding this Privacy Policy to [email protected].