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Privacy Policy

Our Commitment to Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested. Our privacy policy is designed to inform you of the types of information we collect, how we use that information, and the circumstances under which we will share it with non-affiliated third parties.

INFORMATION COLLECTION & USE

Simmons College of Kentucky is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways differently than we have disclosed in this statement. Simmons College of Kentucky collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

Examples of the types of nonpublic personal information collected at these pages are:

Name
Address
Web address
Email address
Phone Number
Order Information
Credit/Debit Card Information
Checking Account Information
Driver’s License Number
Social Security Number
Federal Tax ID/Employer Identification Number (EIN)

Additionally, we collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources (in addition to our website):

  • Information we receive from you on applications or other forms
  • Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates and others
  • Information we receive from a consumer-reporting agency

 

CATEGORIES OF NON-AFFILIATED THIRD PARTIES TO WHOM WE MAY DISCLOSE NON-PUBLIC PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Non-affiliated third parties are those companies not under direct or indirect ownership or control with Simmons College of Kentucky.

We only disclose personal information about you to the following types of affiliated third parties: Financial services providers, such as companies engaged in banking, credit cards, and consumer finance.

We may also share the information we collect, as described above, with other non-affiliated third parties such as third parties who may assist us in preparing monthly statements, and credit reporting agencies to whom we report information about your transactions with us.

Please be advised that any opt out rights described below will not apply with the sharing of information necessary for us to process applications, such as with consumer reporting agencies, or to perform services that you request. By way of further example:

COOKIES

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates

LOG FILES

We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

SHARING

We partner with other parties to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use use nonpublic personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services. We do not otherwise disclose nonpublic information to anyone, except as permitted by law.

LINKS

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Simmons College of Kentucky are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site. Operators may be subject to the FTC’s privacy regulations and if so, (i) the FTC’s regulations contain sample disclosures that operators may consider; and (ii) operators may be required to send annual notices in addition to initial disclosures to their customers.

SECURITY

This website takes precautions to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number, social security number, and/or Federal Tax ID), that information is encrypted and is protected with SSL encryption software. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to unlocked, or open, when you are just ‘surfing’. While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked door or cage.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email: byoung@simmonscollegeky.edu

SITE & SERVICE UPDATES

We also send the user site and service announcement updates. We may close your account and/or refuse additional services if Members unsubscribe from service announcements, which contain important information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email, fax, or phone.

CORRECTION/UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION:

If a user’s nonpublic personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user’s personal data provided to us. This can usually be done by calling our headquarters at (502) 776-1443.

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SIMMONS EMAIL INSTRUCTIONS

Using Your Simmons Email

GETTING AND USING YOUR SIMMONS EMAIL

As a student you MUST use your Simmons email. WHY?

  • Your professors will email your assignments and announcements to this email address.
  • We will email you important information about billing and registration.
  • If you qualify for a special scholarship, we will email such notices to you.
  • To function in the world today, you must use and read emails.We will send notices to your personal (non-Simmons email) ONLY for the purpose of helping you set up your Simmons email.
Internet Safety

NEVER USE THE SAME EMAIL FOR YOUR BANKING THAT YOU USE FOR YOUR REGULAR MAIL.

  • Why? If someone hacked your email, they could zap up all your money.

NEVER GIVE YOUR PERSONAL PASSWORDS TO ANYONE ELSE.

  • That gives them control over your business and your life. Okay, if you parents pay all your bills, they should have your passwords.

WHEN CHECKING YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL AT A PUBLIC Wi-Fi

  • Be sure to log out of your web mail. Anyone coming behind you would see and have access to all your records.

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DOWNLOAD.

  • A top goal of cyber criminals is to trick you into downloading malware—programs that try to steal information. This malware can be disguised as anything from a popular game to something that checks traffic or the weather.
Beware Scams

Share these tips with your friends, parents, and grandparents.

SIMMONS COLLEGE WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO GO BUY GIFT CARDS AND PHONE OR EMAIL THE NUMBERS

Your relatives will not do this either, even if they are traveling out of town.

PAY VENDORS THROUGH PAYPAL

It’s easy to get a Paypal Account, which has dual levels of security and prevents vendors from knowing your personal credit card information. With Paypal you can easily send Money to family and friends, and pay your bills and shop online with greater security.

MASKING

Clever thieves will send an email that looks real: It might say president@simmonscollege.net, which looks authentic but is not a Simmons address. It might even say it’s from an actual Simmons email, but when you hit reply, it says
[mailto: xyz123@yahoo.com]. People will impersonate others to trick you and con you out of your money.

THE NIGERIAN PRINCE – YOU’VE WON THE AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY SCAM

If you get an email asking to use your bank account to deposit money, that is a scam, no matter how great it sounds. There are many variations of this scam. Here’s how it goes: they deposit a check in your bank account, you start spending the money, and then the check bounces. You will owe the bank huge fees for bouncing and over-drafts. The thief is from another country and cannot be found.

THE IRS SCAM

If you get a phone call or email saying you owe the IRS and they are going to garnishee your bank account or arrest you unless you call them now and pay up, it’s a scam. The IRS only sends bills through written mail. It uses email only if you have signed up with them for that.

YOUR BANK CALLS AND ASKS FOR YOUR PASSWORD SCAM

Many elderly people fall for this scam. No bank officer will ever phone you and ask for your password to your account, to verify your social security number, or your debit card pin number. It’s a thief.

We live in an electronic age. You have to be savvy on the internet just as you would be walking alone down a dark street at night. Here are some links to learn more:

https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes

Did you know that young people ages 20-29 more often fall for scams than those over 70?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/9-internet-scams-still-falling-2018-190146104.html

Preventative Actions

Don’t click on links in spam, unexpected or suspicious emails.

Never open attachments in emails from someone you don’t know. Cybercriminals often distribute fake email messages that closely resemble email notifications from an online store, a bank, the police, a court, or a tax collection agency. They lure recipients into clicking on a malicious link that will release the malware into their system.
Be aware that any account can be compromised, and malicious links can be sent from email and social media accounts of friends, colleagues or an online gaming partner. If an attachment you’ve received from a contact seems suspicious, it’s better to ask the sender about it on a trusted channel, such as a phone call.

Avoid sharing personal data.
Cybercriminals planning a ransomware attack will try to gather your personal data in advance, so as to make their trap more convincing. They will do so, for instance, through phishing emails targeting you specifically.

If you receive a call, text, or email from an untrusted or unverified source that asks for personal information, don’t provide it. Always confirm the contact’s authenticity.
If you are contacted by a company asking for information, ignore the request. Instead, contact the company independently, via the contact details on its official website, to verify whether this request is genuine.

Be meticulous with sensitive data.
Sensitive data must be treated differently from day-to-day data.

Store pictures, business documents, personal data, etc. on separate devices for longer-term storage.
Remove data when no longer necessary, such as temp files, browser histories, old pictures/texts, etc.
Ensure all accounts use unique and strong passwords to mitigate the damage if the credentials are released.
Update your passwords frequently, and consider using a password manager.
Also, consider storing sensitive files encrypted at the user level (beyond full-disk encryption).

Consider using multi-factor authentication on your important online accounts.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an extra layer of security used to make sure that people trying to gain access to an online service (such as banking, email, or social media accounts) are who they say they are.
After you’ve entered your username and password, you will be required to provide another piece of information (second step). This information should be something that only you can access, for instance a code sent by text message, or a code generated by an Authenticator.
MFA is available on most of the major online services. While some of them will have it activated by default, in some others you will need to manually switch it on. Check out the security settings of your account (it could also be called ‘two-step verification’).

Be wary while browsing the internet and do not click on suspicious links, pop-ups, or dialogue boxes.
These are links you don’t recognize or don’t contain any words that make sense. Clicking on them might download malware to your systems, with the link often not leading to the intended website. If you aren’t sure, run the website through a search engine first to see if it really exists.

Browse and download only official versions of software and always from trusted websites.

If you are downloading something on your phone or tablet, make sure you use reputable sources and stores, like the App Store (Apple) or Google Play Store (Android). The best way to determine whether a website is fraudulent is to pay close attention to the URL. The domain name in the URL should match the name of the website. An HTTPS connection and displaying the padlock icon are signs of secure connection, but this doesn’t mean you can trust it.

Never connect unfamiliar USB sticks to your systems.

Don’t insert USB or other removal storage devices into your computer if you do not know where they came from. Cybercriminals may have infected the device with ransomware and left it in a public space to lure you into using it.

Use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) when using public Wi-Fi.

When you connect to a public Wi-Fi network, your device is more vulnerable to attacks. To stay protected, avoid using public Wi-Fi for confidential transactions, or use a secure VPN.

Ensure that your security software and operating system are up to date.
When your operating system (OS) or applications release a new version, install it. If the software offers the option of automatically installing updates, take it.

Do not use high privilege accounts (accounts with administrator rights) for daily business.
Admin rights allow users to install new software and control the way the systems operate. Perform daily tasks through a standard user account instead. This will help prevent harming your system if you click on a malicious executable file or if a hacker infiltrates the network.

Enable the ‘Show file extensions’ option in the Windows settings on your computer.
This will make it much easier to spot potentially malicious programs. Stay away from file extensions such as ‘.exe’, ‘.vbs’ and ‘.scr’. Scammers can queue multiple extensions to disguise a malicious executable such as a video, photo, or document (like hot-chics.avi.exe or doc.scr).

Turn on local firewall.
Turn on your local firewall to defend against unauthorized access.

  • On Apple devices: System Preferences > Security & Privacy.
  • On Windows devices: Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Security > Firewall & network protection.

Infected… What to do next?

If you discover a rogue or unknown process on your machine, disconnect it immediately from the internet or other network connections (such as home Wi-Fi) — this will prevent the infection from spreading.
Don’t pay the ransom. You will be financing criminals and encouraging them to continue their illegal activities. There is no guarantee that you will get access to your data or device, and you are more likely to be targeted again in the future.

Take a photograph or a screenshot of the ransom note presented on your screen.
If available, use antivirus or anti-malware software to clean the ransomware from your device. You may have to reboot your system into Safe Mode.

Removing the ransomware will not decrypt your files, but it will let you carry out the following steps without new files becoming encrypted.

If you had a backup, restore the information, and read our advice to prevent you from becoming a victim again.

If you do not have a backup, visit www.nomoreransom.org to check whether your device has been infected with one of the ransomware variants for which we have decryption tools available free of charge. The information regarding the ransomware note will be useful in this process.
Report it to your national police. The more information you provide, the more effectively law enforcement can disrupt the criminal enterprise.