Privacy Policy

Bryant & Stratton College Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 17, 2025

This Privacy Policy (“policy”) of Bryant & Stratton College, Inc. (“College”, “we”, “our”) applies to information collected from this website (‘the site”); it has been drafted to comply with applicable laws and regulations. This policy explains how we collect, store and use information collected from this website and it will be periodically assessed for needed revisions. The College reserves the right to revise this policy at any time without notice. Any updated version of this policy will continue to be publicly available on the College’s website. By continuing to use our website, you consent to the collection and use of information in the manner described in this policy or otherwise subject to agreement with the College. Please note that privacy notices advising students and potential students as to the specific uses that are being made of their Personally Identifiable Information by the College may also be modified from time to time to reflect changes in business practices. In this event, those changes will appear in the relevant privacy notices.

Information Collected on This Website

Cookies

The College may use information collected through cookies to analyze trends, administer the site, or for research and marketing purposes. These cookies do not collect information that directly identifies you as an individual unless you voluntarily provide such information through other interactions on our website. Visitors can set their browsers to block and/or notify themselves of a cookie’s presence.
Our website implements cookies—small text files placed on your device—to help us understand and track how users interact with our platform. Some of these cookies will persist on your device after leaving the site (known as ‘persistent cookies’), while others are deleted upon closing your browser or after a set expiration (called ‘session cookies’).

We employ the following types of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies/Session Cookies: These cookies are crucial for the operation of our website. They enable essential features such as user authentication and access to secure areas. Disabling these would result in a loss of core website functionality.
Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us monitor user behavior on the site and refine the user experience accordingly. For example, they ensure that users can easily locate the content they seek.
Functionality Cookies: Designed to enhance the performance and features of our website and services.
Marketing & Advertising Cookies: These cookies are placed by us and/or our third-party partners to deliver content and ads that are more relevant to your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies track your visits to our website and may be combined with other information obtained from third parties to build a profile of your interests and show you targeted advertising on other websites and applications.

Personally Identifiable Information

Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) is collected by the College only when you provide it. If you disclose PII on website message boards, social media sites, or the like, that information may be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited communications from third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of the College.

How Information is Collected:

Voluntary Collection. When information is provided by you through the use of forms, applications, and other online communication tools through our Sites.

Automatic Collection. To enhance the functionality of our Services, analyze user behavior, improve overall user experience, and for targeted marketing conducted by third parties on our behalf, we employ various technologies that automatically collect data during your interaction with our Services.

Tracking by Third Parties

Cookies may be set by third parties like Google, Crazy Egg, Facebook, or VWO. This information may be used to provide interest-based advertising or other content to you outside of our sites.

Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC that helps us collect, track, and analyze visitor behavior on our site. This data may include your IP address and other usage information, which is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers that may be located in various countries, including, but not limited to the United States. Google complies with applicable data protection laws, including the GDPR and CCPA. The lifespan of Google Analytics cookies varies; some expire at the end of your browsing session, while others may persist for up to fourteen (14) months, depending on the settings configured by the website owner.

If you prefer to prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your browser.

We do not control third-party tracking or how they may be used. For further details about third parties and their privacy practices, refer to these resources.

Digital Marketing and Advertising

While the College does not share PII with third parties for advertising purposes, some third-party services collect other information through technologies like JavaScript tags, and pixels used on our website.
Where legally required, we will only send marketing materials to you if you have consented. In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, you can choose to opt out of such communications by following the instructions included in promotional emails we send. To learn more about CAN-SPAM, click here.

If you request us to delete your data or remove you from our marketing lists, and we are legally obligated to fulfill your request, we will retain basic information to ensure your preferences are honored in the future.

To manage the types of online advertisements you receive, visit industry-standard opt-out sites like:

Information Uses. While the College does not sell, rent or lease Personally Identifiable Information to others; it may collect and use such information for the following purposes:

to analyze how the website is being accessed and used;
to improve site performance and delivery;
to respond to user-initiated inquiries;
to determine admissibility and in registration for selected programs;
to provide requested products and services;
for our internal marketing purposes, which includes, but is not limited to, sending material about products, services, updates, etc. that we think may be of interest;
for fostering communication and collaboration among members of the College community through social networks;
to maintain records in accordance with legal requirements or best practices;
and/or as may be required or permitted by legal, regulatory, industry self-regulatory, insurance, audit, or security requirements applicable to the College;
for displaying ads or other content related to your visit to this site, which includes:
- third party vendors show targeted ads on sites on the internet.
- third party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website.

Rights & Choices: If you do not wish to receive marketing communications from us, you may express your choice where indicated on the applicable email or other communication. Subject to legal requirements and limitations, academic and/or business needs, contractual requirements and/or, technical restrictions and reasonable notice, you may contact the College to make certain inquiries or requests:

Access your personal information;
Correct any inaccuracies in your personal information;
Withdraw your consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of your information;
Restrict/limit the processing of your personal information;
Opt out of receiving marketing communications; and/or
Request the deletion of your personal information.

Such requests, and the College’s response, are subject to applicable laws, regulations, contractual, academic and/or business needs. Similarly, such requests, and the College’s response, may be limited to the extent they could compromise the security, integrity and privacy of either the College’s own proprietary databases or databases licensed from third-party companies.

Data Privacy Requests and Contact Information

To make any of the above requests you must submit your request in writing through one of the following two methods:

[email protected]; or
200 Redtail Road
Orchard Park, New York 14127

Onward Transfer. Any PII provided to the College is used internally for business needs including, but not limited to providing requested services and establishing and maintaining student records. Sharing PII with an entity working on behalf of Bryant & Stratton College or transferring such information in conjunction with the sale or similar transfer of a business unit is considered an Onward Transfer and will be handled pursuant to the College’s internal policies and procedures, and applicable laws.

Retention of Information Collected Through This Site. We will retain your information no longer than necessary as required by legal obligations, College policy or business needs.

Security: Appropriate safeguards are in place to help ensure the security, integrity, and confidentiality of the PII of our students and prospective students. The College conducts regular testing, assessment, and evaluation of its security protocols to maintain their effectiveness. We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your information. These include:

Encryption of data;
Access controls; and
Regular audits and reviews.

Links to Other Sites. Our website may contain links to other websites that have their own privacy policies and practices. While the College employs commercially appropriate procedures to help ensure that your information is only used for authorized purposes as described above, the College cannot make any guarantees with respect to the actions or policies of such third parties.