Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting our Web site and for reviewing our privacy policy. Our policy is clear:

We collect no information about you, other than information automatically collected and stored (see below) when you visit our Web site, unless you choose to provide that information to us.

Information Automatically Collected and Stored

When you browse through any Web site, certain personal information about you can be collected. We automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit:

• The name of the domain you use to access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are using an America Online account, or stanford.edu, if you are connecting from Stanford University's domain)
• The date and time of your visit
• The pages you visited
• The address of the Web site you came from when you visited our site
• The operating system of your computer
• The version and type of Web browser you use when you visit our Web site

We use this information for statistical purposes and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. Unless it is specifically stated otherwise, no additional information will be collected about you.

Personally Provided Information

In the event that you choose to download data files, you will be asked to create an account with us. This process involves filling out a small form that requests the following information:

• name
• e-mail address
• password (that you choose)
• academic status (student, faculty, staff, etc.)
• department, discipline, or academic unit
• whether or not you would mind being contacted by an ICPSR representative
• whether or not you would mind having your download information shared with an ICPSR representative on your campus
• what statistical software you prefer to use

After filling out the form, you will be asked your e-mail address and password for subsequent downloads, but will not be asked to fill out the form again. Your e-mail address will be used to track which data files you have downloaded from our Web site. This is done so that we can provide usage statistics to various agencies to justify continued funding.

If you choose to provide us with additional information about yourself through an e-mail message, form, survey, etc., we will only maintain the information as long as needed to respond to your question or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication.

Disclosure

This Web site does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless required for law enforcement or by statute.

Intrusion Detection

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor traffic and to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or to otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized law enforcement investigations, and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these sources may be used to help identify an individual.