Privacy Policy

East Ohio College Privacy Policy

East Ohio College (EOC) is committed to protecting the privacy of its students, faculty, staff, and other individuals whose personal information we collect, use, and disclose.  This privacy policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and security of personal information.  We reserve the right to change this policy at any time.  If you want to make sure you are up to date with this policy, we advise you check it periodically.

What Data We Collect

In order to provide information or services to you, when using our website information request forms, subscriptions to newsletters, or when contacting our institution by phone, we may collect the following personally identifiable information that you submit voluntarily:

Full name, phone number, email address, mailing address, high school education including name while attending high school, year of graduation or GED, location(s) and program(s) of interest, social security number, date of birth, gender, marital status, race/ethnicity, emergency contact information, residency while enrolled or other identifiers required to process applications, information required to process financial aid such as tax information, financial and other information related to enrollment at another institution such as dates of attendance and credentials received, scholarships,  information related to past employment, personal health information.

Why We Collect Your Data

The Institution collects this data when you request information from our institution.  This information is used to communicate with the user regarding their request for information or services.  This may include some or all of the following purposes:

Processing admissions, financial aid, or enrollment.

Providing academic advising and career counseling.

Internal record keeping.

Market research to improve our programs and services.

Compliance with legal obligations.

To send promotional communications

Safeguarding and Securing Your Data

EOC is committed to securing your data and keeping it confidential.  To achieve this outcome, the Institution adheres to the cybersecurity requirements required by regulation.  Through the implementation of these standards, EOC has done all that it can to prevent data theft, unauthorized access, and disclosure.

Our Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive.  Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.  Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual user.  The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic cookies to identify which pages are being used.  This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs.  We only use this information for statistical analysis, and then the data is removed from the system.   Cookies help us provide you with a better web experience.  It does not give us access to your computer or any information about you unless you choose to share it.  You can choose to accept or decline cookies.

Links to Other Websites

Our website contains links that lead to other websites.  If you click on these links, you are subject to the privacy policy of those websites.  Those websites are not governed by this privacy policy, so it is recommended that you read the privacy policy of those websites prior to proceeding with supplying any personally identifiable information.