INLOCC Privacy Notice
Effective: 2024-06-25
Overview
At Indiana University (IU), we are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal information entrusted to us. By accessing and using IU's services, you acknowledge and consent to the practices described in our global privacy statement here: https://privacy.iu.edu/privacy/global.html.
For additional information outlining how INLOCC collects, uses, and safeguards personal information obtained specifically through our website (http://inlocc.iu.edu), please also review the information below.
Continued use of our website indicates consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of this information as described in this notice.
Visitors to other IU websites should review the privacy notices for the sites they visit, as other units at the university may collect and use visitor information in different ways. INLOCC is not responsible for the content of other websites or for the privacy practices of websites outside the scope of this notice.
Changes
Because Internet technologies continue to evolve rapidly, INLOCC may make appropriate changes to this notice in the future. Any such changes will be consistent with our commitment to respecting visitor privacy, and will be clearly posted in a revised privacy notice.
Collection and Use
Passive/Automatic Collection
When you view pages on our site, the web server automatically collects certain technical information from your computer and about your connection. This information is outlined in the IU Privacy statement.
Active/Manual/Voluntary Collection
In addition to the technical information about your visit described above (or cookies, described below), we may ask you to provide information voluntarily, such as through forms or other manual input. We might ask for you to provide this information in order to make products and services available to you, to maintain and manage our relationship with you, including providing associated services or to better understand and serve your needs. This information is generally retained as long as you continue to maintain a relationship with us. Your providing this information is wholly voluntary. However, not providing the requested information (or subsequently asking that the data be removed) may affect our ability to deliver the products or service for which the information is needed. Providing the requested information indicates your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of this information as described in this notice. Information we may actively collect could include:
- The email addresses of those who communicate with us via email
- Name
- Address
- Telephone number
- Other than automatically collected technical information about your visit (described above, or cookies, described below), we may ask you to provide information voluntarily, such as through forms or other manual input—in order to make products and services available to you, to maintain and manage our relationship with you, including providing associated services or to better understand and serve your needs. This information is generally retained as long as you continue to maintain a relationship with us. Your providing this information is wholly voluntary. However, not providing the requested information (or subsequently asking that the data be removed) may affect our ability to deliver the products or service for which the information is needed. Providing the requested information indicates your consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of this information as described in this notice. Information we may actively collect could include:
- Social Security Number
- Driver's License Number
- Date of Birth
- Home Address
Information Used For Contact
If you supply us with your postal/mailing address:
- You will only receive the information for which you provided us your address.
Information Sharing
We may share personally identifiable information with other entities or organizations, under the following circumstances:
This information is:
- not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes
- disclosed when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our website and applicable laws, or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website
We may provide this information to:
- Contracted university agents/organizations
We may make some personally identifiable information available, such as:
- your names
- your email addresses
- other contact information, such as address or telephone number
Except as provided in the Disclosure of Information section below, we do not attempt to use the technical information discussed in this section to identify individual visitors.
Cookies
For more information on how we use cookies, please review the IU Privacy statement.
In order to customize the information and services offered to you, our site uses cookies to:
- Record session information, such as items that visitors add to their shopping cart
Children
This site is not directed to children under 13 years of age, does not sell products or services intended for purchase by children, and does not knowingly collect or store any personal information, even in aggregate, about children under the age of 13. We encourage parents and teachers to be involved in children's Internet explorations. It is particularly important for parents to guide their children when they are asked to provide personal information online.
Use of Third Party Services
Our website does not utilize web analytics services beyond what is noted in the IU Privacy statement.
Access to Information
In some cases, we will grant visitors access to the information we collect about them.
This information includes:
- Communications that the visitor has directed to our site (e.g., emails, visitor inquiries).
Visitors can access this information by:
- Sending us email at the listed address
Updating Inaccurate Information
In some cases, we will grant visitors the ability to update or correct inaccuracies in the information that we maintain.
Visitors may correct inaccuracies in:
- Contact information
- Unique identifiers
- Communications that the visitor has directed to our site
Visitors can have this information corrected by:
- Sending us email at the listed address
Security
Due to the rapidly evolving nature of information technologies, no transmission of information over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. While Indiana University is committed to protecting user privacy, IU cannot guarantee the security of any information users transmit to university sites, and users do so at their own risk.
- We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.
- Once we receive user information, we will use reasonable safeguards consistent with prevailing industry standards and commensurate with the sensitivity of the data being stored to maintain the security of that information on our systems.
- We will comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding the privacy and security of user information.
Links to non-university sites
Indiana University is not responsible for the availability, content, or privacy practices of non-university sites. Non-university sites are not bound by this site privacy notice policy and may or may not have their own privacy policies.
Privacy Notice Changes
From time to time, we may use visitor information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice.
We will post the policy changes to our Website to notify you of these changes, but only data collected from the time of the policy change forward will be used for these new purposes. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Website periodically.
Visitors may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by:
- Sending us email at the listed address
Contact Information
If you have questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us.
INLOCC
ATTN: Kutina England
Smith Research, 110
Bloomington, Indiana
47408
inlocc@iu.edu
812 855 9758
If you feel as though this site's privacy practices differ from the information stated, you may contact us at the listed address or phone number.
If you feel that this site is not following its stated policy and communicating with the owner of this site does not resolve the matter, or if you have general questions or concerns about privacy or information technology policy at Indiana University, please contact the chief privacy officer through the University Information Policy Office, 812-855-UIPO, privacy@iu.edu.