One of the oldest community colleges in California, MJC has two main campuses in the city of Modesto and serves more than 18,000 day and evening students each semester.
Located near the city of Sonora in the wooded Sierra Nevada foothills, Columbia College is a primary resource of adult learning for residents throughout the Mother Lode region.
The purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is to protect all European Union ("EU") citizens from privacy and data breaches by allowing citizens to maintain control of the personal data kept and processed by organizations. The GDPR also protects the personal data of individuals, regardless of citizenry, in the EU. While the Yosemite Community College District ("YCCD") is located within the United States of America and has no business nexus within the European Union, we offer this GDPR notice for the convenience and assurance of our students and local community members who may also hold EU citizenship.
The purpose of the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") is to protect California citizens from privacy and data breaches by allowing state residents to maintain control of the personal data kept and processed by businesses. YCCD, as a publicly-funded institution of higher education, is not subject to the terms of the CCPA. However, for the convenience and assurance of our students and local community members, we offer this public notice.
YCCD is committed to safeguarding the privacy of personal data. This GDPR/CCPA Privacy Notice outlines the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information provided to YCCD by students, faculty and staff, alumni and other members of our community. When information is submitted to YCCD, or you use YCCD's websites and other services, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information as described in this GDPR/CCPA Privacy Notice.
YCCD collects and processes personal data ("Information") from individuals only as necessary in the exercise of the YCCD's legitimate interests, functions and responsibilities as a public institution of higher education. For example, YCCD's website, or third-party associated websites, also collect and process Information from individuals who are applicants for employment positions. Information collected from students or student applicants is used to register or enroll persons in the YCCD, provide and administer housing to students, manage a student account, provide academic advising, develop and deliver education programs, track academic progress, analyze and improve education programs, recruitment, regulatory reporting, auditing, maintenance of accreditation, and other related institutional processes and functions. YCCD also uses Information to conduct general demographic and statistical research to improve college programs, to identify appropriate support services or activities, provide reasonable accommodations, enforce YCCD policies, and comply with applicable laws. Finally, Information may be shared by YCCD with third parties who have entered into contracts with the college district to perform functions on behalf of YCCD, subject to the obligation of confidentiality and safeguarding from unauthorized disclosure.
We may disclose your Sensitive Information and other Information as follows:
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your Information when you transmit it to us and when we store it on our information technology systems.
YCCD's use of cookies and other data can be found on the Privacy Information disclosure page.
Your information will be retained by the YCCD in accordance with applicable state and federal laws, and the applicable retention periods specified in YCCD Administrative Procedure 3310, Record Retention and Destruction.
You have the right to request access to, a copy of, rectification, restriction in the use of, or erasure of your Information only as required by applicable laws. The erasure of your Information shall be subject to applicable state and federal laws, and the applicable retention periods specified in YCCD Administrative Procedure 3310, Record Retention and Destruction. If you have provided consent to the use of your Information, you have the right to withdraw consent without affecting the lawfulness of the YCCD's use of the Information prior to your withdrawal of consent.
Information created in the European Union will be transferred out of the European Union to the YCCD. If you feel the YCCD has not complied with applicable foreign laws regulating such information, you have the right to file a complaint with the appropriate supervisory authority in the European Union.
We may update or change this GDPR/CCPA Privacy Notice at any time. Your continued use of the YCCD website and third party applications after any such change indicates your acceptance of these changes.
