Information Collected and Stored Automatically
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages,
or download information, we may gather and store certain information about your
visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We
automatically collect and store only the following information about your
visit:
- The Internet domain (for example, "yourschool.edu" if you connect
from a university's domain, or "xcompany.com" if you use a private
Internet access account) and IP address (an IP address is a number
that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are
surfing the Web) from which you access our website;
- The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
- The date and time you access our site;
- The pages you visit; and
- If you linked to our website from another website, the address
of that website.
We use this information to help us make our site more useful to our primary users,
the current students, faculty, and staff of Washington University. We also use this
information to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology
our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.
If You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information as in an email to one
of our online email boxes, or by filling out a form with your personal information
and submitting it to us through our website, we use that information to respond to
your message and to help us get you the information you have requested. We do not
collect personal information from such communications for any purpose other than
to respond to you. We do not collect information for commercial marketing.
Links to Other Sites
This site contains links to other sites. Washington University is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. Once you link to another
site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site—which may differ considerably
from Washington University policy.
Site Security
To guard against unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and promote the correct use
of information, we have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to
safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
However, while we consider these measures reasonable, no assurance can be given
that they will always and in all cases prevent or protect against invalid access
or improper activity, and any expectation or warranty of unassailable site security
is expressly disclaimed.
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