Privacy Policy

Ferrum College is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our website. This policy is your guide to how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our website.

Information We Collect

You provide information to Ferrum College when you fill out online forms on our websites or use a login-required service. Depending on the type of the service, we use your information in different ways as outlined below.

• INQUIRY AND APPLICATION FORMS
  • Your contact information is used to contact you by phone and/or email in order to provide you with relevant information about the college. If you do not wish to provide your contact information online, you may contact Office of Admissions and request that information be sent through the mail.
• PURCHASING MERCHANDISE OR DONATING TO THE COLLEGE
  • Your contact information is used to send merchandise to you, and to contact you if necessary.
  • Your financial information is used for billing.
  • If you do not wish to provide your contact or financial information online, you may contact:
    Office of Institutional Advancement
    Ferrum College Campus Store
• LOGIN SITES AND SERVICES
  • Various websites and web services of Ferrum College require users to log in to gain access to information and tools reserved for students, faculty, and staff.
  • Creation of a login account requires you to provide your student or faculty/staff email, along with the account password you created for your email account.

Our college websites have security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control.

Your Privacy

Ferrum College does not sell, rent, or share your personal information with any outside organizations. Ferrum College will abide by all applicable laws governing the release of personal information.

Collective information about site users—but never individuals’ information—is used in marketing, advertising and other relationships with third parties.

HOW WE USE THIS INFORMATION
Ferrum College uses information collected automatically to better understand the needs of website visitors so that we may improve our websites and services.

Cookies and User Data

We collect limited, non-personal identifying information your browser makes available when visiting websites. This information—which helps us assess the effectiveness of our websites—includes:

• Your Internet Protocol address (I.P. address)
• The Browser type (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.)
• Your computer’s operating system (Windows, Macintosh, etc.)
• Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) (I.E.: AOL, Earthlink, etc.)
• URLs of the websites you come to our websites from
• The pages on our website that you visit
• Your country, territory, or region
• In some instances, our websites use cookies that uniquely identify your browser so that we may provide content most relevant to your needs.

Data collected using the following services:

• ANALYTICS
  Ferrum College utilizes Google Analytics
• CONTACTING THE USER
  Constant Contact

Opt-Out or Change Your Contact Information

Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us. You may also update your information previously provided to us through another online form.

HOW TO UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION

• Prospective Students: Contact Office of Admissions
• Current Students: Contact Office of the Registrar
• Alumni: Contact Office of Alumni & Family Programs or Update your information
• Current Employees: Contact Human Resources or (540) 365-4596.