Longwood University Internet Privacy Statement
Thank you for visiting one of Longwood University's websites. We are committed
to providing the latest technologies and online services to both our
visitors and members of the Longwood community. We are also committed
to privacy issues, and we would like to take this opportunity to tell
you about what information we collect, how we use this information and
your rights concerning this information.
Nearly all of our websites may be visited without revealing any personal
information about yourself. However, there are several pieces of information
that we collect from you each time you access our websites. We log your
computer's IP address, the URL that referred you to our site, the pages
you access at our sites and the type and version of both your operating
system and web browser. We also track any terms and phrases that you
enter into our search engine service. None of this information is ever
used to personally identify you or any other user, but rather it is
used to generate reports of site usage. These reports help us to identify
what parts of the site are most popular, what search engines visitors
are using to find our websites and what things visitors are having trouble
finding. These reports help us determine overall website usage, identify
problem areas and ultimately provide better services for visitors like
yourself.
Certain services provided by our websites may utilize "cookies". A
cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your web browser
from one of our websites and stored on your computer's hard disk. A
cookie can not read any data off your hard disk, read cookie
files created by other websites or perform any other action against
your computer. When cookies are used, we will provide you with
an explanation of why the cookie is being set and what information
the cookie will contain. You can configure your web browser to
allow or disallow cookies by changing your browser's options
or preferences, but disabling cookies may prevent some areas
of our websites from working properly.
Occasionally there will be a service provided by our website that will
require you to provide personal information. A perfect example is our
Online Admissions Application, which you obviously could not complete
without providing some personal information. When personal information
is requested it will always be preceded by an explanation of why you
are being asked to provide this information. The explanation will also
include information about who will have access to the data and there
will also be an explanation for the procedure for correcting and/or
viewing the data that we have collected about you. If you choose not
to provide personal information through our website, you may be unable
to utilize some of the features we offer to our online visitors. When
it is possible, we will attempt to provide you with an alternative method
for the same service.
The Longwood University websites contain a variety of links to other
web sites not hosted by us. Longwood University is not responsible for
the privacy practices or the content of any such website. Content and
views presented by these sites may not reflect the views of Longwood
University. It is your responsibility to check with other websites to determine
their privacy policies. Also remember that any time you voluntarily
disclose information in an unencrypted online forum, such as e-mail,
web forms or chat rooms, that information can be collected and used
by others. It is ultimately your responsibility to protect your personal
information while you are online.
By using our websites, you consent to the collection and use of information
by the Longwood University websites as specified above. If we decide to
change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so
that you are always aware of our policies concerning information collection.
Last Updated: November 15, 2000
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