Privacy Policy

Use of Gathered Information

While Delta College will not share, provide, or sell Personal or Sensitive Personal Information, collected directly or automatically, in personal or aggregate form, with non-affiliated third parties for their own marketing, profiling, or targeted advertising purposes the College may actively share your information in personal or aggregate form to:

• Analyze, facilitate, manage and improve our services.
• Provide support and personalize experiences.
• Administer and improve admission and registration applications and financial services.
• Market and promote our programs and other services or provide other information we think may interest you.
• Secure and protect our domain and services and preventing misconduct.
• Respond to subpoenas, court orders, or any other legal requirements from government and law enforcement agencies or regulators.
• Protect and defend the legal rights of the College and protect your safety and/or the public’s safety.

The College may also share Personal Information with third parties such as service providers or vendors whom the College has engaged as School Officials who help the College with marketing, advertising, or promotion.

“School Officials” means employees of the College, including faculty and staff, as well as certain individuals such as vendors, contractors, or service providers, performing work for the College under proper authorization.

Delta College also complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) administered by the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA protects students’ personal identifiable information (PII) and prohibits the release of education records without students’ permission or consent.

The law allows us to share your account information or other personal information with non-affiliated companies when the information is used for financial transactions (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Part V, § 14-15). The following are circumstances when non-affiliated parties might be given personal information:

• Services providers to the extent necessary to enable us to provide you with the products and services you have requested, process transactions, and maintain accounts.
• Credit reporting agencies in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act .
• In connection with a proposed or actual sale, merger, transfer, or exchange of all or a portion of a business or operating unit.
• When legally required to comply with a properly authorized civil, criminal, or regulatory investigation, or subpoena or summons by Federal, State, or local authorities. .
• When otherwise required to comply with Federal, State, or local laws, rules and other applicable legal requirements.

text opt-in data gathered by the College will not be shared with third-party affiliates for marketing purposes.