BryanUniversity.edu Privacy Policy (Last Updated: March 6, 2026)
At Bryan University (“Bryan,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), we believe that an environment of life-enhancing learning and academic excellence can only exist based upon principles of integrity and mutual respect, including respect for each individual’s privacy. This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) describes how we collect, use, protect, and disclose personal information obtained through https://bryanuniversity.edu (“Site”).
Scope of this Policy
We use the term “personal information” to describe information that can reasonably be associated with you and can be used to identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been deidentified or aggregated.
This Notice explains how personal information we collect from you will be used by us or on our behalf. We encourage you to read this Notice carefully as it contains important information about:
- What information we, or our third-party service providers, may collect about you;
- How we will use the information we collect about you;
- Whether we will disclose your details to anyone else; and
- Your choices and rights regarding the personal information you have provided to us.
If you are a student (or are applying to become a student) at Bryan University, your personal information may also be protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”). The provisions of FERPA supersede and govern over any contrary provisions in this Notice. This Notice does not cover any employees, faculty, contractors, consultants, or agents of Bryan University. Please see our Consumer Information page for details about this and other policies.
By using this Site, you are consenting to the collection, use, and transfer of your personal information as described herein. You also consent to our Website Terms of Use described herein. If you do not wish to consent to the collection, use and transfer of your personal information as described in this Notice or otherwise do not agree to our Website Terms of Use, you may opt not to use this Site.
For details about your rights related to our collection and use of your data, navigate to the “Your Privacy Rights” section below, as well as the Addenda specific to Site visitors from Canada.
1. HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect and receive personal information through the following methods:
- Personal information you provide to us. You may give us your personal information directly, for example, when you contact us with inquiries, complete forms on our Site, subscribe to receive our marketing communications or provide feedback to us.
- Personal information we collect automatically, including through cookies and other similar technologies. When you access and use our Site, we may collect we may collect Technical Data and Usage Data automatically, including through our use of cookies and other similar technologies. For more information about our use of cookies and other similar technologies, please see the Cookies section below.
- Personal information we obtain from third parties. We may obtain personal information from third parties. Such third parties may include event suppliers and organizations we work with, analytics providers, data suppliers, third-party directories and third parties that provide technical services to us so that we can provide our Site. They may also include social networks and other technology providers (for instance, when you click on one of our Facebook or Google ads).
- Personal data that is publicly available. We may collect personal data that is available from public sources or that you or a third party may otherwise publish (for example on websites, posts on social media platforms, or speeches at events).
2. CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
- Identity Data. Name (first, middle, and last); and title, username and password (as it relates to persons with access to BryanConnect or our Student Portal).
- Contact Data. Email address; telephone number; and postal/delivery address.
- Communications Data includes correspondence or messages (including form submissions via the Site, surveys, emails, SMS or chat or social media messages or comments), the nature of your inquiry and other personal information which you choose to provide to us through these sources.
- Usage Data. Data observed or collected in relation to browsing activity on our Site, interaction with our emails, interaction with ads that you see as a result of your activities on this Site and others. This may include information about pageviews and events on our Site; information about the webpage or other source that users were previously on before reaching our Site; information about when a browsing session started and ended; information about views of and clicks on our ads, together with advertising or other identifiers associated with a user or their device (e.g. a device’s IDFA [iOS] or AAID [Android]) or advertising cookie identifiers.
- Technical Data. IP address; details of the website that you are viewing, such as full web page URL; browser type, device type and operating system and any other information available to us about the device you are using; location data, including the geographic location (which may be approximate, like the city or region you are in, or more precise) of a device derived from IP address, and any other data collected for technical diagnostics purposes), and any relevant unique identifiers assigned to a device or browser (including cookie identifiers)
- Advertising Partner Data. Information obtained independently by our Advertising Partners. This may include unique identifiers and a profile of your possible interests and characteristics, which may have been built by observing your activity on websites, apps and other digital properties, including those operated by third parties, that use our Advertising Partners’ services.
- Marketing Data. Marketing preferences; and service communication preferences.
More About Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies:
The technologies we use for automatic data collection on the Site may include:
- Cookies. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your device’s hard drive through your web browser for record-keeping purposes. Some cookies allow us to make it easier for you to navigate our Site, while others support the security and performance of the Site, or allow us to track activity and usage data within the Site.
- Essential Cookies: These are required for the site to function (e.g., load pages, remember your choices). They cannot be switched off in our systems.
- Analytics Cookies: These help us understand how visitors use our site, such as which pages are most popular and how users move around the site. We use this information to improve performance and usability.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies allow us and our partners (like Google and Meta) to deliver relevant ads and measure campaign effectiveness. They may track your browsing across websites.
- Social Media Cookies: These allow you to interact with social platforms (like Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn) and share content. When you use them, data may be sent to the platform provider.
- Support & Engagement Cookies: These power tools like live chat or customer support widgets, which help us respond to your questions and improve service.
- Pixel Tags. Pixel tags (sometime called web beacons or clear GIFs) are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. While cookies are stored locally on your device, pixel tags are embedded invisibly within web pages and online content. We may use these, in connection with our Site to, among other things, track the activities of users, help us manage content and compile usage statistics. We may also use these in HTML e-mails we send, to help us track e-mail response rates, identify when our e-mails are viewed, and track whether our e-mails are forwarded.
- Local Storage Objects. Local storage is a web storage mechanism that allows us to store data on a browser that persists even after the browser window is closed. Local storage may be used by our web servers to cache certain information in order enable faster loading of pages and content when you return to our Site. You can clear data stored in local storage through your browser. Please consult your browser help menu for more information.
- Third-Party Analytics and Tools. We use third party tools, such as Google Analytics, which are operated by third party companies. These third-party analytics companies may use cookies, pixels, and other similar tools to collect usage data about our Site in order to provide us with reports and metrics that help us evaluate usage of our Site and improve performance and user experiences. To learn more about Google’s privacy practices, please review the Google Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can also download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. You can use your browser settings to reject certain cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
3. HOW WE MAY USE YOUR INFORMATION
We may collect, use, disclose and otherwise process personal information for the following purposes:
- Services and Support. To enable our Site, communicate with you through the Site, provide troubleshooting, technical support, and for similar support purposes, respond to your inquiries, and otherwise fulfil your requests.
- Analytics and Improvement. To better understand how users access and use the Site, and for other research and analytical purposes, such as to evaluate, develop, and improve our Site, educational resources and business operations, and for internal quality control and training purposes.
- Communication. To respond to your questions, send you requested materials and newsletters, as well as information and materials regarding our program offerings. We may also use this information to send administrative information to you, for example, information regarding our offerings and changes to our terms and policies.
- Customization and Personalization. To tailor content we may send or display on the Site and/or in providing our offerings.
- Marketing and Advertising. For marketing, advertising, and promotional purposes. For example, to send you promotional information about our program offerings, including information about new offerings, as well any other information that you sign up to receive.
- Research and Surveys. To administer surveys and questionnaires, such as for market research or user satisfaction purposes.
- Security and Protection of Rights. To protect the Site and our business operations, and to protect our rights or those of our stakeholders; to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized activities and access, and other misuse; where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety or legal rights of any person or third party, or violations of our Terms of Use.
- Compliance and Legal Process. To comply with applicable legal or regulatory obligations, including as part of a judicial proceeding, to respond to a subpoena, warrant, court order, or other legal process, or as part of an investigation or request, whether formal or informal, from law enforcement or a governmental authority.
- Auditing, Reporting, and Other Internal Operations. To conduct financial, tax and accounting audits, audits and assessments of our operations, including our privacy, security and financial controls, as well as for risk and compliance purposes. We may also use personal information to maintain appropriate business records and enforce our policies and procedures.
- General Business and Operational Support. To assess and implement mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, bankruptcies, and other business transactions such as financings, and to administer our business, accounting, auditing, compliance, recordkeeping, and legal functions.
4. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES
We will not disclose your personal information to third parties other than as described in this Notice unless we have your permission or are required or permitted to do so by law. We may share such information with our affiliates as necessary to carry out the purposes for which the information was supplied or collected. Similarly, third party contractors, consultants and/or vendors engaged by us to provide services may have access to your personal information. These third parties will be subject to their own data protection requirements providing the same or greater level of security provided by us and in most instances will also have entered into a written agreement with us which addresses access to and use of your personal information.
We may disclose the personal information we collect for the purposes described above with third parties as follows:
- Vendors and Services Providers. We may disclose personal information we collect to our service providers, processors, and others who perform functions on our behalf. These may include, for example, IT service providers, help desk, analytics providers, consultants, auditors, and legal counsel.
- Compliance and Legal Obligations. We may disclose personal information to third parties to comply with our legal and compliance obligations and to respond to legal process. For example, we may disclose information in response to subpoenas, court orders, and other lawful requests by regulators and law enforcement, including responding to national security or law enforcement disclosure requirements. This may include regulators, government entities, and law enforcement as required by law or legal process.
- Security and Protection of Rights. We may disclose personal information where we believe it is necessary to protect Bryan or our program offerings, our rights and property, or the rights, property and safety of others. For example, we may disclose personal information in order to (i) prevent, detect, investigate and respond to fraud, unauthorized activities and access, illegal activities, and misuse of this Site or our offerings, (ii) situations involving potential threats to the health, safety, or legal rights of any person or third party, or (iii) enforce, and detect, investigate and take action in response to violations of our Terms of Use. We may also disclose information, including personal information, related to litigation and other legal claims or proceedings in which we are involved, as well as for our internal accounting, auditing, compliance, recordkeeping, and legal functions.
- In Support of Business Transfers. If we, or our affiliates are, or may be acquired by, merged with, or invested in by another company, or if any of our assets are, or may be, transferred to another company, whether as part of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or otherwise, we may transfer the information we have collected from you to the other company. We may also share certain personal information as necessary prior to the completion of such a transaction or corporate transactions such as financings or restructurings, to lenders, auditors, and third-party advisors, including attorneys and consultants, as part of due diligence or as necessary to plan for a transaction.
- Aggregate and Deidentified Information. Notwithstanding anything else in this Notice, we may use, disclose, and otherwise process aggregate and deidentified information related to our offerings with third parties for quality control, analytics, research, development, and other purposes.
- Other Disclosures. We may disclose personal information in other ways not described above, but will notify you and, if necessary, obtain your consent.
5. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
You may opt out of receiving non-essential communications by following the unsubscribe instructions included in our emails.
If you are the resident of a state that has instituted consumer privacy laws, you may have the following rights with regard to the collection and use of your Personal Information:
- Right to delete. You may have the right to request the deletion of any of your personal data that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to know. You may have the right to confirm whether we process your personal data and you have the right to access your personal data that is in our possession. Information you may be entitled to includes the following:
- Categories of Personal Information we collected about you
- Categories of sources from which we collected the Personal Information;
- Business or commercial purpose(s) for collecting your Personal Information;
- Categories of third parties with whom we shared the Personal Information;
- Specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you; and
- If we disclosed your Personal Information, the categories of Personal Information we disclosed about you.
- Right to correct. You may have the right to ask us to correct any inaccurate personal data that we maintain about you.
- Right to data portability. You may have the right to obtain a copy of the personal information about you that’s being processed by us. To the extent it is technically feasible, we will provide that information to you in a usable and portable format Upon receipt of a valid and verifiable request from you, we shall disclose to you both the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting that personal information, the categories of third parties which whom we share that information. Your rights may be subject to certain limitations depending on the laws of your state.
- Right to opt-out. You may have the right to opt-out of the processing of your personal data for purposes of (1) targeted advertising, (2) the sale of personal data or (3) profiling in furtherance of a decision that produces a legal or similarly significant effect on you. See details about exercising your rights in the “Explicit Notice – Right to Opt-Out” section below.
- Right to withdraw consent for any processing where we have requested and you have previously given your consent.
6. HOW TO MAKE DATA SUBJECT REQUESTS AND EXERCISE RIGHT OF OPT-OUT
Residents of states with consumer privacy laws can exercise their rights by contacting us at 1-800-878-5515, or via email at support@bryanuniversity.edu.
To review your student financial transactions, or to request your academic or educational information under FERPA, please login to your Bryan University Portal account. To review information submitted on your FAFSA, please login to FAFSA at https://studentaid.gov/.
Do Not Sell or Share Requests
While we do not disclose Personal Information to third parties in exchange for monetary compensation, certain disclosures of Personal Information by us may constitute a “sale” or “sharing” of Personal Information under the CCPA, or “targeted advertising” under other state laws.
To opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your Personal Information or out of targeted advertising, please email support@bryanuniversity.edu or click the Cookie Preferences link at the bottom of our website to opt out using the cookies Preference Center. Note that by using our Preference Center, you may also opt out of or change your preferences for most cookies and tags on our Site, except those that are “necessary” to the proper functioning of our Site.
As set out in our Privacy Notice herein, you may also call our toll-free number 1-800-878-5515 to opt-out of “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information as well as targeted advertising.
Other Opt-Out Options
- Email: Click the “Unsubscribe” link in any marketing email or email support@bryanuniversity.edu with the subject “Do Not Mail” and we will process your request within 10 business days.
- Text/SMS: Reply STOP to any message to opt out (reply HELP for help). Message and data rates may apply.
- Telephone calls: Ask our representative to place your number on our Do-Not-Call list or call 1-800-878-5515; we will honor requests within 30 days.
- Postal mail: Write to
Bryan University
350 West Washington Street
Tempe, AZ 85281
We may still send non-marketing (transactional) messages related to your enrollment or services.
Should you choose to contact us to exercise the foregoing rights, in order to verify your identity, we will generally require the matching of sufficient information you provide us to the information we maintain about you in our systems, including your name and information about recent purchases that you have made or other actions by you. Although we try to limit the personal information collected in connection with a request to exercise the right to know and the right to deletion, certain requests may require us to obtain additional personal information from you. In certain circumstances, we may decline a request to exercise the right to know and right to deletion, particularly where we are unable to verify your identity.
Under the laws of your state, you may have the right to use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf if you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you. We may also require that you verify (as consumer) verify your identity directly with us and confirm that you have provided the authorized agent permission to act on their behalf.
We will make every effort to respond to your request within 45 days from when you contacted us. If you have a complex request, the law may permit us to take longer to respond. We will still contact you within 45 days from when you contacted us to let you know we need more time.
If we decline to take action on a request that you have submitted, we will inform you of our reasons for doing so, and provide instructions for how to appeal the decision. Depending on your state of residence you may have the right to appeal within a reasonable period of time after you have received our decision. If you have this appeal right, within 45-60 days of our receipt of your appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If we deny your appeal, we will provide you with a method for contacting your state attorney general’s office to submit a complaint.
You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising any of the rights described above. Your rights under applicable consumer privacy laws may not be waived or limited by contract or otherwise.
Explicit Notice – Right to opt-out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
We and our Advertising Partners collect personal information (such as Technical and Usage Data) when you use our Site. We, and our Advertising Partners, may use this information to personalize the ads we deliver to you when you visit others’ sites or use others’ apps. To personalize the ads so that they may be more relevant to you, our Advertising Partners may share personal data with other third parties.
If you do not wish for us or our Advertising Partners to use and disclose your personal data in this manner, which may be considered a “sale” under applicable U.S. state privacy laws, please notify us using one of the methods described above.
If you access our Site from other devices or browsers, visit the link below from those devices or browsers to ensure your choice applies to the data collected when you use those devices or browsers. If you use different browsers, devices or platforms, you will need to opt out on each browser, device or platform.
Additionally, although the opt out methods above will let you opt out of the sale of your personal information for advertising purposes, it will not opt you out of the use of previously collected and sold personal information or all context-based advertising.
7. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER
Information collected while you use the Site, including your personal information, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. For individuals located in California and other states with privacy laws, this means your personal information may be accessed by our service providers or partners in jurisdictions outside the United States, including where our data hosting, analytics, or advertising providers operate. When we transfer your information, we take steps to protect it as described in this Notice.
If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we may transfer the information, including your personal information, to the United States and process it there. In order to provide adequate protection for the data transfer, we have in place contractual arrangements with our subsidiaries, affiliates and business partners in respect of such transfers. By utilizing our Site, you authorize the international transfer of your data, to the United States, where we are based, and to other locations where we and/or our service providers operate.
8. HOW WE SECURE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We are committed to keeping personal information secure and we have implemented information security policies, rules and technical measures to protect personal data under our control from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification and unlawful destruction or accidental loss. In addition, our personnel and data processors (third parties that process personal data on our behalf) are obliged to respect the confidentiality of the personal information relating to users of our Website and those who purchase our Services.
9. HOW LONG WE KEEP PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will only keep your personal information for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. We will retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
If any personal information is only useful for a short period (e.g. for a specific activity, promotion or marketing campaign), we will not retain it for longer than the period for which it is used by us.
If you have opted out of receiving marketing communications from us, we will need to retain certain personal information on a suppression list indefinitely so that we know not to send you further marketing communications in the future. However, we will not use this personal information to send you further marketing unless you subsequently opt back in to receive such marketing.
10. CHILDERN UNDER THE AGE OF 13
Our Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age and do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Site. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on the Site. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us using the information in our “How to Contact Us” section in this Notice.
11. THIRD PARTY LINKS ON OUR SITE
This Notice also does not apply to third-party websites linked on our Site. We have no control over these third-party websites, apps or services and this Privacy Notice does not apply to your interaction with the relevant third parties.
12. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
Bryan University reserves the right to update or modify this Notice at any time and without prior notice, by posting the revised version of the Notice on this Site. If we modify this Notice, the modifications will only apply to the personal information we collect after we have posted the revised Notice.
Your use of this Site following any such change constitutes your agreement that all information collected from or about you after the revised Notice is posted will be subject to the terms of the revised Notice. You may access the current version of this Notice at any time by clicking on the link marked “Privacy Notice” at the bottom of each page of the public areas of this Site.
13. HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have questions or concerns about this Notice please contact us by calling 1-888-768-6861 or via postal mail at:
Bryan University
350 West Washington Street
Tempe, AZ 85281
You can also email us at support@bryanuniversity.edu.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS OF CANADA
We handle personal information in accordance with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and substantially similar provincial laws in Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia. We obtain meaningful consent for our use of cookies and similar technologies. For non-essential uses that are within reasonable expectations and not sensitive (e.g., basic first-party analytics), we rely on implied consent when we provide clear notice and easy, ongoing controls. For unexpected, sensitive, or audience-targeting uses (e.g., advertising/profiling), were require opt-in consent.
Your Rights (Canada-wide).
- Right to Access – Request access to personal information we hold about you and details on how it is used and disclosed.
- Right to Correction – Request correction of inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated personal information.
- Right to Withdraw Consent – Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice.
- Right to Information – Know why we collect your personal information, how it is used, and to whom it has been disclosed.
- Right to Complain – Raise concerns with us at any time and/or file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or your provincial commissioner.
Quebec Residents (Law 25). For visitors in Quebec, certain cookies or similar technologies used for advertising, cross-site tracking, or profiling are off by default and will only be enabled with your express opt-in. We will clearly inform you when technologies identify, locate, or profile you, and provide a preference center to change your choices at any time. Additional Quebec rights include:
- Right to Deletion (Right to be Forgotten) – Request that we cease disseminating personal information or de-index/re-index hyperlinks in cases permitted by law.
- Right to Data Portability – Obtain your personal information in a structured, commonly used technological format (or have it transferred to another organization).
- Rights Regarding Automated Decision-Making – If we make decisions based exclusively on automated processing, receive information about the logic and factors used and submit observations to a team member for review.
- Right to Anonymization – Once the purposes of collection are fulfilled, we may anonymize personal information instead of deleting it, as permitted by law.
International Data Transfers
Please refer to the section on INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER in the body of our Privacy Notice.
Contact Information
We are responsible for the personal information under our control and have appointed a Privacy Officer to oversee compliance with Canadian privacy laws. To exercise your rights, or if you have questions about our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Curt Moeller, Campus President
- Call: 647-378-5343
- Email: cmoeller@bryancollege.ca
