Who we are
Dallas International University’s website address is: https://www.diu.edu. See our Contact page for more information.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Contact form submissions are sent as an email for customer service purposes. Information submitted through a contact form is used solely for the purpose described in the form and not for other sales purposes. For example, if you fill out a newsletter subscription form, your information is only used to subscribe you to that newsletter.
Cookies
View our Cookie Policy page.
Embedded content from other websites
Some pages on this site include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.
If you’re logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used to help make our website appealing. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy.
Google Analytics
Dallas International University utilizes Google Analytics to help us improve our website content and navigation. Google Advertisements, including Demographics and Interest Reports, are not enabled on this site. You can read more about Google’s privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Who we share your data with
Dallas International University does not share or sell data to third parties. Data obtained through comments or contact forms on this website is used solely by Dallas International University and is not sold or transferred to any other entity. Google Analytics data is not shared with any other outside entities (Google Advertisements, including Demographics and Interest Reports, are disabled on this site).
How long we retain your data
Data from contact forms is sent via email to the specific personnel at Dallas International who are responsible for managing that form. E.g., data from subscriptions to our newsletter are sent by email to our Donor Relations department.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Requests may be sent to online@diu.edu.
Contact information
Any questions or concerns about our privacy policy may be submitted to online@diu.edu. We value your privacy and make every effort to ensure that our users’ personal data is safeguarded.
Additional information
How we protect your data
Our website is encrypted to help protect your online privacy.
What data breach procedures we have in place
Dallas International University is committed to maintaining a safe and secure online presence. We utilize next-generation firewalls and network monitoring technology to help ensure that our site visitors are safe while using our online services.