CNM Privacy Statement

CNM Web Privacy Statement

Thank you for visiting the Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) website and reviewing our privacy policy. CNM includes a wide range of programs, departments and activities, each of which maintain its own presence on the web.

CNM does not collect your personally identifiable information when you visit one of our websites unless you choose to provide that information to us. We safeguard your privacy and student education records in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.

If You Send Us Personal Information

CNM websites collect personal information only when you knowingly and voluntarily provide it - for example, by sending emails, completing information forms, registering for accounts, or responding to surveys. If you provide personal information, we will use it to respond to your inquiry or request.

If you choose to provide your contact information we may also use it to share updates about CNM activities, programs, services, or events that may interest you. In some cases, we may combine the information you provide, with non-personal data from trusted third-party partners to personalize your experience. You will always have the opportunity to opt-out of these communications. If you are uncertain about who to contact, you may contact us here.

CNM partners with third-party vendors to support specific functions – such as distributing emails – on our behalf. These vendors may have access to the information necessary to perform their services but are not permitted to use that information for any other purpose.

CNM may offer opportunities for you to opt-in to receive information from non-CNM entities. If you opt-in, you may receive correspondence from these organizations about programs, products or services that might interest you. To stop receiving future communication from a non-CNM entity, please contact that organization directly to request removal from its mailing list.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information is automatically collected and stored to help us understand how the site is used and to guide future improvements. This information is collected in aggregate form only and is not used to identify or contact you personally. It may include:

• The IP address from which you access our website
• The name of the domain from which you access the Internet
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our website
• The date and time you access our site
• The pages, files, documents and links that you visit
• The Internet address of the website from which you linked to this website

Cookies

In addition to information collected automatically, we use cookies, which are small data files sent to your browser by websites you visit. These cookies do not collect any personally identifiable information. Cookies are used to track usage patterns, analyze traffic trends and customer behavior, as well as gather other information to improve our website. Insights from cookies allow us to make content adjustments and enhance customer service. All information collected through cookies is used in aggregate form only.

As noted above, CNM may partner with third-party companies (included, but not limited to, Google Ads, Facebook, and X [formerly Twitter]) to provide marketing services on our behalf. With our approval, these vendors may place cookies during your visit to our site. These cookies only collect non-personally identifiable data, such as URLs that led you to and from our website, as well as pages you viewed during your visit. Any data collected will be used in accordance with both CNM’s privacy policy, and the privacy policies of the respective third-party vendors.

CNM may also use third-party vendors to enable our users to share content from our site with others through social media. These vendors use cookies to collect non-personally identifiable information (included but not limited to browser type, browser language, date, and time) via social sharing buttons.

Additionally, CNM may use third-party advertising and analytic companies (included, but not limited to, Google Ads, Facebook, and X) to serve targeted ads about our organization across the internet. These companies may use cookies to deliver more relevant content based on your visit to our website or other websites.

The CNM privacy policy does not govern how third parties collect or use data about you such as type of browser, operating system, domain name, visit times, or pages viewed, nor does it cover the methods they use to collect that information, such as cookies or web beacons.

To better understand our website audience, CNM may use third-party research tools, such as Google Analytics that collect and analyze non-personally identifiable information about your visit to our site or others.

You may set your browser to refuse cookies from any website and still access and use the CNM website. For more information about cookies and how to opt out of third-party cookie use, please visit the following websites:

• Google Ad Settings
• Scorecard Research

Children and Privacy

CNM is concerned about protecting children's privacy. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from individuals under the age of thirteen (13), in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. If we receive an email from a visitor identified as a child, we will use the information only to respond to the inquiry and will not retain or use it for any other purpose.

Security

CNM monitors network traffic to ensure availability of our websites and to detect unauthorized attempts to access alter, or damage information. Unauthorized access or activity is strictly prohibited and is subject to prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

Linking

CNM’s websites may contain widgets or links to external non-CNM websites. These third-party sites operate independently of CNM and are governed by their own privacy policies. CNM is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or accuracy of non-CNM websites, and such links are not intended to be an endorsement of the non-CNM website or its content. For your protection, we encourage you to review the privacy policy of any external site you visit.

Disclaimer of Liability

The privacy policy describes the practices followed by CNM in managing its official web pages. It is not intended to create any contractual rights or obligations. CNM reserves the right to amend this policy at any time without notice. CNM shall not be held liable for any misuse, misinterpretation, or unauthorized use of the information provided on its website and assumes no responsibility for any resulting consequences.

European Union General Data Protection Regulation ("EU GDPR") Privacy Notice

The EU GDPR provides broad privacy protections to individuals physically located in the European Economic Area ("data subject(s)"). When subject to the EU GDPR, CNM must comply with the regulation's core privacy principles, which provide that personal data shall be:

• Processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner;
• Collected for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes;
• Limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed;
• Accurate and kept up to date;
• Retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable laws, regulations, or College policies; and
• Secure.

Personal data is defined very broadly under the EU GDPR, and consists of any information relating to an identified or identifiable person and includes a person's name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that person.

Comments

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy please feel free to contact us here.

Revised: 4/9/2025