Protecting your personal privacy in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations is a priority at Oakton. We are committed to safeguarding the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy tells you how your personal information is used by the College, and we pledge to take the appropriate steps to ensure your personal information is used only in ways that are compatible with this Privacy Policy governing use of www.oakton.edu.
Oakton collects both personal and non-personal information on our site. Certain non-personal information is collected when you browse our website, read pages, or download information. This information does not identify you personally. It is collected to help us improve our website and general services to the public. The information we gather can include the internet domain and IP address of the computer accessing the site, the type of browser or other client application used, the operating system of the computer, the web pages visited, the referring web pages and the time spent on our site. Our site also uses cookies for session management, as further explained below.
We will only collect your personal data when we have a legally compliant reason for doing so. This may include the performance of a contract with you, compliance with the College’s legal obligation, collection with your consent, protection of vital interest, and Oakton’s legitimate interests.
In all cases, Oakton strives to collect and disclose the minimum information necessary to maintain compliance with applicable state and federal law. The voluntary use of this website, including the disclosure of personal information to the College, shall constitute consent to the collection and disclosure of personal and non-personally identifying information by the College for the limited purposes described above. Further, the voluntary disclosure of personal information that is otherwise protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) through the College’s website constitutes consent for the re-disclosure of personal information for the limited purposes for which such information was disclosed.
To help us maintain compliance with federal law, no minor under the age of 13 should use a website function that requires the user to input information. If you are under the age of 13 and you have a reason to contact the College, you must have an adult do so on your behalf instead. We do not collect or maintain information through our website from children we actually know are under the age of 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under the age of 13.
The College uses cookies in connection with its websites when providing online services, including but not limited to online payments. Cookies are files that are sent when accessing a website and are stored by your browser on the electronic device used to access the website. Cookies allow for information to be returned to the College or third-party services during later visits to our websites. The data collected might be about you, your device, your preferences, or your login information.
Cookies used by the College include technical or functional cookies that ensure the College’s website functions properly and can access user preferences; statistics cookies that allow the College to understand the usage of its websites; and marketing or tracking cookies to create user profiles for advertising purposes or to track users across websites.
Users can disable the College’s use of cookies through their internet browser, manually delete cookies or change the settings of their internet browser to notify you of cookie activity.
The College primarily uses cookies to improve the quality of our services but not to track any personal information. The use of cookies is a standard practice among Internet websites, and most internet web browsers can be customized to reject cookies, to accept or reject cookies only by user intervention, or to delete cookies. However, while the College allows users to access service even if they withhold consent to the College’s use of cookies, some features may not function properly without cookies.
Oakton's website provides links to a wide variety of other websites and applications. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this website (www.oakton.edu), regardless of the College’s use or affiliation of any third-party websites or applications. This Privacy Policy does not govern the practices of any third-party websites, applications or services that may be linked to or accessible from this website.
The College is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites, applications or other services, and disclaims any warranties, whether express or implied, related to such use. At all times, use of those sites, applications and services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of their use except as expressly governed by the College’s privacy practices or procedures. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
The College monitors network traffic to identify unauthorized access to the site. Anyone using this website expressly consents to such monitoring. The College takes appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction of data. These measures are designed and intended to prevent corruption of data, block unknown or unauthorized access to our systems and information, and to provide reasonable protection of private information in our possession. The College may disclose personal information provided by users to federal or state law enforcement authorities to enforce its rights against unauthorized access or attempted unauthorized access to Oakton’s information technology assets.
The College uses the web analytics tools Google Analytics and Siteimprove to help us understand how visitors engage with our website. Google uses cookies to help us improve visitor experience on our website. The College and Google also has a Google Ad account and uses a tracking pixel and cookies to inform, optimize and provide ads based on visitors’ past visits to our website.
For more information about how Google uses individuals’ personal information, visit their privacy policy. To opt-out of Google Analytics, visit Google's policy. To manage your Google ad settings, visit the Google Ad Center online.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Please note that the College uses certain cookies in a variety of ways to improve visitor experience with our website and to perform other services. When you visit our website, we may collect such information from consumers automatically. For more information on the College’s use of cookies, see the above section titled “Cookies and Data Tracking.”
Oakton reserves the right, at its discretion, to change this policy at any time. Please check back periodically for updates.
Contact us with any questions at collegerelations@oakton.edu
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Oakton College
Attention: Marketing and Communications
1600 E. Golf Road
Des Plaines, IL 60016