College of Science is committed to protecting your
privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and
safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the College
of Science Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the
College of Science website, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
College of Science collects personally identifiable information, such as
your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number.
College of Science also collects anonymous demographic information,
which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender,
preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that
is automatically collected by College of Science. This information can
include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and
referring Web site addresses. This information is used by College of
Science for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the
service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the College
of Science Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally
identifiable information or personally sensitive data through College of
Science public message boards, this information may be collected and
used by others. Note: College of Science does not read any of your
private online communications.
College of Science encourages you to review the privacy statements of
Web sites you choose to link to from College of Science so that you can
understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information.
College of Science is not responsible for the privacy statements or
other content on Web sites outside of the College of Science and College
of Science family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
College of Science collects and uses your personal information to
operate the College of Science Web site and deliver the services you
have requested. College of Science also uses your personally
identifiable information to inform you of other products or services
available from College of Science and its affiliates. College of Science
may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion
of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
College of Science does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to
third parties. College of Science may, from time to time, contact you on
behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that
may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally
identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is
not transferred to the third party. In addition, College of Science may
share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical
analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or
arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using
your personal information except to provide these services to College of
Science, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your
information.
College of Science does not use or disclose sensitive personal
information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without
your explicit consent.
College of Science keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers
visit within College of Science, in order to determine what College of
Science services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver
customized content and advertising within College of Science to
customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a
particular subject area.
College of Science Web sites will disclose your personal information,
without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith
belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of
the law or comply with legal process served on College of Science or the
site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of College of
Science; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of users of College of Science, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The College of Science Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize
your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your
hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs
or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to
you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the
cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience
feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web
server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you
personalize College of Science pages, or register with College of
Science site or services, a cookie helps College of Science to recall
your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the
process of recording your personal information, such as billing
addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same
College of Science Web site, the information you previously provided can
be retrieved, so you can easily use the College of Science features that
you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline
cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive
features of the College of Science services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
College of Science secures your personal information from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure. College of Science secures the personally
identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a
controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use
or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number)
is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of
encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
College of Science will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to
reflect company and customer feedback. College of Science encourages you
to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how College of
Science is protecting your information.
Contact Information
College of Science welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of
Privacy. If you believe that College of Science has not adhered to this
Statement, please contact College of Science at
alanderos@utep.edu. We will use
commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.