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 University Information Policy Office collects, uses, and safeguards personal information obtained specifically through our website (https://datamanagement.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. University Information Policy Office 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, Midwest Center for Biodiversity 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
We will not attempt to collect any information from you through the use of forms or other type of manual input.
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
Except as described in the IU Privacy statement, we will not share any information with any other entities or organizations for any reason.
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.
Additional Information Related to Information Use
We use Google Analytics to see how often our site is visited.
Cookies
For more information on how we use cookies, please review the IU Privacy statement.
Our site does not use cookies to store information about your actions or choices on pages associated with our site.
Children
- We ask children under age 13 to obtain permission from a parent or guardian before interacting with our site.
Use of Third Party Services
This website utilizes Google Analytics a web analytics service. More information about this service can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
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 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 do not plan to use visitor information for anything other than seeing how many people visit our site.
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.
Midwest Center for Biodiversity
ATTN: Alex Jahn
1001 E. Third St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405
alexjahn@iu.edu
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.