Privacy Statement for the IQSS web site

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE INSTITUTE FOR QUANTITATIVE SOCIAL SCIENCE

The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for The Institute for Quantitative Social Science.  Harvard University‘s information security policy (HEISP) is located on Harvard’s website (http://security.harvard.edu/) and is also incorporated into this Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION GATHERING

We use your IP address 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 do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that user sessions will be tracked, but the users will remain anonymous.

Our staff occasionally monitors search terms that users enter into the Harvard Search Engine but this tracking is never associated with individual users.

USE OF INFORMATION

Our homepage staff uses the information gathered above 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. Web server logs are retained on a temporary basis and then deleted completely from our systems.

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 the this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact:


Privacy Inquiries

Institute for Quantitative Social Science
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

IQSS's homepage contains links to other independently run web sites within the Harvard network and to some sites outside the “harvard.edu” domain. The homepage is 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 Nov. 1, 2007.