PRIVACY NOTICE

Last Updated: October 13, 2026

Southeastern New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy (“SNMLEA”) (“we”, “us”, or “our”) control the domain, webpages, content, and overall website (the “Site”) linked from www.snmlea.com. This Privacy Notice (this “Notice”) applies to the Site. This Notice applies to personal information collected via the Site. This Notice describes what personal information is collected via the Site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared and what choices are available to you regarding the use of your personal information. When we use the term “personal information” we mean information that can be used to identify a particular individual (directly or indirectly). If you do not agree with the terms of this Notice, then please stop using the Site.

COLLECTION, USE, & SHARING OF INFORMATION

We collect personal data from you directly through automated processes (e.g., learning management tools or our webpages) and from third party entities.  

We occasionally process other types of personal information for various legitimate and specific purposes. When these situations occur, we endeavor to inform the data subjects of such occasional processing activities.

SNMLEA does not require you to identify yourself while using our public webpages linked from www.snmlea.com. Our public webpages do not collect your personal information but we may automatically collect and store general information about you and your visit to our public webpages, but that information does not identify you personally unless you choose to provide your personal information. The information that we collect is used to track how users interact with our website, so that we can improve the user’s experience and make other improvements to the services and resources that we make available via online. In addition, anonymous information collected during your visit can be associated with you, if you choose to provide your personal information during your visit. The information that we collect includes, but is not limited to:

  • The IP address from which you access the Site

  • The name of the domain from which you access the Internet

  • The type of browser and operating system used to access the Site

  • The date and time you access the Site

  • The pages, files, documents, and links that you visit

  • The advertisement or link that you click on to get to our website (referral data)

  • The Internet address of the website from which you linked to this website

ADVERTISING SERVICES & COOKIES

Some of our webpages may use remarketing services to advertise across the internet on third party websites to previous visitors to the Site. Remarketing practices will display relevant ads tailored to you based on your past visits to a page under www.snmlea.com or www.nmjc.edu. We are not collecting any identifiable information through the use of these cookies or any other third party remarketing system. The information we do collect is used to enable the ability to display ads relating to the pages visited by the visitor.

In addition to using cookies and related technologies as described above, we also may permit the third party companies to help us tailor advertising that we think may be of interest to users and to collect and use other data about user activities on the Site. These companies may deliver ads that might also place cookies and otherwise track user behavior. The data collected on user activities is not identifiable information but may be used to help determine if a user took action from the advertisement.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We use the personal data we collect to facilitate the operations and educational activities of SNMLEA. We only use the personal data for the purposes for which it was collected, unless we reasonably consider that it is needed for another related reason and that the reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your data for an unrelated purpose, we will seek your consent.

SHARING YOUR DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES

We may share your data with third parties who contract with New Mexico Junior College (“NMJC”) to help administer our operations. All of our third-party service providers are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your data in line with our policies. We do not allow them to use your data for their own purposes. We permit them to process your data only for specified purposes in accordance with our instructions.

We may also share your personal data with third parties to comply with any legal obligation, administer a contract you have with NMJC, and/or assist college-affiliated programs regarding contacting you about goods, services, charitable giving, or experiences that may be of personal interest.

Other circumstances where we may need to share your personal data with third parties include where we have your consent to do so or when it is necessary to protect the health and safety of you or others.

Where your data is shared with third parties, we will seek to share only the necessary pertinent information.

HOW WE SECURE YOUR INFORMATION

SNMLEA recognizes the importance of maintaining the security of the information we collect and maintain. We strive to ensure reasonable security measures are in place, including physical, administrative, and technical safeguards to protect your personal information.