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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 3/3/2025
Introduction

Western Technical College (“WTC,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) values and respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, protect, and disclose personal information obtained through www.westerntech.edu (“Website”).
The term “Personal Information” as used in this Privacy Policy means information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual and may include your name, zip code, email address, phone number and program preference.
The Privacy Policy explains how Personal Information we collect from you will be processed by us or on our behalf. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information about the following:

  • What information we, or our third party service providers, may collect about you;
  • How we will use the information we collect about you;
  • Whether we will disclose your details to anyone else; and
  • Your choices and rights regarding the personal information you have provided to us.

Collection of Personal Information
We may collect Personal Information that you voluntarily provide to us when:

  • Submitting forms via the Website (e.g., inquiries)
  • Requesting information about programs or services
  • Signing up for newsletters, alerts, or communications
  • Engaging with interactive features on our Website

Personal Information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Name, email address, phone number, zip code
  • Any additional information you choose to provide

We, and third party service providers, also collect information automatically when you visit the Website. This information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Your domain name
  • Your browser type and operating system
  • Your IP address
  • Web pages you view on our Website
  • Links you click on our Website
  • Length of time of your visit to our Website
  • Your activities on our Website including your movement through our Website
  • The referring URL or webpage that led you to our Website
  • Your location

We may use third party applications and services to collect and analyze this information, and we and third party service providers may combine this information with information that we (or they) already have collected about you. For example, we may obtain information about you from our marketing service providers, advertisers and data analytics providers and use that information to contact you regarding our institutional offerings and services.

Use of Personal Information

    Personal information collected is used to:

  • Provide and personalize our institutional offerings and services
  • Provide information about our institutional offerings and services (e.g. targeted marketing)
  • Respond to inquiries and process applications
  • Audit Website visitor interactions
  • Communicate important updates, events, and promotions
  • Improve website functionality and user experience
  • Comply with legal and regulatory requirements

Disclosure of Personal Information
WTC does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing or commercial purposes.
We may share Personal Information with the following entities as stated herein below:

  • Authorized WTC personnel for administrative or operational needs;
  • Trusted third-party service providers (whose use of Personal Information is governed by contracts containing confidentiality provisions) assisting with educational and website functions, including marketing efforts;
  • Legal authorities if required by law, court order, or to protect the rights and safety of individuals

Retention of Personal Information
We will retain Personal Information for as long as we have a business purpose to do so and as long as needed to interact with you, and thereafter as needed for record-keeping purposes and as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

We may retain de-identified personal information for as long as we deem appropriate.

Protection of Personal Information
We take reasonable data security measures to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss, unauthorized use, alteration and disclosure.

In spite of security precautions we and our service providers take, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Use of Cookies, Web Beacons and Other Similar Technologies

WTC and third party service providers collect information by using technologies and methodologies, such as “cookies”, tags, web beacons or other similar technologies that enable tracking as you browse our Website. These technologies authenticate you as a user, remember your preferences for using the site, present offers that may be of interest, and facilitate transactions. We and third party service providers also use these tools to analyze use of our Website and services, and may use this information in the aggregate or combine it with information that we have already collected about you.

Cookie. “Cookies” are small bits of information that are stored on your computer by your web browser. Cookies and other technologies described in this Privacy Policy allow us to recognize your preference information, to track your transactions and to facilitate effective website administration. Cookies help establish a user session and allow our server to provide site users with tailored information, advertisements and services. We also use cookies to authenticate your authority to access the Website, to track the usage of our Website, and to improve the Website.

If you do not want your information to be collected through cookies, you may be able to change the preferences in your particular Internet browser. Some Website functionality may not work properly if your browser does not accept cookies. Please consult your chosen Internet browser for instructions on how to change your cookie settings.

Other Monitoring Software. This Website is being monitored by one or more third-party monitoring software(s), and may capture information about you and your visit that will help us contact you and/or improve the quality of our service and website. You may be able to control the data being collected by such software from your visit through a universal consumer options page located at https://smart-pixl.com/Unsub/unsub.html

Internet Based Advertising and Internet Protocol (IP) Address Targeting
We may work with data providers to serve advertising to you through display media, in printed form, or through other methods or media. These providers may use personal information and other information that we have collected or that you have provided to locate you online, such as when you visit or log in to websites or mobile applications. This information may be linked to online identifiers or IP addresses assigned to you, and to demographic or interest-based data, in order to deliver ads that are customized to what these companies believe are most likely to be relevant and of interest to you (including about our products or services).

We may, on our Website, provide the ability to opt-out of the sharing of certain information for advertising purposes.

Additionally, to learn more about or opt out of this and other interest-based advertising through other means, please visit the industry opt-out pages operated by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) at http://www.aboutads.info and the by the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at http://networkadvertising.org. Opting out of one or more NAI or DAI members means that only those particular members will no longer deliver targeted content or ads to you. It does not mean you will no longer receive any targeted content or ads on our websites or otherwise. Certain means of opting out are browser-specific, so if you change your browser, update it, use a different computer, or clear your cookie cache, you will need to opt out again.

In addition, some third party advertising technology we use to deliver advertisements may utilize separate cookies and other tracking technologies. This technology may be delivered through visits to our Website, email messages, apps or otherwise. Web beacons on some pages of our Website, in conjunction with these advertising cookies and our other cookies, enable the third-party advertising technology to better understand onsite activity in the aggregate, to recognize a browser’s cookie when a browser visits this Website, other websites or apps, and to learn which advertisements bring users to our site or our apps or lead them to otherwise take action.

Third-Party Links

Our Website may contain links to external websites. We bear no responsibility for the privacy practices of these third-party sites and encourage users to review their privacy policies before providing any Personal Information to third parties.

Your Privacy Choices
You may opt out of receiving non-essential communications by following the unsubscribe instructions included in our emails.

If you are the resident of a state with that has instituted consumer privacy laws, you may have the following rights with regard to the collection and use of your Personal Information:

  1. You may have the right to request the deletion of any of your personal data that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.
  2. You have the right to confirm whether we process your personal data and you have the right to access your personal data that is in our possession. Information you may be entitled to includes the following:
    • Categories of Personal Information we collected about you
    • Categories of sources from which we collected the Personal Information;
    • Business or commercial purpose(s) for collecting or selling your Personal Information;
    • Categories of third parties with whom we shared the Personal Information;
    • Specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you; and
    • If we sold or disclosed your Personal Information, the categories of Personal Information we sold or disclosed about you.
  3. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data that we maintain about you.
  4. You may have the right to obtain a readily usable digital copy of your personal data from us.
  5. You have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for purposes of (1) targeted advertising, (2) the sale of personal data or (3) profiling in furtherance of a decision that produces a legal or similarly significant effect on you.

Should you choose to contact us to exercise the foregoing rights, in order to verify your identity, we will generally require the matching of sufficient information you provide us to the information we maintain about you in our systems, including your name and information about recent purchases that you have made or other actions by you. Although we try to limit the personal information collected in connection with a request to exercise the right to know and the right to deletion, certain requests may require us to obtain additional personal information from you. In certain circumstances, we may decline a request to exercise the right to know and right to deletion, particularly where we are unable to verify your identity.

Residents of states with consumer privacy laws can exercise their rights by contacting us at (915) 532-3737, via email at privacy@westerntech.edu

If you have an authorized agent, that person also may submit requests relating to your consumer privacy rights via that email address or form. We will need to obtain verification of the agent’s identity and their authority to act on your behalf.

To the extent you wish to appeal a decision issued by us regarding your rights under relevant consumer privacy laws you may do so by at (915) 532-3737, via email at privacy@westerntech.edu

You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising any of the rights described above. Your rights under applicable consumer privacy laws may not be waived or limited by contract or otherwise.

Contact Information
For questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your Personal Information, please contact:
Western Technical College
9624 Plaza Circle / El Paso TX/ 79927
(915) 532-3737
privacy@westerntech.edu

Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any updates will be posted on this page with the revised effective date. Continued use of our Website after changes are made constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.