Privacy Policy...
Privacy and Security
Information gathering
Our web server software generates log files of the IP addresses of
computers that access this web site and of what files they access.
These web server logs are retained on a temporary basis and then
deleted completely from our systems. We also may ask our visitors to
provide information about themselves.
We may use cookies to maintain a user's identity between web
Use of information
We use your IP address and files you access to help diagnose problems
with our server and to administer our Web site by identifying which
parts of our site are most heavily used. We also use this information
to tailor site content to user needs, and to generate aggregate
statistical reports. At no time do we disclose site usage by individual
visitors.
In addition, visitor activity is tracked using Google Analytics.
Google Analytics is subject to the privacy policy of Google, Inc.,
which you can find on Google’s website. These data are used to optimize
our website for our visitors, and do not include personally
identifiable information such as name, contact information, or credit
card numbers.
All personally identifiable information provided by alumni is strictly
reserved for use by individual alumni and The Harvard Alumni
Association (HAA) for personal and University-related purposes only.
Personal information is shared with third parties or made publicly
available only under the following circumstances:
•Printed directories. Directory information, including name, degree,
address, phone, and email, may be included in printed alumni
directories. Alumni may request to be excluded from directories.
•Class Notes. Information submitted voluntarily through the “Alumni
Notes” area of the site may be published in alumni magazines, or
re-posted to sites which are not password-protected.
•Provision of services to users. User information may be shared with
third-party partners to the extent necessary to provide web services or
other offers to users. Any third parties who receive user information
for this purpose are prohibited from using or sharing user information
for any purpose other than providing services to users.
Security
HAA has taken reasonable precautions to secure the personal information available through the online community.
•Areas of clubsandsigs.harvard.edu where personal information is
displayed or can be entered are password protected to allow access by
registered users only. These areas include the online directory,
profile update, account management, and registration for some events.
•The site provides a "blind" email function that allows alumni to
contact one another without having to make the prospective recipient's
actual email address visible to the sender.
•Users have the option to suppress the information fields in their
records that they wish to keep private, which will prevent these fields
from being viewed by other community members.
Although these precautions should help to protect any personal
information available through clubsandsigs.harvard.edu from abuse or
outside interference, a certain degree of privacy risk is faced any
time information is shared over the Internet.
Do you process credit card transactions over this site? If yes, do you
do the processing or is this done by a third party vendor?
Contacting this web site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices
of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact
clubs@harvard.alumni.edu
This web site may contain links to other web sites. We are not
responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.
Changes to this policy
An announcement of any changes to this policy will be posted on this Privacy Policy page.
Effective Date
The effective date of this policy is October 29, 2009.