Privacy Policy

Primary Activity

Modern information and communication technologies play a fundamental role in the activities of an organization like COSL. We are based at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, USA. Our principal activities are:

• Research, development, and service supporting access to educational opportunity

This privacy policy covers OpenOCW and its Web site at http://openocw.org/

Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access

You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

The Services and Links of Our Web Site

• Our Web site enables you to access and download educational materials shared by yourself and / or others.
• When you share educational materials on the site, other visitors may collect data you include (for example, in your About the Professor page).
• Our Web site may include links to third party Web service providers.

Automatic Collection of Information

We automatically log personal data by means such as programming or we link information automatically logged by such means with personal data about specific individuals. We do so for the following purposes:

• Technical administration of the Web site
• Research and development

We do not use cookies to store personal data nor do we link non-personal information stored in cookies with personal data about specific individuals.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification

• We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services.
• We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.
• We do not collect or use personal data for any purpose other than that indicated below.
• If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, we offer you the means to consent to this new purpose.

Children's Privacy

• We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
• We do not take specific steps to protect the privacy of children who disclose their personal data to us.

Disclosure and Visitor Choice

• We do not disclose your personal data to our subsidiaries or other organizations.
• Where we disclose your personal data for purposes which are different from those indicated in the table mentioned above, we offer you the opportunity to consent to disclosure.

Confidentiality / Security

We do not give visitors to our Web site the option of using a secure transmission method to send us their personal data.
We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

• unauthorized access
• improper use or disclosure
• unauthorized modification
• unlawful destruction or accidental loss

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.
We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to state institutions or law enforcement except if required by law or other regulation.

Access to Personal Data We May Hold

• A readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you is available on your course pages.
  
• We allow you to alter the data that we hold about you at any time.
• We do not reserve the right to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data.

Privacy Compliance

• There are no national laws or self-regulatory schemes applicable to our web site or organization.
• There are no global or regional regulatory or self-regulatory schemes applicable to our web site or organization.
• We cannot demonstrate that our privacy policy accords with the privacy instrument.

Privacy Support

If you have an inquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact: