SAFEGUARDING CUSTOMER INFORMATION

Recent legislation enacted by the Federal Trade Commission requires colleges and universities to act in compliance regarding the safeguarding of customer information. Hilbert College acknowledges this requirement and publicizes this notice to alert its customers that those policies and procedures are in place to protect all non public personal information about its customers. A copy of our safeguarding customer information policy is available upon request. This notice applies to students as customers.

INFORMATION COLLECTED BY HILBERT COLLEGE

Hilbert College collects non public personal information about its customers from the following sources: Applications, financial aid and other forms; Financial transactions and methods of payment.

INFORMATION DISCLOSED BY HILBERT COLLEGE

Hilbert College does not disclose any non public personal information about its customers or former customers to anyone that is not affiliated with Hilbert College, except as permitted by law. Hilbert College discloses customer information to its affiliates that are service providers to the school. Service providers include companies such as banks and other lending institutions, collection agencies, loan processing agencies and credit card processing companies. The customer information accessed by service providers includes name, address, date of birth, phone number, social security number, driver’s license number and state, loan amount, loan number, loan period, tuition cost, tuition payments, balance owed, financial aid awarded, cost of attendance, expected family contribution, enrollment status and graduation date.

KEEPING CUSTOMER INFORMATION SECURE

Hilbert College restricts access to non public personal information to those employees who need to know that information in order to provide service to customers. Hilbert College maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with Federal Trade Commission standards to protect customer non public personal information. Information on this issue can be found on the Federal Trade Commission website.

IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION PROGRAM

Hilbert College has developed this Identity Theft Prevention Program pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission’s Red Flag Rule, which implements Section 114 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions act of 2003. See 16 C. F. R. § 681.2. More information regarding the Identity Theft Prevention Program and the Red Flag Rules can be found on the Hilbert College website.

FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)

Hilbert College complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, also known as FERPA or the Buckley Amendment. Pursuant to this law, the college shall maintain the confidentiality of student education records and shall not release them to any person or entity without the written consent of the student except as set forth below. Moreover, the College shall provide students access to their education records pursuant to the procedures outlined in this policy.

To access the full policy, please visit the Hilbert College website.

STUDENT RECORD RELEASE UNDER THE SOLOMON AMENDMENT

The Solomon Amendment is a federal law that mandates colleges receiving federal financial aid funding to provide student recruiting information upon request to military recruiting organizations. The request and information released by the College is limited to military recruiting purposes only. The request for information must be in writing on letterhead that clearly identifies the military recruiting organization. The release of student recruiting information generally follows the FERPA guidelines defining student directory information (see above). Students are not permitted under federal law to restrict the release of this information specifically to military organizations, but if students withhold the release of directory information generally, then the College may not release this information to military organizations. The directory information released is limited to the current semester or the previous semester. If the request is received between semesters, the requestor must specify previous semester or upcoming semester. Further, students must be in an enrolled status (incomplete and complete registration status).

HILBERT COLLEGE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)

The College prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability in regard to admissions, registration, access to instruction, hiring, compensation, and advancement