ACCREDITATION
Austin Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097: Telephone number 404-679-4501) to award the associate's degree.

Discrimination Prohibited
Employment at the College and access to its programs or activities shall not be limited on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or physical disability. ACC will take steps to ensure that the lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs. All recruitment and admissions material complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Inquiries regarding ACC's compliance with ADA, or requests for accommodations for persons with disabilities can be directed to:

EEO/ADA/Affirmative Action Coordinator
5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.
Austin, TX 78752-4390
512-223-7572 (voice)
1-800-735-2989 (Texas Relay Service TDD)

ACC's website is both US Government Section 508 Guideline approved as well as WAI Content Accessibility Guidelines 1999/05/05, Support Level: AAA approved.

Disclaimer
ACC is not responsible for contents on links to non-ACC web sites.

Web Privacy Statement
Austin Community College (ACC) is committed to ensuring the privacy of personal information. We do not actively share personal information gathered from our Web servers. However, because ACC is a public institution, some information collected from the ACC web site, including summary server log information, emails, and information collected from Web-based forms, may be subject to. This means that while we do not share or sell information unless solicited, in some cases we may be compelled by Open Records law to release information.

Student directory information is routinely requested by vendors through the Texas Public Information Act. Students have the option of excluding their personal information from the directory during registration.

ACC complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which prohibits the release of education records without student permission.

The ACC Web consists of several Web servers. Some servers hosted by ACC may adopt different privacy statements as their specific needs require. If another ACC web server has a privacy statement that is different from this statement, that policy will be posted on their site.

The ACC web site contains links to external Web sites. The College is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external web links.

Information We Gather
The following information is collected and stored automatically from all users accessing the ACC Web site to browse or download information:

• Internet address of computer being used
• Web pages requested
• Referring web page
• Date and time
• Type of web browser being used

This information is used to create summary statistics which are used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest to users, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

This information is not reported or used in any manner that would reveal personally identifiable information, and will not be released to outside (third) parties unless legally required.

Personal Information you Provide to Us
ACC does not retain personally identifiable information about you when you visit our web sites unless you choose to provide such information to us (i.e. sending an email, participating in a survey, responding to a request for information or "contact us" form, etc.)

We consider any information that could reasonably be used to identify you as "personally identifying information." This includes, but is not limited to:

• name
• address
• email address
• Social Security Number
• Any combination of data that could be used to identify you such as your birth date, your zip code and your gender.

If you provide personal information in an email or by completing a form and submitting it through our Web site, we may use that information to respond to your message and to help us get you the information you have requested. We do not collect personal information from such communications for any purpose other than to respond to you. We do not collect information for commercial marketing.

Security and Accuracy of Personal and Confidential Information
Although no computer system is 100 percent secure, Austin Community College has deployed extensive security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of the information under our control.

If you are concerned about the accuracy of information contained in your personal records, you should contact the custodian of the record, which is typically the department that collects and maintains the information. For example, contact the Admissions Office about information collected through the Web application for admission.

Off-Site Links
Links to non-ACC organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by ACC, and none should be inferred. ACC is not responsible for the content found at these links.

Questions
If you have questions about this privacy statement or you believe that your personal information has been released without your consent send email to helpdesk@austincc.edu.