Privacy
Thank you for visiting the Valencia College Foundation web site. Our mission is to support learning at Valencia College through scholarships, endowed faculty chairs, program enhancement funds and development of capital dollars.
Protecting your privacy is important to us. We provide this statement of our privacy policy to help you understand how Valencia College Foundation collects, uses and safeguards the personal information you provide on our web site.
Our postal address is:
Valencia College Foundation
1800 S. Kirkman Rd.
Mail Code DO-41
Orlando, FL 32811
We can be reached via e-mail: foundation@valenciacollege.edu or you can reach us by telephone at 407-582-3150.
On Privacy Practices
The foundation's public web site is at www.valencia.org, which is hosted by Valencia College. Personal data from those who have signed up to be on the foundation's mailing list is stored in a secured database.
On Information Collection
When you browse any of the foundation's web pages, you do so anonymously. We do not
collect personal information, including your e-mail address, unless you intentionally
share it with us via our secure, encrypted transmission. We do log your IP address
(the Internet address of your computer) to give us an idea of which parts of our Web
sites you visit and how long you spend there. But we do not link your IP address to
anything personally identifiable. The only other information automatically provided
to us is the type of computer and operating system you are using. Your browser supplies
us with this information.
In aggregate, these data are used to inform the foundation on which parts of the sites
are being used most frequently, and about which reports, studies, press releases,
success stories and other information are of most interest to our readers.
Those signing up to be on the foundation's mailing list or registering to subscribe to Valencia College Foundation E-News voluntarily give us their name, e-mail address, home or business postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and other information. They also voluntarily check boxes on a form to indicate interest in one or more of the foundation's program areas. This information is kept strictly confidential in a secured and encrypted environment.
If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on the college, the foundation, philanthropy and community partners. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by e-mailing foundation@valenciacollege.edu.
The information we collect is used to improve the content of our web site and to learn what is most important to our visitors. The information is not shared with other organizations for commercial or philanthropic purposes. The foundation may elect to send you information about Valencia College or our partner organizations, but we will never share any of your personal information with either the college or a partner.
On Cookies
We use cookies to store visitors' preferences, record user-specific information on
what pages users access or visit, alert visitors to new areas that we think might
be of interest to them when they return to our site, and record past activity at a
site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site. If you do
not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending us
e-mail to foundation@valenciacollege.edu.
On Security
We always use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving
consumer data exchanged with our site. We have appropriate security measures in place
in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information
that we have collected from you at our site.
On Information Use
Before submitting any personal information, please know that the information you submit
will only be used by the foundation to keep you apprised of college, foundation and
philanthropic news, upcoming events and other foundation-related activities. We will
not sell or share your information with any third party.
The foundation does not contract with any advertising or marketing agencies to gather individual or group profile information on our visitors based on their personal profile. The foundation does not host or target advertising to visitors.
Questions?
If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may
contact us at the above addresses or phone number.
The foundation is actively involved in current initiatives to safeguard the privacy of personal health information on the Internet. Questions regarding this statement should be directed to Valencia College Foundation, foundation@valenciacollege.edu.
Planned Giving
Planned giving is for people of all ages and economic statuses, and it doesn't have to be difficult. Join us by making a lasting legacy to change lives, transform the face of our community and help shape the future for Valencia College students.
Scholarships
The Valencia College Foundation offers a number of privately funded scholarships that are donated by organizations and individuals interested in supporting students.
