Policies

Our products, services, and personnel are governed by these policies. Members of our user community must agree to abide by all relevant policies before making use of any IQSS-affiliated service or application. In addition to our policies, users also are subject to any policies enforced by our parent organizations, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard University.

Web Privacy Statement

Web Privacy Statement

The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this web site (www.iq.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.  We also do not use cookies.

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 us by using our form: http://www.iq.harvard.edu/contact.

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 November 1, 2009.

Confidential Information Policies

Confidential Information Policies

For a summary of the policies that apply to the collection, storage, transport, use, and disposal of confidential information, please see our Confidential Information Policy Summary.