1. Introduction
Saint Mary's Christian University explains here how it collects, uses, discloses and safeguards information about visitors to its website and users of its learning platform.
2. Information we collect
Information you provide to us directly:
- Personal identification: name, email address, telephone number and postal address
- Academic records and transcripts submitted in support of an application
- Payment information, processed by third-party providers and not stored by us
- The content of communications you send to us
Information collected automatically:
- Browser type and version
- IP address and approximate location
- Pages visited and time spent on them
- Device information
3. How we use it
- To process applications and enrolments
- To deliver teaching, assessment and academic support
- To communicate with you about your account and your studies
- To improve the platform and the teaching delivered through it
- To comply with legal obligations
- To send relevant updates, where you have consented to receive them
4. Security
We apply technical and organizational measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the information held, including encryption in transit and at rest, access controls and secure hosting.
5. Third parties
We use third-party providers for payment processing, email delivery, platform hosting and analytics. Each operates under its own privacy policy and under data protection agreements with the University.
6. Your rights
- To access the personal data we hold about you
- To have inaccurate information corrected
- To request deletion of your data
- To object to processing
- To data portability
- To withdraw consent previously given
7. Contact
Questions about this policy, or requests under the rights above, should be sent to the University at the addresses on our contact page.