Thank you for visiting the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) website. HESC recognizes it is critical for individuals and businesses to be confident their privacy is protected when visiting.
Consistent with the provisions of New York's Internet Security and Privacy Act, Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law, and applicable federal laws, this policy describes HESC's privacy practices regarding information collected from users of this website. This policy describes what information is collected and how that information is used.
Because this privacy policy applies only to this website, you should examine the privacy policy of any website, including those of other state agencies, accessed while using this website. For example, when initiating credit card loan payments from this site, you will be linked to the website of the credit card service provider, for processing of these transactions. Refer to that site's own privacy policy before you volunteer any personal information.
For purposes of this policy, "personal information" means any information concerning a person that, because of name, number, symbol, mark, or other identifier, can be used to identify that person.