Website Privacy Notice

Adopted 2026 · Last revised 2026 · Next review 2027 · Responsible office: Office of Marketing and Communications

This notice describes the information collected through the College’s public website. It does not govern student education records, which are maintained under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Policy 3.20, Student Records, and it does not govern DroverNet beyond the session cookie described below.

Information collected automatically

The website uses Vercel Web Analytics and Vercel Speed Insights, provided by the College’s hosting provider. Web Analytics records page views in aggregate: the page visited, the referring page, the browser, operating system, and device type, and the country of the visitor. Speed Insights records page-load performance measurements. Neither service sets cookies or stores an identifier on the visitor’s device, and neither is used to identify an individual visitor. The College uses the reports to determine which pages are used and which load slowly.

The College’s hosting provider retains server logs, which include the network address of the request, for security and operation of the site.

Cookies

The public website does not set cookies. DroverNet, the student and employee portal, sets a session cookie at sign-in. The cookie expires at sign-out or after 24 hours.

The contact form

The contact form at Contact the College collects the office selected, name, email address, subject, and message, and, if the sender provides them, a telephone number and student number. The submission is stored in the College’s web records system and delivered by email to the office selected, which replies to the address given. The network address of the sender is stored only in a one-way encoded form, used to limit repeated submissions. A verification service provided by Cloudflare, Inc. is loaded on the contact page to confirm that the form is submitted by a person.

The contact form is not a secure channel. Do not send a Social Security number, a financial account number, or medical information through the form. Matters concerning an individual student’s record are handled by the responsible office after the student’s identity is confirmed.

Public records

The College is a public office under Ohio law. Messages and form submissions sent to the College are public records and may be released on request under Ohio Revised Code 149.43, except for information that the law exempts from release, including education records protected by FERPA. Submissions are retained under the College’s records retention schedule as routine correspondence. See Public Records and Records Retention.

Student records (FERPA)

Student education records are maintained and released under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Policy 3.20, Student Records, administered by the Registrar, Room A-112, ext. 2250. Directory information, the opt-out procedure, and the annual notice are published by the Office of the Registrar.

Links to other sites

The website links to sites the College does not operate, including federal and state agencies and partner organizations. The College is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those sites.

Questions

Questions about this notice are directed to the Office of Marketing and Communications, Room A-206, ext. 2280, marketing@bellweather.tech.