FIU Online Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to FIU Online so we’ve developed a privacy policy that covers how we collect, use, share, store and protect your personal information. Information If you visit our website to browse, read, or download information, your web browser automatically sends us information such as the: To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size FIU Online collects both session and persistent cookies from first and third parties to enhance the customer experience, particularly to: You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, visit this website . You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work. FIU Online uses automated data collection for aggregate data reporting. We may also connect information collected automatically with information we already have about you in order to identify you as an FIU Online visitor. If we are able to identify you as an FIU Online guest, we may, for example, link your activity on our website to your activity with a telephone call you made to FIU Online. This allows us to provide you with a personalized experience. The site uses Inspectlet, a third-party web analytics tool, in order to analyze how users use the site. You can view Inspectlet’s Privacy Policy on their website. In addition, this website features the use of Google Analytics and specific coding that tracks visitor data; you can also view Google’s Privacy Policy. And, FIU Online adheres to the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) self-regulatory principles for OBA. Information Provided to Us Any and all information collected may be saved indefinitely. Examples of how we use the information we collect include: Postal Mail Telephone Email Text Messages General Admissions The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"), as well as Florida Statute ( 1002.225, F.S. ) and the University’s FERPA Regulation ( Phishing Payment Children’s Personal Information FIU Online may share the information we collect with companies that provide support services to us (such as printers, mail houses, email providers, mobile marketing services, analytics providers, contracted advertisers, web-hosting providers, call center/chat providers, enrollment or recruitment vendors) or that help us market our products and services. These companies may need information about you in order to perform their functions on our behalf. Information will not be disclosed to other third parties or other government In order to keep your personal information accurate and complete, please contact our FIU Online Contact Center at 305-348-3125 or onlineprograms@fiu.edu with your current contact information. For more information about Inspectlet, including instructions on how to opt out of Inspectlet’s service, please see https://www.inspectlet.com/optout. If you would like to be completely removed from the FIU Online database of website leads, please contact us at 305-348-3125 or email onlineprograms@fiu.edu to request removal of any collected information. FIU Online This privacy policy applies to all current and former website visitors’ personal information and also applies to all visitors of FIU Online websites. Our website may offer links to other sites. If you visit one of these sites, you may want to review the privacy policy on that site. In addition, you may have visited our website through a link or a banner advertisement on another site. In such cases, the site you linked from may collect information from people who click on the banner or link. You may want to refer to the privacy policies on those sites to see how they collect and use this information.
FIU Online is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. By interacting with FIU Online, you consent to the use of information that is collected or submitted as described in this privacy policy. The FIU Online Privacy Policy is not intended to supersede or modify the terms of Florida International University’s official, enterprise-wide Privacy Policy. If there is a conflict between the FIU Online Privacy Policy and FIU’s official, enterprise-wide Privacy Policy, the FIU official, enterprise-wide Privacy Policy shall govern. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with our privacy practices and contact us if you have any questions.What information is collected?
We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our
How is your information used?
What Choices do you have?
If you do not wish to any type of direct mail, please call FIU Online at 305-348-3125 or email onlineprograms@fiu.edu to opt out.
If you do not wish to receive promotional telephone calls, please call FIU Online at 305-348-3125 or email onlineprograms@fiu.edu to opt out.
If you do not wish to receive promotional emails from us, please call FIU Online at 305-348-3125 or email onlineprograms@fiu.edu to opt out. You may also have the ability to unsubscribe from certain promotional emails via the unsubscribe link included in each promotional email.
We will send text messages if you have consented to receive them or have accepted our privacy policy. Message and data rates may apply. If you do not wish to text messages from us, please call FIU Online at 305-348-3125 or email onlineprograms@fiu.edu to opt out.How is your personal information protected?
We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information and we use
Your information will not be used in the admissions process. In the event that data that we collect FERPA
"Phishing" is a scam designed to steal your personal information. If you receive an email that looks like it is from us asking you for your personal information, do not respond. We will never request your password, username, credit card information or other personal information through email.
When you submit payment information (e.g., credit card number and billing address), FIU uses CyberSource and CampusCE, third-party providers of commerce processing service to receive the payments. To view CyberSource’s privacy policy, visit their website. To view CampusCE’s privacy policy, visit their website.
Our website is not intended for or targeted at children under 13, and we do not knowingly or intentionally collect information about children under 13. If you believe that we have collected information about a child under 13, please contact us immediately so that we may delete the information.How is your information shared?
How to update your personal information?
How do I opt out of the
How do I contact FIU Online?
11200 SW 8th Street
MANGO 540
Miami, FL 33199
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