Who we are
Lake Area Technical College
Mailing Address:
PO Box 730
Watertown, SD 57201
Physical Location:
1201 Arrow Ave.
Watertown, SD 57201
(605) 882-5284
1-800-657-4344
Fax: 1-605-882-6299
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Certain functions on our website require us to collect personal data from our users in order to do general business. Examples of personal data collected include (but not limited to) name, phone number, email address, physical and/or mailing address, fax, and general contact information. Information such as this is necessary to provide our website visitors with registration services and applications, among other functions. When you initiate contact with us through submitting a form on this website, your consent for collection and retention of this information for normal business usage is implied.
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Content on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, links, submission forms, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behave 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
ANALYTICS
Information about our website visitors is collected through the use of Google Analytics. That software collects information about our visitors such as pages visited, duration of time on site, browser and general device information, etc. We use these statistical tools to analyze our website’s usefulness to our visitors and make improvements when needed. Google’s privacy policy can be found here.
Who we share your data with
Information, as described above, is collected for our business needs. We do not share or sell your contact information with any third parties. We partner with Insight Marketing Design to host and maintain our website, and as such, they have full access to information collected and stored through our website. This partnership is necessary to maintain and improve our website services. Website administrators also have full access to data collected and stored by SDFU’s website.
We do not process ecommerce payments on our website. Any payments done online through a LATC web property are handled by that applicable third-party service, and data / information exchange related to the payment processing is done through their own servers.
How long we retain your data
Data collected, as described above, is retained indefinitely for customer service purposes and as storage space allows.
What rights you have over your data
If you have submitted personal information on this site, 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.
Where we send your data
Data related to our website is held on a secured web server in the USA. To provide fast content delivery, we may use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) provided by CloudFlare, that caches our content across a global network. CloudFlare’s privacy policy can be found here.
Our contact information
Any privacy-specific concerns can be sent to:
Lake Area Technical College
Mailing Address:
PO Box 730
Watertown, SD 57201
Physical Location:
1201 Arrow Ave.
Watertown, SD 57201
(605) 882-5284
1-800-657-4344
Fax: 1-605-882-6299
Additional information
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR DATA
Our hosting company uses a secure firewall to keep out unauthorized users and ensure the integrity of our systems. We are vigilant about protecting our site from unwanted intrusions.
Cookies
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to control the cookie preferences.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website
Your consent applies to the following domains: www.lakeareatech.edu
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket, and checkout securely.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.
The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.
Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.
The below list details the cookies used in our website.
Cookie | Description |
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AWSALB | AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target. |
AWSALBCORS | This cookie is managed by Amazon Web Services and is used for load balancing. |
bcookie | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser ID. |
brandcdn_uid | No description available. |
bscookie | LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website. |
CAI | No description |
CCK | No description |
CDI | No description |
CONSENT | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category . |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
CookieLawInfoConsent | Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. |
CPA | No description |
endpage | No description available. |
ep201 | This cookie is set by Wufoo for load balancing, site traffic and preventing site abuse. |
fr | Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. |
JSESSIONID | The JSESSIONID cookie is used by New Relic to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application. |
lang | LinkedIn sets this cookie to remember a user's language setting. |
lidc | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
li_gc | No description |
PHPSESSID | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. |
pstc | No description |
ps_rvm_h1dD | No description |
sc_anonymous_id | The cookie is set by SoundCloud to enable SoundCloud player. |
sc_at | The cookie is set by Snapchat to show relevant ads to the users by tracking user behaviour on Snapchat. |
viewed_cookie_policy | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
wuentry | No description |
X-AB | Cookie associated with embedding content from Snapchat. |
YSC | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
yt-remote-device-id | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
yt.innertube::nextId | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
yt.innertube::requests | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
_fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website. |
_ga | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
_gat_UA-2867695-1 | A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. |
_ga_HZSSZ7JZ09 | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. |
_gcl_au | Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
_gid | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
_schn | No description available. |
_scid | This cookie is set by Snapchat to store Snapchat Pixel unique ID of the User. |
_splunk_rum_sid | No description |
_ttp | No description |
_tt_enable_cookie | No description |
__cfruid | Cloudflare sets this cookie to identify trusted web traffic. |
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.