Privacy Policy and Accessibility Statement
The Program Pathways Mapper (PPM) operated by the Foundation for California Community Colleges (PPM and FoundationCCC may be used interchangeably throughout) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy and Accessibility Statement (“Privacy Policy”) applies to both the PPM and PPM applications and governs the data collection and usage. By using this website and the PPM application, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
PPM may collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by PPM. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by PPM for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the PPM application.
PPM encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from PPM so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. PPM is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the PPM and PPM family of websites.
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Category |
Examples |
Is this data collected? |
|---|---|---|
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A. Identifiers |
Names, unique personal identifier, online identifier, email address, account name, government or state identification numbers, or other similar identifiers. |
No |
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B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). |
Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories. |
No |
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C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. |
Age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). |
No |
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D. Commercial information. |
Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. |
No |
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E. Biometric information. |
Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as: fingerprints, retina scans, DNA, and sleep, health, or exercise data. |
No |
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F. Internet or other similar network activity. |
Browsing history, search history, and information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. |
Yes |
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G. Geolocation data. |
Physical location or movements. |
No |
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H. Sensory data. |
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. |
No |
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I. Professional or employment-related information. |
Current or past job history or performance evaluations. |
No |
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J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)). |
Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records. |
No |
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K. Inferences drawn from other personal information. |
Preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. |
No |
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L. Vaccination Status |
Vaccination cards, records, or other documentation demonstrating a person’s vaccination status. |
No |
Use of your Personal Information
PPM collects and uses your personal information to operate the PPM application and deliver the services you have requested. PPM may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
PPM does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. PPM may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, PPM may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to PPM, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
PPM does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. PPM keeps track of the application pages the users visit within PPM, in order to determine what PPM services are the most popular.
PPM application will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on PPM or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of PPM; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of PPM, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The PPM application uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the PPM services or websites you visit.
Do Not Track Signal
PPM does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third party sites may keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you. If you are visiting such sites, some browsers allow you to set the Do Not Track signal on your browser so that third parties (particularly advertisers) know you do not want to be tracked.
Security of your Personal Information
PPM secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. PPM secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. If personal information is transmitted to other websites (which does not occur in PPM’s current state), it would be protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Compliance with Privacy Laws
Any personally identifiable information that may be received by PPM will be used for legitimate purposes in performing PPM service.
PPM may disclose your personal information in cases where we believe that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to meet the requirements of an applicable and enforceable law, regulation, or government request, to comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena, in connection with a health or safety emergency, to address fraud, security, or technical issues, or to enforce the applicable Terms of Use.
In compliance with both federal and state guidelines, personal information that may be acquired by the PPM website will not be used to engage in targeted advertising on any site, service, or application when the targeting of the advertising is based upon any of the acquired personal information.
User Obligations
By using the PPM Platform, you signify your consent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use PPM. Your continued use of PPM following posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will mean that you accept the revised Privacy Policy.
If you accept this Privacy Policy, which is indicated by your continued use, you must always comply with the terms of the then-current Privacy Policy and any other terms of use posted.
Changes to this Policy and Statement
PPM will occasionally update this Privacy Policy and Accessibility Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. PPM encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how PPM is protecting your information.
Accessibility Statement
Given the importance of the internet, accessibility to the web is of critical importance to people with disabilities around the world, including people with auditory, cognitive, physical, neurological, and visual disabilities. It is likewise important to those with accessibility needs due to aging.
Providing accessible web content can also benefit people who do not have disabilities but who are experiencing situational barriers. For example, when accessing the internet from devices with small screens or in low bandwidth situations, or when experiencing barriers due to language or literacy levels, accessibility solutions can also support improved access.
The FoundationCCC is committed to ensuring equal access for people with disabilities. Students, funders, customers, and other users of our websites should not be excluded but rather welcomed into the FoundationCCC family.
FoundationCCC will endeavor to maximize the access of people with disabilities to this website. FoundationCCC takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of our websites:
- Integrate accessibility into our daily practices.
- Partner with accessibility specialists who provide ongoing accessibility reviews and recommended accessibility fixes.
- Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
Web content produced by FoundationCCC is intended to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, Level AA conformance.
Contact Information
PPM welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy and Accessibility Statement. If you believe that PPM has not adhered to this Privacy Policy or Accessibility Statement, please contact PPM via PPM-support@foundationccc.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
