Web Privacy Notice

Bennington College is concerned with respecting the privacy of those who use our website and have designed our site with privacy as a priority If you have questions or concerns about this privacy notice or Bennington's privacy practices, please contact the Office of Communications, Bennington College, One College Drive, Bennington, Vermont 05201-6003, 802-440-4743, communications@bennington.edu. By visiting the College’s websites, you are accepting the practices described in this Web Privacy Notice.

Information collection and use: Bennington College is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We do not sell, share, or rent this information for commercial purposes in violation of the uses and practices described in this Notice. Information may be collected as part of the admissions requesting information and application processes, online gifts to the College, topical surveys, and for other uses relevant to the College and its constituencies.

Cookies: A cookie is a piece of information placed on the user’s hard drive by a website containing information about the user or the user's selections on a webpage. Unlike many commercial sites, usage of a cookie on our website is not linked to any personally identifiable browsing, selection, or input information after you leave our site. Users may set cookie security levels to accept or reject cookies by configuring their browser software appropriately.

Log files: We use internet protocol (IP) addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. (An IP address is a 32-bit number that identifies each sender or receiver of information and is sent in packets across the Internet. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. Certain addresses are also provided access to campus-only intranet materials.

Sharing of information: We use outside companies for mailing and delivery services, for electronic marketing and communications to persons who have shared their information with us for purposes of receiving more information about Bennington College, and for credit card processing.

Links: This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Bennington College is 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 website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by the bennington.edu website.

Surveys: From time to time our site requests information from users via surveys/forms. Participation in these is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to provide this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and address), demographic information (such as zip code, age level), in addition to other information collection relevant to the College and its academic and fundraising programs.

Security: We work to protect our users’ information online and offline. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information, that information is encrypted when using the hypertext secure server mode (https). While on a secure page, the lock icon on web browsers becomes locked, as opposed to unlocked, when you are just "surfing." To learn more about SSL, read Verisign's Overview of SSL. While we use secure socket layer encryption (SSL) to protect sensitive information online, we also are attentive to the protection of user-information offline. Our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in specific offices. If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to feedback@bennington.edu.