Privacy Policy

It is the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia that personal information about citizens will be collected only to the extent necessary to provide the service or benefit desired; that only appropriate information will be collected; that the citizen shall understand the reason the information is collected and be able to examine their personal record which is maintained by a public body.

The Southside Virginia Community College website:

1. Does not require you to provide any personal information to download files.
2. Requires you to provide personal information in order to provide services requested by you.
3. Personal information collected is safeguarded in compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and federal law as stated in the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
4. Information you provide is only used to provide requested services and for internal statistics. Your personal information will not be provided to any other organization outside the guidelines of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
5. Should you not desire to provide this personal information, we will be unable to provide you some of the services which we offer online.
6. Certain applications collect user information as cookies. Cookies are only used as necessary to run the applications and no additional information is gathered through them.
7. Links from this site may lead to a page that may or may not collect data, which does not have a relationship to the college. Refer to the privacy policy of any non-college pages accessed through links.
8. Access to personal information you provide is limited to those who require the information to provide the services you request and for educational purposes outlined under the guidelines of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
9. For statistical reporting, the webserver logs information about your IP address, browser, date and time of visit, and IP addresses accessed during your visit. This information is only used to assess demands and usage for planning purposes.
10. If you wish to review your personal information collected through this website, you may submit a written, signed request to the college’s webmaster.

Additional information available on the College website at https://southside.edu/content-disclaimer.