Privacy Statement

General Statement

Central Arizona College is committed to protecting the privacy and accuracy of your information. We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information gathered from our Web server with outside or third-party agencies. Data may be shared with College affiliates, or with a user’s permission.

Website Activity Information

The following app activity information may be gathered from  visitors to assist with site improvements and customer service:

  • Your internet location (ip address/GPS)
  • Which screens you visit on our site
  • Date and time

This app makes no attempt to identify individual visitors from this information. Personally identifiable information is not released to external parties without your consent unless required by law.

Electronic Mail (E-Mail) Communications

CAC collects e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us or request information from us. You may choose to provide us with information through email, a web form or you may sign up to be on a mailing list. Requests for information will be directed to the appropriate staff or college department to respond to the request.

Use of Third Party Services

CAC may use third party vendors to advertise services provided by Central Arizona College online. These vendors, including search engines (like Google), social networks (like Facebook), and others, may show ads on our behalf through their platforms across the Internet. These services use cookies to tailor ads to your interests, based on websites you have visited. You can opt out of many of these cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page (link is external).

External Websites

The CAC app may provide links to external websites. The college is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of the external websites to which we link. These external sites may have their own policies or none at all.

Students Rights to Privacy

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a United States law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the United States Department of Education.

FERPA gives parents certain rights, e.g., right of inspection or correction of their children’s education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are “eligible students.”

Generally, CAC must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student’s education record. However, FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without consent, to certain parties or under the specified conditions stated in 34 CFR § 99.31.