Privacy Statement
Terms and conditions
Welcome to the website of University of Holy Cross (“Holy Cross”). This policy describes
the types of information we (as members of the Holy Cross team) may collect from you
or that you may provide when you visit this website and our practices for collecting,
using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. We respect your privacy
and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. By using
our website, you agree to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions.
Please read them carefully. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued
use of this website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes,
so please check the policy periodically for updates. If you have any questions about
this privacy policy or our information practices, please contact us using the options
provided below.
Access to Our Website
We strive to ensure that our website is available and functioning properly at all
times. However, we do not guarantee that our website will be available or free from
errors or interruptions. We reserve the right to suspend or withdraw our website or
any part thereof, at any time without notice. We will not be liable if our website
is unavailable or interrupted for any reason.
Use of Our Website
Our website is intended for lawful and authorized use only. You may use our website
for your personal and non-commercial use only. You must not use our website in any
way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability
or accessibility of the website, or in any way that is unlawful, fraudulent, harmful
or offensive.
Children
We do not intend to collect, and we will not knowingly collect or solicit, personal
information online from children under the age of 13 or as defined by local legal
requirements, except on services specifically directed to children. For those services,
we follow applicable data protection laws with respect to children’s privacy, as set
forth in the additional disclosures posted within the relevant service. If you are
a minor between the ages of 13 and 18, you may only use the website under the supervision
of your parent, legal guardian, or another responsible adult. We impose these age
restrictions to ensure compliance with children protection laws, including but not
limited to, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In no event will
Holy Cross be liable for any damages whatsoever arising in any way from the use of
our website by children under 13 years of age or by unsupervised children between
the ages 13 and 18.
Intellectual Property
All intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website are
reserved. You may not copy, distribute, transmit or use any of the material on our
website without our prior written consent. Unauthorized use of our website or any
of its contents may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offense.
User Content
Our website may allow you to post, submit or upload content such as comments, reviews
or other information. By submitting content to our website, you grant us a non-exclusive,
transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, copy, modify,
create derivative works based on, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform,
and otherwise exploit in any manner such content in all formats and distribution channels
now known or hereafter devised (including in connection with the website and University
of Holy Cross's business and on third-party sites and services), without further notice
to or consent from you, and without the requirement of payment to you or any other
person or entity. Your user contributions are posted on and transmitted to others
at your own risk. Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.
Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the website with whom
you may choose to share your contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee
that your uploaded content will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. Please refer
to our below Limitations of Liability that govern this section (“User Content”).
We reserve the right to remove any content from our website at any time, for any reason,
without notice. We are not responsible for the content posted by users of our website.
Privacy
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. Our privacy policy sets
out how we collect, use, and protect your personal information. By using our website,
you consent to our privacy policy.
Limitations of Liability
We will not be liable to you in relation to the contents of, or use of, or otherwise
in connection with, our website for any indirect, special, or consequential loss or
damage, any loss of business, revenue, profits, data, or anticipated savings, and
any loss or corruption of information or data. We have put in place reasonable physical,
technical, and administrative safeguards designed to prevent unauthorized access to
our use of the information collected online. While we strive to protect visitor’s
personal information, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of the information
you transmit to us, and if you choose to use the website, you do so at your own risk.
These limitations of liability apply even if we have been expressly advised of the
potential loss.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify us, and our officers, employees and agents, from any claims,
actions, suits or demands, including reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising
from or related to your use of our website or your breach of these terms and conditions.
Breaches of These Terms and Conditions
We take breaches of these terms and conditions seriously. Without prejudice to our
other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions
in any way, we may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the breach,
including suspending your access to the website, prohibiting you from accessing the
website, blocking computers using your IP address from accessing the website, and/or
contacting your internet service provider to request that they block your access to
the website.
Data Collection
Holy Cross is a system of organizations and institutions of higher education involved
in education, research, and community development. In order for Holy Cross and its
organizations and institutions to educate its students both in class and online, engage
in world-class research, and provide community services, it is essential and necessary,
that we have a lawful basis to collect, process, use, and maintain data of students,
employees, applicants, research subjects, visitors and others involved in our educational,
research, and community programs. The lawful basis includes, without limitation, admission;
registration; delivery of classroom, online, and study abroad education; grades; communications;
employment; applied research; development; program analysis for improvements; and
records retention. Examples of data that we may need to collect in connection with
the lawful basis are: name, email address, IP address, physical address or other location
identifiers, photos, as well as some sensitive personal data obtained, if applicable,
with prior consent. To the extent permitted by law, the total liability of Holy Cross,
and its suppliers and distributors, for any claims under these terms, including for
any implied warranties, is limited to the amount you paid us to use the services.
We will not be liable to you for any lost profits or other consequential, special,
indirect, or incidental damages arising out of or in connection with this statement.
As you navigate through and interact with our website, we may use automatic data collection
technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions,
and patterns, including Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service
offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic, to collect and analyze
information about the use of our website. This allows us to both improve our site
and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. This data is shared with other
Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize
the ads of its own advertising network. More information about Google’s Privacy Policy and Google Analytics opt-out can be found here.
Links to Other Sites, or Content Embedded into our Site(s) from External Sources
This website may include links to other websites and/or apps, or may display content
from external services or providers. Except as part of formal business relationships
between Holy Cross and service vendors, a link from this website does not imply endorsement
of a destination site. While we strive to be a good steward of third-party embedded
content, these third parties may have their own privacy policies. Holy Cross is not
responsible for the privacy practices of these external third parties. For your own
protection, you should review the privacy policy of any site linked to from our website
or any site to which you provide personal information.
Third-Party Use of Cookies
Third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking
technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. Cookies are
small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device that allow us to
collect certain information whenever you visit or interact with our services. Cookies
are widely used in order to, for example, make websites work properly, or work more
efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of a website or online
service. Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the website may
be served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content
providers, and application providers. The information they collect may be associated
with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal
information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and
other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based
(behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used.
If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should
contact the responsible provider directly.
Your FERPA Rights
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (“FERPA” or the “Act”) affords
eligible students certain rights with respect to their education records. For more
information on any rights you may have please visit https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/ or privacy@uhcno.edu.
General Data Protection Regulation
In accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you are entitled
to know your user rights. To learn more visit: https://gdpr.eu/tag/gdpr/.
Variation
We reserve the right to revise these terms and conditions at any time without prior
notice. By continuing to use our website, you agree to be bound by the revised terms
and conditions.
Assignment
We may transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations
under these terms and conditions without notifying you or obtaining your consent.
Should consent be required under any applicable law, your use of the website is deemed
as consent for any activity falling under this section.
Entire Agreement
These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and Holy Cross and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of our website.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Louisiana, and any disputes relating to these terms and conditions
will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Louisiana.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about these terms and conditions, please contact us at privacy@uhcno.edu.
Thank you for using the website of the University of Holy Cross. We hope you find
it informative and useful.