Privacy Policy

The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this web site (lrc.fas.harvard.edu).

Information gathering

Our web server software generates logfiles of the IP addresses of computers that access this web site and of what files they access. These web server logs are retained on a temporary basis and then deleted completely from our systems.

Use of information

We use your IP address and files you access to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site by identifying (1) which parts of our site are most heavily used, and (2) which portion of our audience comes from within the Harvard network. We also use this information to tailor site content to user needs, and to generate aggregate statistical reports. At no time do we disclose site usage by individual IP addresses.

We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that user sessions may be analyzed, but the users will remain anonymous. Our server places a small file called a cookie on the user's computer temporarily during each session. This is used to improve functionality by means of a random session ID but is not used in any way to track or identify the user. If the user accesses media resources protected by PIN authentication, the Harvard PIN server places a second cookie file on the user's computer for the duration of the browsing session.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Contacting the Homepage

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact: thammond@harvard.edu.

This web site may contain links to other web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

Changes to this policy

An announcement of any changes to this policy will be posted prominently on the first page of our web site for three months before any changes go into effect.

Effective Date

The effective date of this policy was October 30, 2007

An error was corrected on September 27, 2008.