Online Privacy Statement
Text Messaging & Email Communication
In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users.
Access or Update Your Information
If you have registered for an account with us, you may review and update certain personal information in your account profile by logging into the account.
Text Message Communications
We use text messaging to communicate with you about your service. Normal messaging rates apply, and the frequency of messages may vary. Mobile Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
Opt-out of Text Message Communications
You may opt-out of text messaging at any time by replying to any text message with STOP. This will end the communications from that particular phone number. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing text messages from other phone numbers managed by Winona State, and you may opt out of those in a similar fashion.
Opt-out of Marketing Communications
You may opt-out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email, or by contacting us at admissions@winona.edu. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.
Choosing Not to Share Your Personal Information
Where we are required by law to collect your personal information, or where we need your personal information in order to provide the Service to you, if you do not provide this information when requested (or you later ask to delete it), we may not be able to provide you with our services.
We will tell you what information you must provide to receive the Service by designating it as required at the time of collection or through other appropriate means.
How You Can Delete the Data We Collect from You
Based on the laws of some countries, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. Data cannot be deleted if you have applied, been admitted, or enrolled at Winona State.
To request to delete your personal information, please submit a request to admissions@winona.edu. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
How to Contact Us
If you would like to exercise your rights under this Policy, please submit your request to dataprivacy@winona.edu.
Please direct any questions or comments about this Policy or privacy practices to dataprivacy@winona.edu.
You may also write to us via postal mail at:
Winona State University
c/o Legal Affairs
202 Somsen Hall
175 Mark Street
Winona, MN 55987
Website
Winona State University is committed to respecting the privacy of all website visitors to the extent permitted by law.
This disclaimer is intended to inform you of the ways in which this web site may collect information, the uses to which that information will be put, and the ways in which we will protect any information you choose to provide us.
There are four types of information that this site may collect during your visit: network traffic logs, web visit logs, cookies, and information voluntarily provided by you.
Network Traffic Logs
In the course of ensuring network security and consistent service for all users, the University employs software programs to do such things as monitor network traffic, identify unauthorized access or access to nonpublic information, detect computer viruses and other software that might damage University computers or the network, and monitor and tune the performance of the University network.
In the course of such monitoring, these programs may detect such information as e-mail headers, addresses from network packets, and other information.
Information from these activities is used only for the purpose of maintaining the security and performance of the University's networks and computer systems
Personally identifiable information from these activities is not released to external parties without your consent unless required by law.
Web Visit Logs
University web sites routinely collect and store information from online visitors to help manage those sites and improve service.
This information includes the pages visited on the site, the date and time of the visit, the internet address (URL or IP address) of the referring site, the domain name and IP address from which the access occurred, the version of browser used, the capabilities of the browser, and search terms used on our search engines.
This site makes no attempt to identify individual visitors from this information: any personally identifiable information is not released to external parties without your consent unless required by law.
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information stored by your web browser on behalf of a web site and returned to the web site on request. This site may use cookies for two purposes: to carry data about your current session at the site from one web page to the next, and to identify you to the site between visits.
If you prefer not to receive cookies, you may turn them off in your browser, or may set your browser to ask you before accepting a new cookie.
Some pages may not function properly if the cookies are turned off. Unless otherwise notified on this site, we will not store data, other than for these two purposes, in cookies. Cookies remain on your computer, and accordingly we neither store cookies on our computers nor forward them to any external parties.
Unless otherwise notified on this site, we do not use cookies to track your movement among different web sites and do not exchange cookies with other entities.
Information Voluntarily Provided by You
In the course of using this web site, you may choose to provide us with information to help us serve your needs. For example, you may send us electronic mail (through a mailer or a web form) to request information, you may sign up for a mailing list, or you may send us your address so we may send you an application or other material.
Any personally identifiable information you send us will be used only for the purpose indicated. Requests for information will be directed to the appropriate staff to respond to the request, and may be recorded to help us update our site to better respond to similar requests.
We will not sell, exchange or otherwise distribute your personally identifiable information without your consent, except to the extent required by law. We do not retain the information longer than necessary for normal operations.
Each web page requesting information discloses the purpose of that information. If you do not wish to have the information used in that manner, you are not required to provide it.
Please contact the person listed on the specific page, or listed below, with questions or concerns on the use of personally identifiable information.
University websites provide links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. We do not control these sites and resources, do not endorse them, and are not responsible for their availability, content, or delivery of services.
In particular, external sites are not bound by the University's online privacy policy; they may have their own policies or none at all. Often you can tell you are leaving a University web site by noting the URL of the destination site.
If you have questions about general Winona State University security measures or this site, its collection of information, and its online privacy statement contact webmaster@winona.edu.
