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Berea College

Disclosure and dissemination of constituent information

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The Division of Alumni, Communications and Philanthropy (ACP) is custodian of certain information about Berea College alumni and friends. Information is collected and maintained to support Berea’s mission by increasing alumni and friend affinity and fostering connectedness to and support of Berea College. ACP seeks to protect the privacy of alumni and friends and endeavors to safeguard the information in its custody. To that end, constituent information is utilized by ACP only as outlined in this policy.

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Berea College holds certain personally identifiable information related to its alumni and others, including friends, donors and prospective donors, volunteers, and family members. If you are an alumnus/a or one of Berea’s many friends, Berea may collect and use the following types of personal information it holds about you:

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Berea College collects data about alumni, friends, and others from various sources, including directly from individuals, and retains certain information from the student records of Berea alumni, including student activities. It also collects information from publicly available sources, such as social media, and from third parties, such as companies that conduct wealth screenings, research contact and/or employment information, or other sources that might know you and your philanthropic interests. Berea retains summaries of significant contacts and copies of communications you have with Berea College staff, and volunteers, including visits on and off campus, telephone conversations, mail, e-mail and text correspondence.

Berea College retains personal information about students and alumni indefinitely for the purpose of alumni relationships, academic record-keeping, and archiving purposes. 

How Berea College uses your personal information

Your personal information may be used for various purposes, including the following:

When might Berea College disclose your information?

Berea College may share your personal information with the following:

How do I restrict how Berea College uses my information?

Berea College’s division of Alumni, Communications and Philanthropy sends marketing communications, such as newsletters, event invitations, and fundraising information to alumni, friends, and other members of the Berea community. If you would like to request that Berea College limit or stop some or all of these communications, please contact ACP at acp@3327e.com. If you request to be removed from ACP mailing lists completely, ACP will retain your contact information to ensure that ACP does not continue to contact you. If applicable, ACP will also continue to process your personal information for other purposes consistent with this Privacy Notice.

With respect to your personal information processed and used by Berea College, you may:

Berea College’s ability or obligation to comply with your requests may be limited by applicable law. To exercise any of these rights, please contact ACP at acp@3327e.com, by phone at 800-457-9846, or by mail at Alumni, Communications and Philanthropy, CPO 2216, Berea College, Berea, KY 40404. You may also opt out or edit your digital communication preferences by accessing this page: http://engage.3327e.com/page/64521/subscriptions/1

How can I request contact information for my classmates?

The Berea College website is an information system intended to present an integrated view of the College to prospective students, alumni, members of the Berea College community, and others with an interest in Berea College. If you visit this site to view, download, or submit information, Berea or its third-party vendors may automatically collect the following types of personal information:

Some of this information may be collected through the use of cookies, which are text files that are placed on your hard disk by a web server, or similar technologies, such as web beacons. Some of these cookies are managed by third parties that Berea does not control, such as Google Analytics. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by changing your browser settings. If you choose to decline cookies, some features of the website may not work properly.

If you use Berea’s website to complete forms, use applications, or submit information (such as through alumni and supplier registration pages), Berea will collect the information that you provide, as well as related information such as your login ID.

The data collected with cookies and similar technologies are used in the aggregate for purposes of analyzing site traffic, managing the site, advertisement targeting, and providing accountability regarding the usefulness of Berea’s work.

If you provide information (such as through alumni and supplier registration pages), Berea will use that information for the purposes described on the form or registration pages.

Berea may also use your personal information for the following purposes:

Personal information collected automatically on Berea’s website is not disclosed to third parties unless the third party is an authorized provider of services to the College. Information collected through website forms is used as specified on the form or as otherwise described in this notice.

Berea’s web site contains links to many sites that are beyond its control. Berea College is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these other sites. Users of these services are subject to the privacy policies established by the third-party provider.

Berea College staff may use the information gathered from this site to tailor content to user needs and to generate aggregate statistical reports. At no time do we disclose site usage by individual IP addresses. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that user sessions will be tracked, but the users remain anonymous. Web server logs are retained on a temporary basis and then deleted completely from our systems.

The Berea College Web site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Where can I address questions regarding website privacy or ask for support?

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact: <a href="mailto:webteam@3327e.com">webteam@3327e.com</a>.

The Berea College Web site contains links to other independently run Web sites within the Berea College network and to some sites outside the “3327e.com” domain. The College is not responsible for the privacy practices of such Web sites.

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Berea College sign on campus in the spring

The following discloses information gathering and dissemination practices for the Berea College Web site (http://8ist.3327e.com/) and the Alumni, Communications and Philanthropy (ACP) division