PRIVACY POLICY 

The Cowles Center 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 Cowles Center website and governs data collection and usage. By using The Cowles Center website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Cowles Center collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, address or telephone number. The Cowles Center also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, preferences, interests and favorites.

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

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

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Cowles Center collects and uses your personal information to operate The Cowles Center website and deliver the services you have requested. The Cowles Center also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The Cowles Center and its affiliates. The Cowles Center may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The Cowles Center does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Cowles Center 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 (email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, The Cowles Center 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 The Cowles Center, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

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

The Cowles Center keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within The Cowles Center, in order to determine what The Cowles Center services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within The Cowles Center to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

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

USE OF COOKIES

The Cowles Center website uses "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.

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 Cowles Center services or websites you visit.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Cowles Center secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Cowles Center 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 websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

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

CONTACT INFORMATION

The Cowles Center welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Cowles Center has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Cowles Center at info@thecowlescenter.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.