West Valley-Mission Community College District (West Valley-Mission) is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations relating to online privacy and the collection and protection of information that can be used to identify specific individuals ("Personal information").
Personal Information
Whenever West Valley-Mission collects Personal Data, we make an effort to provide a link to this Privacy Policy.
When an individual provides us with their Personal Data it is done so voluntarily with their consent. Furthermore, the individual understands that use of their Personal Data is in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our legitimate interest in operating a community college district.
West Valley-Mission does not require you to identify yourself while using any of our mobile applications governed by this Privacy Policy. West Valley-Mission mobile applications governed by this Privacy Policy do not collect your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”), but we may automatically collect and store general information about you and your use of our mobile applications; however, that information does not identify you personally unless you choose to provide your personal information.
Use of Collected Data
Information about your use of the www.wvm.edu site will be recorded in the Web server access log files. The log file record does not include any personally identifiable information; we collect this data for aggregate statistics and server performance monitoring.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
West Valley-Mission uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy and does not rent, sell, or share Personal Information with other people or non-affiliated companies without your express consent. West Valley College will share personally identifiable information about you when one or more of the following conditions apply:
- We have your consent to share the information.
- We respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process.
- We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf, such as processing credit card payments. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
How We Protect Personal Data
West Valley-Mission takes reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data provided via the Services from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. The security of your Personal Data information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as login credentials) we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
Contact West Valley-Mission
West Valley-Mission Community College District is a California Community College.
Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the Privacy Policy.
West Valley-Mission Community College District
Attn: Information Systems
14000 Fruitvale Ave
Saratoga, CA 95070
Email: dataprivacyFREEWVM
We will respond to any request within forty-five (45) business days.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post all changes to the Privacy Policy on this page and indicate at the bottom of the page the modified Privacy Policy's effective date. Your continued use of the Services after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.
Policy revised May 24, 2024.