Universities Consortium 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 Universities Consortium site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Universities Consortium site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Universities Consortium. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Universities Consortium for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Universities Consortium site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Universities Consortium public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Universities Consortium does not read any of your private online communications.

Universities Consortium encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Universities Consortium so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Universities Consortium is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Universities Consortium and Universities Consortium family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Universities Consortium does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Universities Consortium 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 Universities Consortium or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Universities Consortium; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Universities Consortium, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Universities Consortium 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 Universities Consortium pages, or register with Universities Consortium site or services, a cookie helps Universities Consortium 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 Universities Consortium Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Universities Consortium 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 Universities Consortium services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Changes to this Statement

Universities Consortium will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Universities Consortium encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Universities Consortium is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Universities Consortium welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Universities Consortium has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Universities Consortium. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.