Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for cmi.hms.harvard.edu.  By using this website, you are consenting to our collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Information gathering

If you request services or information through the website, we may ask for your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, position, affiliation, or other personal information. We may also ask you for other information at other times.  We use this information to respond to your inquiries, to customize your experience on the website, to improve our content and to provide you with email notifications related to your interests.

We may collect non-personal information about the computer, mobile device or other device you use to access cmi.hms.harvard.edu, such as IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language or other information of this nature. We use this information in an aggregate fashion to track access to cmi.hms.harvard.edu. At no time do we disclose site usage by individual IP addresses. Web server logs are retained on a temporary basis and then deleted from our systems.

Cookies

Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer (unless you block them). We may use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

Cookies may be set by an organization other than cmi.hms.harvard.edu. These “third-party cookies” may, for example, originate from websites such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus or other social media services for which “plug-ins” have been implemented.  Since the cookie policies of these sites change over time, you should determine their policies by visiting the privacy policy pages of these sites directly.

You may disable cookies through your individual browser options. If you would like to learn more about cookies please refer to the following website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

Links to Third-Party Websites

We may provide hyperlinks to third-party websites as a convenience to users of Harvard.edu. Harvard.edu does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for the contents of any linked-to, third-party websites or any hyperlink in a linked-to website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third-party websites.

Email Policy

We will not share, sell, rent, swap or authorize any third party to use your email address for commercial purposes without your permission.

Contacting this web site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact cmi@hms.harvard.edu.

Changes to this policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time.  If we change the policy, we will post the modified policy on this page.

Effective date

The effective date of this policy is September 17, 2016.