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Purpose<\/span><\/h2>\n

This Privacy and Protection of Personally Identifiable Information Policy describes our practices regarding the most common ways we collect and use personal information and assign accountability protection for Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”).<\/span><\/p>\n

Policy Statement<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Community Aquatic and Recreation Complex (CARC) at Garrett College operates in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the College.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Garrett College (“Garrett”) is committed to respecting the privacy of information and data that may be used to identify you (your “personal information”). Garrett has adopted this policy to govern the collection, use, and retention of PII.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, this policy offers guidance to employees on the protection of PII and the use of technology, as these are two of the College\u2019s most important assets. It is everyone\u2019s responsibility at Garrett to preserve and protect our data, especially PII, henceforth, compliance with this policy is of utmost importance to the college and is mandatory.<\/span><\/p>\n

This policy applies to all PII collected, maintained, transmitted, stored, or otherwise used by Garrett in the conduct of its operations, regardless of the medium in which the information is stored. The audience for this policy includes all employees, contractors, and volunteers, and any third parties who have access to non-public Garrett PII or other Garrett technology resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additional college policies that cover the privacy and protection of PII include: Privacy of Student Records Policy, Employee Records policy, and the Public Information Policy. Each of these policies are available on the Policies and Procedures page of the Garrett College website, at\u00a0https:\/\/www.garrettcollege.edu\/policy\u00a0<\/a>. If there is any conflict between this policy and any other Garrett policy, the policy that is more restrictive or privacy protective shall take precedence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Definitions<\/span><\/h2>\n

“FERPA” \u2013 the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA refers to a federal law (20 U.S.C. \u00a7 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools receiving funds under any applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA applies to all education records, credit and non-credit, of any student who is 18 years of age or older or who attends a post-secondary institution at any age.)<\/span><\/p>\n

“GDPR” \u2013 stands for General Data Protection Regulation and is a European Union law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

“PII” stands for Personally Identifiable Information and is any sensitive, non-public information that can be used to identify a specific individual, including but not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. An individual\u2019s name (first name or first initial and last name), phone number, or address, in conjunction with any of the following data elements:<\/span>\n