Privacy Policy

Applicability

This privacy notice applies to all the Jackson Educational Complex Website and its sub domains (including, http://www.jackson.edu.gh) and explains our practices concerning the collection, use, and disclosure of visitor information. Visitor information collected by Jackson Educational Complex will be used only as outlined in this privacy notice. Jackson Educational Complex is a limited liability business entity located in Kumasi, Ashanti Region and registered under the Registrar General’s Department of the Government of Ghana. As such, Jackson Educational Complex is subject to obey the laws of the country and may be called upon by various law enforcement agencies to comply with ongoing investigations. Compliance may include the secure handover of customer data to a legally-authorized government agency.

 

 

For the purposes of the Online Admission, the Admissions Office of Jackson Educational Complex will use the data provided by applicants for their eligibility for possible enrollment into the Jackson College of Education if the applicant meets the qualification criteria stated in the Admission Forms purchased. Other personal information asked by our webpages will be used for contacting the applicant.

 

Jackson Educational Complex is not responsible for the content of other websites or for the privacy practices of websites outside the scope of this notice.

 

Changes

Because Internet technologies continue to evolve rapidly, Jackson Educational Complex may make appropriate changes to this notice in the future. Any such changes will be consistent with our commitment to respecting visitor privacy and will be clearly posted in a revised privacy notice.

Collection and Use

Passive/Automatic Collection

 

When you view pages on our site, the web server automatically collects certain technical information from your computer and about your connection.

This website is hosted on a2hostings, a shared web hosting environment provided by JEC’s Information Technology Services. For more information about privacy practices related to a2hostings, read the a2hostings’s privacy policy.

In addition to any information collected by a2hostings, our server and/or site collects the following:

    • Aggregate information on pages visited
    • The date and time of visit
    • The duration of visit
    • Your browser type
    • Your screen resolution

Continued use of our website indicates consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of this information as described in this notice.

Some technical information is retained in aggregate for up to 366 days. This information is:

 

    • Used for internal review and is then discarded
    • Used to improve the content of our site

 

Information Sharing

We may share aggregate, non-personally-identifiable information with other entities or organizations.

We do not share any personally identifiable information with other entities or organizations, except when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our website and applicable laws, or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website.

Except as described above, we will not share any information with any party for any reason. Except as provided in the Disclosure of Information section below, we do not attempt to use the technical information discussed in this section to identify individual visitors.

 

Active/Manual/Voluntary Collection

Other than the technical information collected automatically about your visit (described above, or cookies, described below), we may ask you to provide information voluntarily, such as through forms or other manual input—in order to make services available to you, to maintain and manage our relationship with you, including providing associated services, or to better understand and serve your needs especially when contacting us through email. This information is generally retained as long as you continue to maintain a relationship with us. You providing this information is wholly voluntary. However, not providing the requested information (or subsequently asking that the data be removed) may affect our ability to deliver the service for which the information is needed. Providing the requested information indicates your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of this information as described in this notice. Information we may actively collect could include:

    • The email addresses of those who communicate with us via email
    • Name
    • Details for Online Admission
    • Comments and questions about the website
    • Personal contact numbers

 

Cookies

cookie is a small data file that is written to your hard drive that contains information about your visit to a web page. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you may configure your browser to not to accept them at all, or to notify and require approval before accepting new cookies. Some web pages/sites may not function properly if the cookies are turned off, or you may have to provide the same information each time you visit those pages.

In order to customize the information and services offered to you, our site uses cookies to record aggregate usage data via Google Analytics.

 

Children

This site is not directed to children: under 13 years of age for the main website (http://www.jackson.edu.gh), under 16 years of age for its sub domains (admission.jackson.edu.gh, results.jackson.ed.gh etc.), and does not sell products or services intended for purchase by children, and does not knowingly collect or store any personal information, even in aggregate, about children under the age of 13 and 16 for the various categories respectively. We encourage parents and teachers to be involved in children’s Internet explorations. It is particularly important for parents to guide their children when they are asked to provide personal information online.

 

Use of Third Party Services

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies” (described above) to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including possibly your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google.

For more information, please visit Google’s Privacy Center.

Our webhost uses the Lucky Orange analytics system to help improve usability and the customer experience. Lucky Orange may record mouse clicks, mouse movements and scrolling activity. Lucky Orange may record keystroke information that you voluntarily enter on this website at dreamhost.com. Lucky Orange does not track this activity on any site that does not use the Lucky Orange system. For more information, please visit Lucky Orange’s Privacy’s Page.

 

Disclosure of Information

Other than sharing your information with other appropriate JEC personnel and units to ensure the quality, functionality, and security of our website, or manage your relationship with us, we will not disclose personally identifiable information about your use of the site except under the following circumstances:

    • With your prior written (including email) consent
    • When we have given you clear notice that we will disclose information that you voluntarily provide
    • With appropriate external parties, such as law enforcement agencies, in order to investigate and respond to suspected violations of law or institutional policy. Any such disclosures shall comply with all applicable laws and educational institutions policies.

 

Security

Due to the rapidly evolving nature of information technologies, no transmission of data over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. While we are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors/applicants, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to JEC’s websites, and you do so at your own risk. However, once we receive your information, we will use reasonable safeguards consistent with prevailing industry standards and commensurate with the sensitivity of the data being stored to maintain the security of that information on our systems.

In addition, we will comply with all applicable state, and educational institutions laws regarding the privacy and security of visitor/applicant information.

We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

 

Privacy Notice Changes

From time to time, we may use visitor/applicant information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice.

• Only data collected from the time of the policy change forward will be used for these new purposes. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our website periodically.

 

Contact Information

If you have questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us via email at [email protected].

If you feel that this site is not following its stated policy and communicating with the owner of this site does not resolve the matter, or if you have general questions or concerns about privacy or information technology policy at Jackson Educational Complex, please contact the Institution’s Office, +233 (0) 3220 60924, [email protected].