Simmons College is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its online
users: students, faculty/staff, alumnae/i, donors, and friends. We do not collect
personally identifiable information about individuals — such as their
names and postal and/or email addresses — except when it is knowingly
provided by such individuals. We believe that maintaining privacy on the Web
is very important and we hope you will read this privacy policy carefully so
that you will clearly understand both our commitment to you and your privacy
and our method of collecting and using information. This privacy policy only
applies to transactions made, and data gathered, on Simmons College websites
and does not apply to any other website. The terms of this privacy policy shall
govern all interactions with Simmons College through either the school's website
or email. A link to the privacy policy can be found on the College's home page
and on every page of the College's websites. By using Simmons College websites,
RSS feeds or communicating with the College by email, you agree to the terms
of this privacy policy. As part of our commitment to your privacy, Simmons
College supports and adheres to the guidelines and practices adopted by the
Direct Marketing Association's Privacy Promise to American Consumers.
Information Provided by Visitors
When You Register for Alumnet
In order to have access to certain features, such as Alumnet, you
must register in Alumnet so we can verify your status as an alumnae/i of
Simmons and personalize the site to better meet your needs.
If you decide to register with us online, you will be asked to provide personally
identifiable information that may include a user name and password, your name,
email address, postal address, telephone number, and your Student ID number.
We store this information, along with your other preferences, on our secured
server so that you need not reenter it when you return to the site.
Updating Your Alumnet Information
You may review, correct, update, or change your Alumnet profile
information, including any personally identifiable information contained
in your profile, at any time. Simply log on to your online profile, review
your information, and/or edit it with the options provided.
When You Deposit Online
Simmons will ask you to provide personally identifiable information
necessary to complete your deposit, that can include your name, billing and
shipping postal addresses, telephone number, and credit card number. This is
the same information requested when you deposit by telephone or through the
mail. When you make a deposit online, your credit card information will be
temporarily stored on a secured 3 rd party processing server. We will retain
the personally identifiable information you provided with your order for our
records, to facilitate registration, and to inform you of your status. The
College may combine the information you provide with other personally identifiable
information to which the College has access, such as, but not limited to catalog
request data, SAT and demographic information.
When You Make a Donation Online or Register For
Alumnae/i Events
The College will ask you to provide personally identifiable information
necessary to process your donation or event registration that may include
your name, billing and shipping postal addresses, telephone number, email
address, and credit card number. When you make a donation or register, your
credit card information will be temporarily stored on a secured 3rd party
server. We will retain the personally identifiable information you provided
for our records and to facilitate customer service. You may also be asked
for additional information required to complete and service your request,
such as the names of any family members for events and co-donations.
When You Complete an Electronic Survey
The College occasionally posts surveys on its website or through
email. Your participation in these surveys is on a completely voluntary and
anonymous basis unless we inform you otherwise. We use the information in
the responses to the survey to understand our visitors better and to determine
how best to serve them. Personally identifiable information collected in
our surveys is never sold, rented, or shared with third parties for their
marketing purposes.
How the School Uses Information Provided by Visitors
Simmons College uses the information you provide to fulfill your online
request, facilitate customer service and inform you of our programs and events.
The College never shares with third parties any personally identifiable information
you provide when requesting information or making a donation online, except
as required by law.
Information Collected Automatically
Cookies
Simmons College websites may automatically collect some non-personally
identifiable information about you when you request pages through your browser.
We place cookies on website visitors' computers to collect aggregate information
for site traffic analysis, such as the number of visitors and the number of
pages viewed. (Cookies are small files that reside in a visitor's browser.)
The aggregate information we collect through cookies helps Simmons monitor
how you and other visitors use the site, allowing us to provide an optimal
experience and better service; this information is never used to identify you
personally. However, the College's websites have been designed to provide nearly
full functionality without the use of cookies. You can set your web browser
to reject cookies, but you will lose the ability to perform certain functions,
such as register in Alumnet.
Cookies for Registered Users
The College's websites may require the use of cookies to register or
sign in. Cookies for registered users allow you immediate access to certain website features. Such services will state when cookies are required.
Children Under Thirteen Years of Age
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information
from children under thirteen years of age.
Email Communications
Emails and Newsletters
Simmons College regularly sends emails and newsletters to our students,
prospective students, and subscribers. Visitors may subscribe to an email newsletter
when they request information online or alumnae/i may subscribe online in Alumnet.
On occasion, the school may send emails to individuals such as prospective
students and alumnae/i who have provided us with their email address and have
opted in to receive emails, informing them of school events or classes we think
might be of interest to them. Email recipients may always opt out of receiving
email at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the
email message.
"Email a Friend" Feature
If you use the schools "Email a Friend" feature or "Email
This Event To a Friend" feature your friend's email address will not be
retained on our website or used in any way by the school.
Emailing the School
The College tries to respond to email messages requiring a response
within seven business days. If you email the College, your message and email
address will be forwarded to the appropriate department within the school.
The College may choose to save this information for future reference. However,
any message, material, business information, ideas, concepts, or other information
sent to Simmons College by email will be treated as non-confidential and
non-proprietary.
Unsubscribing
If you opt to receive newsletters, other emails, or communications
from Simmons College at the time you request more information about our programs,
but have subsequently changed your mind, you may opt-out by using the unsubscribe
link in every email or by submitting your email address on this page http://www.simmons.edu/unsubscribe.
Any change in your subscription status will take up to 48 hours to take affect.
Data Security
Simmons College makes every reasonable effort to ensure that
all of the transactions that occur on our website are secure. All credit
card numbers submitted to the site are encrypted using "Secure Socket Layer" (SSL)
encryption. SSL technology is an industry standard for protecting sensitive
information as it is transmitted over the Internet.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct
use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic,
and administrative procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect
online.
Third-Party Service Providers
Simmons College may engage reputable third-party vendors in order
to help us manage our websites and allow us to better service our visitors
and students. These may include third-party vendors engaged to analyze, for
marketing purposes, the information collected on our website. The College requires
its vendors by contract to maintain the confidentiality and security of College
information to which they are provided access and restricts the vendors from
using the information in any way not expressly authorized by the school.
Simmons websites may contain links to other websites such as our third-party
vendors. Once you leave one of the College's websites, this privacy policy
will not apply.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact:
Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
Telephone: (617) 521-2000
Email: webmaster@simmons.edu
Changes to Privacy Policy
Simmons College may revise its privacy policy at any time. We encourage
you to visit this page periodically to review our current policy so that you
will always know what information we gather and how we may use that information.
Update effective September, 2004.
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