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Privacy Policy

Bay Path University is committed to protecting your privacy.

Any information you voluntarily provide to us through a Bay Path University website, such as an email address, name, or phone number, will never be sold or traded to other colleges, universities, non-profit organizations, or businesses.

Information gathered automatically

Unless you take steps to browse the Internet anonymously, or opt-out, Bay Path University, like most institutions and organizations on the Internet, tracks web browsing patterns to inform understanding of how our sites are being used. Generic information is collected through the use of “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to evaluate usage patterns so that we can improve both content and distribution. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, doing so may prevent you from using the full functionality of all of our websites. The generic information we collect is based on IP address, which is the location of a computer or network, and is not linked to your specific email address in any of the reports or other material compiled by Bay Path University. Bay Path University will not associate your IP address and web usage data with any other information held by Bay Path University that can specifically identify you unless required to do so by law.

Some sections of Bay Path University-owned websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use our sites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website includes your IP address. This information will be transmitted to and stored by Google on its servers. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Please visit the following pages for more information on Google Analytics terms of use and Google’s privacy practices. To opt out of the Google Analytics Advertising feature please visit Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

 

Facebook Conversion Tracking

Third parties may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect or receive information from your website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. Facebook users can opt-out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting using the following links http://www.aboutads.info/choices and http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.

Information you provide to us

To communicate effectively with visitors to our website, we may ask you for personally-identifiable information that can include, by way of illustration, name, email address, or phone number. Bay Path University will never sell or trade personally-identifiable information you voluntarily provide to us such as name, email address, or phone number, to other colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, or businesses unless one or more of the following conditions apply:

  • We have your consent to share the information.
  • We are sharing such information in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal processes.

External links

Some Bay Path University websites may contain links to external websites not owned by, or officially affiliated with, Bay Path University in any way. Bay Path University is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

Social Media Community Guidelines

Bay Path University moderates all comments on the University’s social media channels and reserves the right to remove comments that include profanity or inappropriate language. We will also remove comments that attack or disparage a member of the Bay Path community. Repetitive comments and comments that are not relevant to the original post or article may also be deleted.

Authors whose comments are consistently unacceptable will be blocked from official Bay Path University social media accounts.

Changes to this policy

When we make changes to this policy, the changes will be highlighted on the top of this page for one month before going into effect. The highlights will then remain on top of the page for three months to inform you of the change.

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Contact information

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this website, you may contact:
Bay Path University
Office of Communications & Institutional Marketing
413.565.1233