IBR/TCU Privacy Statement

Last updated: August 23, 2002

The privacy policy for the Web site of the Institute of Behavioral Research (IBR) at Texas Christian University (TCU) (http:www.ibr.tcu.edu) is as follows:

When you visit our Web site, we do not collect any information about you (other than information automatically collected and stored in the Web server's logs — see below) unless you choose to provide that information to us.

  
Information Automatically Collected and Stored:

When you browse through this Web site, as with any other, 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 American 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; and
  
• the address of the Web site you came from when you initiated your visit.

We use this information for statistical purposes only 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:

You do not have to give us personal information to visit our Web site.

If you choose to provide us with additional information about yourself through e-mail, forms, surveys, etc., unless otherwise specifically stated and agreed to by you, we will maintain the information only as long as needed to respond to your question, to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication, or to conduct statistical data analysis.

  
Disclosure:

The IBR at TCU will maintain the privacy of personal information provided, and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that any information you provide cannot be accessed by unauthorized persons.  We do not sell, rent, share, or otherwise willfully disclose e-mail addresses or any other personally identifiable information shared on this Web site to any third party.  E-mail messages sent to the e-mail contact for this Web site will be answered by that account holder or forwarded to another individual at TCU to be answered.  E-mail messages sent to the e-mail contact for this Web site and copies of replies sent by this e-mail contact may be kept and reviewed to help ensure the relevance of information presented in this Web site and the usefulness of the replies from the e-mail contact.

Thank you for your visit to the IBR at TCU Web site.  For further information or questions concerning this statement, e-mail ibr@tcu.edu.