Extended Studies Platform Privacy Policy
Policy Statement
This policy describes how California Institute of the Arts (“CalArts,” “we,” “our,” and/or “us”) uses and protects the information collected through the CalArts Extended Studies (“Extended Studies”) platform website. This policy is intended to be consistent with the provisions of the Internet Security and Privacy Act, the Freedom of Information Law, the Personal Privacy Protection Law and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
CalArts complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) as it pertains to student records. FERPA allows for the release of specified directory information at the discretion of Extended Studies. However, Extended Studies will not disclose your personally identifiable information without your explicit consent, except to school officials with legitimate education interest. By submitting your personal information, you are consenting to CalArts holding and using your information in accordance with this policy. For more information about your rights under FERPA, please review the CalArts FERPA policy.
Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following information about you:
Registration Information: When you sign up for an account, you give us your name, email address, phone number, Social Security Number, date of birth, employer information, program information, mailing address, and other demographic information. Payment Information: When you add a credit card or payment method to your account, a third party processor receives your card information. CalArts does not store full credit card information on our servers.
Communications: We may keep a record of any correspondence and any information provided.
For information on retention please see the CalArts Data Retention Policy
How We Use Personal Information
Personally Identifiable Information
Personal information allows us to provide you with products, services and information and enables us to offer a customized experience on the Extended Studies site (“site”). We use personal information for the purposes described in this privacy policy or otherwise disclosed to you on our site.
• We use the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) you submit during registration and related correspondence for processing purposes, including but not limited to attendance tracking, enrollment, academic progress and completion, grading, and performance.
• We use your name and email address for use in a 3rd party Learning Management System Kannu by Kadenze. We encourage you to read their privacy policy https://access.calarts.edu/privacy_policy.
• We use third-party services (MailChimp, Facebook and Instagram) to send promotional emails and customized advertising about upcoming programs and events. We only send this promotional material to you as long as you have opted in to receive it from us. You can update your preferences anytime by clicking the unsubscribe link on any email you receive from us or by emailing us at extendedstudies@calarts.edu.
• We may share your PII with internal CalArts partners, services, and systems.
• We may share general course data including but not limited to quiz or assignment submissions, grades, and your activity on the Extended Studies platform.
• Your general demographic data may be used in surveys compiled by CalArts and shared with our University and/or business partners.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We automatically receive and retain certain types of information whenever you interact with the Extended Studies platform. This information may be used to monitor website traffic, assist with the navigation, generate statistics, measure site activity, in order to improve the usefulness of the site, or to deliver customized online advertising relating to upcoming programs.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information includes but is not limited to:
• Requested URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
• IP (Internet Protocol) address (this may or may not identify a specific computer)
• Domain name from which you access the internet
• Referring URL
• Software (browser/operating system) used to access the page
• Date and time pages were visited
Making Changes to Your Information
You are able to correct and revise your personal information collected by CalArts by logging into your profile in the Extended Studies website or by emailing us at extendedstudies@calarts.edu for assistance.
Cookies And Tracking Technologies
We use "cookies" (small files placed on your computer) that enable us to recognize your browser to capture and remember certain information. For example, we also use cookies to identify you and maintain your signed-in status, to help us remember and process the courses in your shopping cart, identify your preferences based on previous and current site activity, and to help us aggregate website traffic and behavior data.
Cookies are required to use certain features on the Extended Studies platform. You can decline cookies if your browser permits, although doing so may interfere with your use of the Extended Studies platform. Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session, like when your browser is closed. Your web browser may allow you to select a “Do Not Track” setting, which sends a signal to websites that you do not want information about your internet activity to be collected or tracked. Like many websites, this website does not respond to internet browser “Do Not Track” signals.
Cookies may be set by an organization other than CalArts. These “third-party cookies” may, for example, originate from websites such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus or other social media services for which we have implemented plug-ins. Since the cookie policies of these sites change over time, you should determine their policies by visiting their privacy policy pages of these sites directly.
We employ web analytics technology that help us better manage content on our site. This technology can track your behaviors and activities on the Extended Studies platform.
Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and to ensure the appropriate use of information we gather about you, we have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the integrity of the Extended Studies platform and the information contained within. CalArts maintains industry standard security controls to ensure the integrity and security of data we collect.
While we we take reasonable precautions to protect your data, no security measures can be 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your data.
You can help protect your account and information by:
• Protecting your login information and keeping it secure and unique.
• Creating a sufficiently complex password that would be difficult to guess.
• Avoid storing your password in a place where others can view it.
• Logging out of the Extended Studies platform. Not logging out could allow other individuals to inappropriately access your account and personal information.
• Avoiding posting any account information, including links, in public forums. This could include posting pictures of account information on services like Instagram, Twitter, etc.
Disclosure
We may disclose your personal information if a government authority requests information or if disclosure is required or appropriate in order to comply with laws, regulations, or a legal process.
All of the information (personally identifiable and otherwise) discussed in this Policy may be transferred to third parties in the event of sale or merger of CalArts, a transfer of its assets, or in the event of a bankruptcy.
Links
This Privacy Policy applies to the Extended Studies platform website only. This website may contain links to other websites that are outside of our control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and recommend you read their privacy statements.
Protection Of Minors
We do not knowingly collect or maintain Personally Identifiable Information on the Extended Studies platform from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of the platform is intended for persons under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access the platform at any time or in any manner. We will take appropriate steps to delete any Personally Identifiable Information of persons less than 13 years of age that has been collected through the platform without verified parental consent upon learning of the existence of such Personally Identifiable Information.
Contacting Us
If you have questions or issues regarding CalArts’ privacy practices or policies, please contact us by email at privacy@calarts.edu or at:
California Institute of the Arts
Attn: Privacy Officer / IT
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, California 91355
Changes To This Policy
This Privacy Policy is subject to change without notice. If Extended Studies makes any changes to this policy, we will change the "Updated" date below. In some cases, we may provide you with additional notice, such as adding a statement to the Extended Studies website. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy whenever you access this site to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.
Updated May 24, 2018
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