Privacy Policy

Privacy policy

Marian university is dedicated to protecting the private information that you entrust to us. This notice explains the types of information collected and how they are used by marian university. The processing of personal data is governed by the privacy laws - gramm-leach-bliley act (glba), family educational rights and privacy act (ferpa) and general data protection regulation (the "gdpr"). To see more information regarding our ferpa privacy policies, .

The information we process about you:

We collect personal information from you directly through processes, forms and third-party entities. We generally collect and use the following categories of data for different groups of people at an institutional level:

* prospective students: to facilitate admission and provide higher education services, we collect personal and family information related to the application and financial aid process, including supporting documentation, identification and contact information (including but not limited to name, email address, physical address, phone number and other location data); education history, demographic information (e.g., race, gender, and age) as voluntarily shared, testing history, personal information and history (e.g. Date of birth, social security number, etc.),

employment history and payment information.

* students: to register, administer financial aid, provide housing, track academic progress, and provide academic advising and other services, we use information submitted as prospective students, information related to academic record and performance, registration data, and video images recorded by our video security system for the purposes of ensuring security, exam-taking integrity, and to protect university property.

* faculty and staff: to administer an employment relationship with the university, we collect identification, contact information, biographic information, employment and education history, payment and tax information, family and health information related to benefits, and information related to visa requirements (copies of passports and other documents) to ensure compliance with u.s. Laws.

* alumni: to manage their relationship and engagement with the university, we collect identification, contact information, and donor information.

* donors: to process gifts and manage their relationship and engagement with the university, we collect identification, contact information, gift designations and payment information.

* website visitors: to compile aggregate data about site traffic and interactions so that we can offer better site experiences, we collect contact information, ip address, browser type, internet service provider, pages visited, operating system, date and time of visit, location information, and other information collected through cookies.

* campus visitors: to facilitate their visit, we may collect contact information, current academic and school information, interests and activities, and guest information.

* participants in conferences and other campus events: to register, track payment and participation, we collect identification, contact information and payment information.

Marian university uses third party services to provide and improve web and communication services for our users. These services, like google analytics but not limited to, are used to monitor site usage, web traffic, visitor behavior and trends to optimize web services for visitors.

Sharing your data with third parties

We may share your data with third parties who contract with the university to help administer our operations. We do not allow them to use your data for their own purposes. We permit them to process your data only for specified purposes in accordance with our instructions.

We may also share your personal data with third parties when doing so is necessary to satisfy applicable laws, regulations, legal process or government requests. In addition, information may be shared when required to detect, prevent or address fraud, security or technical issues or when required to protect the rights and the safety of the university, visitors, students and employees.

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