Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach does not read any of your private online communications.

Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach and Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach collects and uses your personal information to operate the Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach and its affiliates. Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach, in order to determine what Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach pages, or register with Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach site or services, a cookie helps Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Chapter 315: CSU Long Beach at ltinoco@csulb.edu. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.