Privacy Policy

The UW Business School recognizes the public's concern about privacy on the Internet. This privacy statement establishes how information from your visit to our Web site is gathered and used by this Web site's operators. By accessing the site, you are agreeing to the data collection and use practices described below.

Depending on your activities at this site, certain information may be collected:

Data gathered and stored automatically

We may collect and store information for statistical purposes, so that we can track usage of our Web site in order to make improvements. This information collected may include: the domain name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) from which you access the Internet, the Internet Protocol (IP) address from which you access the site, URLs of pages you access and the date and time you access them, or the type of browser and operating system you use. This information is anonymous; it does not identify you personally, it is not used to contact you.

Use of cookies

The UW Business School Web site does not use cookies to track your Internet usage, nor are they used in any other way at this site.

Personally identifiable information

The UW Business School's Web site only collects personal information that you knowingly and voluntarily provide by, for example, sending us an e-mail, submitting a Web form, registering for a program, or responding to a survey. If you send us personal information (i.e., your name, e-mail address, etc.), we may store that data in order to respond to your e-mail or process your request.

Data security and potential disclosure

We take measures to protect the transmission of the information you submit to us when you use our Web site. However, if you choose to send us e-mail or fill out a form on our Web site, you should be aware that the information or the form or e-mail itself is not necessarily secure against interception. It may also be subject to legal disclosure requirements.

No personal information maintained by the UW Business School is sold to third parties. We do not sell, rent, loan, trade, or lease any personal information collected at our site, including membership forms or e-mail lists.

However, you should be aware that the University of Washington is an agency of the State of Washington and as such is subject to the provisions of the Washington Public Disclosure Act (Chapter 42.17 RCW) which potentially requires us to provide Web site records if requested under the Act. Disclosure might also occur pursuant to court order or a subpoena or other document requests issued in connection with litigation or as a result of a break-in to the site's computers, either physical or electronic, or if a University of Washington employee, University of Washington student, or other contractual partner violates University of Washington privacy rules.

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. Inquiries about this privacy policy should be sent to bacshelp@u.washington.edu.