Hayward University respects and honors the privacy of all of its students, applicants and personnel and protects the confidentiality of its students' educational records. Except as provided by law, as set out in the terms of its Privacy Policy, or as provided in other University policies, the University will not publish or reveal the academic records or confidential information of a student, applicant or member of its personnel team to a third party.
Non-personally identifiable information
As users access the website, hayward university collects non-personally identifiable information such as IP address, browser type, and site usage. This information is not linked to any personal information and remains anonymous. To collect this information, the university uses session “cookies” -- that is, small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive. The session cookies used by the university do not give us access to your computer and do not provide us with personally identifiable information. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. You may modify your browser settings to disallow cookies, but this may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website.
Certain areas of our website collect voluntary information that is personally identifiable, such as name, zip code, and e-mail address. This is typically done through request and registration forms provided in order to learn of your interest in hayward university and provide you with information and services. Personally identifiable information may be collected as part of an online purchase, payment, or donation. In this case, hayward university uses one of the following PCI-compliant third-party services to process your transaction. Prior to using these services, we encourage you to read the privacy policies listed below.
Authorize.net with GivingFuel (payment processing for Media and Advancement)
PCAmerica (Mail Center data system)
Transfirst with SafeSave (payment processing for Child Development Center)
Shift4 (payment processing for hayward university bookstore)
Recruit (Customer Relationship Management database)
Handshake with Stripe (HR, Career Development services)
Activenet (payment processing for Academy of Music)
MerchantLink (payment processing for Bon Appetit - Caterer)
The university does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children (defined herein as minors younger than thirteen years of age) without obtaining parental consent. Implied parental consent includes, but is not limited to: use of parent login, use of parent-supplied credit card and inclusion of parent personal information on registration forms. Some Hayward departments provide services to children. As a part of the online registration process for such services, we may request information such as a child’s name, address, cell phone, email, gender, grade level, birth date, school attended, clothing size, church and ethnicity. This information is never sold or otherwise provided to third parties, although some information may be provided to other hayward university departments in order to provide the child with information about hayward university. Before registering online for a service, hayward university requests that all children have their parents read this Privacy Policy as well as any additional Privacy Policy associated with the service for which they are registering, and that parents continue their involvement throughout the registration process.
Use of Information We Collect
Use of non-personally identifiable information
We use non-personally identifiable information while you are browsing the site to improve your individual experience and provide you with more individualized responses. We also aggregate non-personally identifiable information from many users into statistical reports in order to better administer our website, diagnose server problems that may occur from time to time, and improve our website.
Use of personally identifiable information
By providing personally identifiable information, you imply consent to the collection and use of the information for the purposes for which it was provided. Your information is used to provide relevant materials, products and services you request, and to facilitate relationships with the University, such as the admissions process and fund raising programs. You may opt out of receiving information from University of hayward university by contacting the department from which the information came. Only those University of hayward university employees who need personally identifiable information to perform a specific job are given access to the information. Unless required by law, personally identifiable information is only shared with third parties as necessary to provide the materials, products, and services you request. When third parties are given access to personally identifiable information, they are, by contract, not permitted to use or re-disclose any of the information for unauthorized purposes. Personally identifiable information is never sold to third parties.
In order to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of information gathered on our site, all information is stored within a controlled database environment accessible only to authorized University staff. However, as effective as any security measures implemented by the University may be, no security system is impenetrable. University of hayward university cannot guarantee the security of its database environment, nor can it guarantee that the information you provide will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet.
University of hayward university does not control the actions of its site visitors nor the use site visitors may make of publicly disclosed information. Please be aware that disclosing personally identifiable information on the site’s bulletin boards, guest books, chat rooms or other such public forums may allow visitors to gather information and send unsolicited email. We encourage you to report any unsolicited/unwanted email or misuse of information to hayward university.
Our website may include links to other websites outside the domain, including co-branded or other affiliated sites that may or may not be owned or operated by University of hayward university. Such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. Users should become familiar with the privacy practices of those other sites.
