Beloit College respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This policy demonstrates that commitment.

When you visit the college’s primary website (www.beloit.edu or http://beloit.edu ) we may collect and store technical information such as the pages that you visit and the time you spend on those pages, the browser you are using, the operating system of the device you are using, and the domain name of your Internet provider. We also employ cookies on our website. For information about how cookies are used, as well as settings to control cookie, please see https://cookiesandyou.com/. This information enables us to learn about how the website is being used, identify access problems, and continually improve the web experience for you. This information is never used to identify you.

The college lawfully collects and may process personal information that you submit to the college or that we obtain when you permit third-parties to share information with the college. The college collects this personal information for purposes relevant to college operations in pursuit of its academic mission. We may use that information to respond to a request from you, process student admissions and requests for financial aid, receive job applications, register student, employee and alumni registrations for activities and events, and provide other services to the students, employees and other people that are a component of fulfilling the mission of the college.

Personal Information We Process

We may process (i.e., collect and keep) the following types of personal information about you: (i) your name and your contact information, i.e., local and permanent address, email address and telephone number; (ii) your date of birth, gender and gender identity, and Social Security number or taxpayer identification number; (iii) your country of domicile and your nationality; (iv) information about your academic and your extracurricular interests and activities; and (v) certain other information you may be asked to provide in connection with any online forms available on our website or a website operated by a contracted trusted third-party. The legal basis for processing your personal information is that it is necessary in order for you to enter into a contract to provide the stated services to you.

Personal Information We Share

Beloit College will not sell or rent your personal information to any outside entity. However, we may share your data internally among college departments and offices or with trusted third-party entities who agree to keep your information confidential for the purpose of operating our website, conducting college business or providing you with services. The college will also release your personal information when we determine that the release is necessary to comply with the law or to protect the health, safety and property rights of the college or others.

We may work with data providers or other third-parties (“providers”) to serve advertising to you through display media, direct mail, or other methods. These providers may use personal information that we have collected or that you have provided to locate you online, such as when you visit or log in to websites or mobile applications. This information may be linked to online identifiers or IP addresses assigned to you, and to demographic or interest-based data, in order to target you with relevant advertising, including about our products or services. To learn more about or opt out of this and other interest-based advertising, please visit the industry opt-out pages operated by the Digital Advertising Alliance, at http://www.aboutads.info, and by the Network Advertising Initiative, at http://networkadvertising.org.

Security and Retention of Personal Information

Beloit College implements physical and electronic controls as well as adherence to administrative policies and procedures intended to safeguard information that the college collects and stores. Your personal information will be retained in accordance with our records retention policy.

Questions/Concerns/Complaints

If you have questions, concerns or complaints about how we are using your personal information, we may be able to resolve your complaints, and request that you contact the person serving as the college’s Data Protection Officer (contact information is below).

Chief Information Officer (serving as Data Protection Officer)
Beloit College
700 College St.
Beloit, WI 53511