Privacy Policy

Our web pages or email messages may contain a small graphic image called a web beacon, sometimes also referred to as a “web bug” or “clear gif,” which allows the party that set the web beacon to monitor and collect certain limited information about the viewer of the web page or email message. This information may include the type of browser downloading the web beacon, the IP address of the computer that the web beacon is sent to, the time the web beacon was viewed, and the URL of the page the web beacon comes from. Web beacons are typically very small (generally 1-by-1 pixel) and invisible to the user. However, any electronic image viewed as part of a web page or email message, including an advertisement or HTML content, can act as a web beacon. We may use web beacons for various purposes, such as counting visitors to our web pages or monitoring how our users navigate the Sites. We may also include web beacons in email newsletters to count how many newsletters (or particular articles, links, etc.) we sent were actually opened. Additionally, third parties that serve ads or content onto the Sites or within our emails may use web beacons. We do not have control over web beacons used by such third parties.

Advertisements and Third Party Advertising Companies:

We may use information about you and your visits to the Sites to serve advertisements to you on our web pages. We may also use a third-party advertising company to serve ads to you. We or our third-party advertising companies may note the pages you visit on the Sites through the use of web beacons or cookies placed on your computer to manage and target advertisements and for market research analysis. We may share non-personally identifying website usage information about visitors to the Sites with third-party advertising companies for the same purposes. Additionally, when you are on the Sites, third-party advertising companies may be able to place a unique cookie on your computer for the purpose of targeting advertisements to you when you are visiting this or other websites. These cookies are used to anonymously recognize you and aggregate historical behaviors to deliver ads to you that are likely to be more relevant based on the types of websites visited. Some of our vendors may use DART cookies, a DoubleClick product. Third-party advertisers’ use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, which may differ from this one. We do not have access to cookies set by third parties. You may choose not to receive the cookies referred to in this paragraph by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative website and following the instructions.

Third Party Content:

When you are on the Sites, certain content may be served by a third party. These third parties may also drop their own cookies, LSOs, and/or use web beacons, which may be used to identify some of your preferences or to recognize you if you have previously had contact with them. We do not control the use of such technology by third parties, the information they collect, or how they use such information.

Our Use and Disclosure of Collected Information and Your Choices:

Use by the Sites:

LTT may use your personally identifiable information (PII) to provide you with requested goods, services, or content, to contact you in connection with a promotion, or for other purposes disclosed when you provide your PII. Additionally, the Sites may send you special offers via email, postal mail, phone, text message, or otherwise if you do not opt-out from receiving such information when you register with the Sites. If you wish to unsubscribe from this Website’s email newsletter or to change your preferences, send an email to privacy@gwinnettcollege.edu, or alternatively, follow the instructions for unsubscribing included within many of the emails or text messages you receive from us. We may also contact you regarding any problems or questions we have relating to your use of the Sites, or, in our discretion, notify you of changes to our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, or other policy or terms that affect you and your use of the Sites. We may also use information collected about our users to provide customized content, advertising, products and services, or to improve the content and navigation of the Sites, or for other internal purposes. If you submit a letter to the editor or other content to be published in one of our publications, whether such publication originates online or offline, we may publish your name or other information in connection with publishing the letter to the editor or other content. We may combine the information about you that we collect through the Sites with information available to us from other sources, including information received from promotional partners or other third parties. In those cases, we will apply this Privacy Policy to any personal information received. We may also combine PII with other information we collect through the Sites, including IP addresses, cookies, and search terms users enter on the Sites, which we may use for reporting and monitoring, improving the Sites and products, or to target advertising.

Affiliated Parties:

LTT reserves the right to share your information with and among the Sites and the other companies affiliated with LTT (the “Affiliated Parties”). Additionally, we might share your information with one or more of the Affiliated Parties so that they can send you information concerning products and services that you may be interested in. You may tell us not to share your PII with the Affiliated Parties for the Affiliated Parties’ direct marketing purposes by sending notification to: privacy@gwinnetcollege.edu.

Third parties providing services on our behalf:

We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include, without limitation, fulfilling orders, sending communications on our behalf (including our email editions), analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, creating, hosting and/or running contests/sweepstakes/games, and providing customer service. These third parties may have access to our users’ PII to provide these services to us or on our behalf.

Legal Action:

We may disclose information about our users, including PII, when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, or to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing the Sites and applicable laws. We may use IP addresses to identify users in cooperation with internet service providers or law enforcement agencies, and may also disclose user information whenever we believe disclosure is necessary to limit our legal liability or to protect or enforce the rights, interests, or safety of the Sites, our users, or others.

Corporate Change:

We may sell, transfer, or otherwise disclose user information, including PII, in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, the sale of substantially all assets or of a business group, or other fundamental corporate change.

Chat Rooms, Forums, and Message Boards:

The Sites may make chat rooms, forums, and message boards available to our users. If you post PII online, it will be publicly available, and you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties. We cannot ensure the security of any information you choose to make public in a chat room, forum, or message board. Also, we cannot ensure that parties who have access to such publicly available information will respect your privacy. Please exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information in these areas.

Security:

We store the information we collect from you on limited access servers, and we take steps to maintain the security of our servers and to protect your PII from unauthorized disclosure. However, even reasonable security measures do not guarantee the security of any information you transmit via the internet, including to LTT. You are responsible for protecting your username and password from third-party access, and for selecting passwords that are secure.

Links:

Please be aware that when you are on this website or viewing an email from LTT, you could be directed to other web pages or online content through links that take you outside our service and are beyond our control. For example, you may encounter links from sponsors or partners, which may include LTT’s logo or that of one of the Affiliated Parties as part of a co-branding agreement. If you “click” on a link to such a third party, the “click” takes you to a third party’s website. These other websites may set their own cookies, collect data, and/or have their own privacy policies. This Privacy Policy only covers information collected by LTT on the website, and we encourage you to review the privacy policy of any other website you visit.

Consent to Transfer:

The website is operated in the United States. If you are located in the European Union, Canada, or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States, which may not provide the same level of protections as those in your own country. By using the website, participating in any of our services, and/or providing us with your information, you consent to this transfer to, retention of, and processing of your data in the United States.

Children:

The website is not directed to children younger than the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from children younger than 13 years of age. If you are younger than 13 years of age, do not send any information about yourself to the website. If you are a parent of a child under 13 and you believe that your child has provided us with information about him or herself, please contact us at privacy@gwinnettcollege.edu.

Modifications:

LTT reserves the right to modify, alter, or otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back from time to time.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@gwinnettcollege.edu. The effective date of this Privacy Policy is May 18, 2024.