1. SCOPE OF PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy applies when you interact with us directly online, including through our website (PathForHigherEd.org) and emails we send (the “Services”).
Sometimes, a PATH Member Organization (like a higher education institution) may share information about you with us—for example, if a PATH Member Organization wants to provide you with an invitation or referral to register, they may provide PATH with your contact information. We process this information on behalf and at the direction of the PATH Member Organizations. The PATH Member Organization is responsible for determining how personal information is collected, used, and shared, and you should refer to that organization for more information about its privacy practices and any choices or rights that may be available to you.
This Privacy Policy only covers PATH. If you visit other websites or services, even ones we link to, their own privacy policies apply. We encourage you to review those policies directly.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Depending on the nature of your interaction with PATH, we may collect personal information as follows:
- Directly from you, when you provide information to us or interact with us:
- Account information, including your name, email address, affiliated institution or organization, display name, and selected password when you create a PATH account.
- Contact information, such as your email address and telephone number.
- Profile information, including your organization, role or title, working group, and areas of expertise.
- User content you may post publicly via the Services, such as comments and resource hub entries.
- Any additional information you choose to provide, including questions, suggestions, and feedback.
- Automatically from you, when you visit our Services, device information and online user activity, as described in the next section.
- From third parties:
- Referral information, from PATH Member Organizations that invite you to register via a referral link.
3. COOKIES AND INFORMATION COLLECTED BY AUTOMATED MEANS
Certain information is automatically collected from you when you interact with our Services. This information includes:
- Usage details about your interaction with our Services, such as the date, time, and length of visits, specific pages or content accessed during the visits, search terms, frequency of the visits, and referring address.
- Device information about the device you use to access our Services, such as IP address, device type, unique device identifier, operating system, browser type, and mobile network information.
- Location information where you choose to provide the Services with access to information about your device’s location.
Much of this information is collected through cookies and other tracking technologies, which may be operated by our partners who assist us in providing the Services, understanding usage of the Services, and security and fraud prevention.
See Section 6 (PRIVACY CHOICES) for more information on managing your cookie preferences.
4. HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We use the personal information we collect from you to:
- Provide and operate the Services; deliver requested content; create and maintain user accounts; manage PATH membership; and facilitate the Member Directory, comment features, and Resource Hub.
- Respond to your requests and questions; communicate with you; provide troubleshooting and other support; and provide important notices.
- Design and send newsletters and communications, including account notifications and event information.
- Manage, maintain, and operate the Services; diagnose or fix technology problems; monitor the performance of the Services; analyze usage trends in aggregate; and understand how you access and use the Services.
- Improve the Services; better understand our membership base; develop new features and services; and advance PATH’s mission.
- Comply with legal requirements; defend against legal claims or other demands; respond to subpoena, court order, or other legal process or request; protect the rights of PATH, you, or others; and detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be fraudulent or illegal.
- Perform internal administration, auditing, program evaluation, and operations activities.
We may use and share information in an aggregated or de-identified manner at our discretion, including for research, analysis, and improvement of our Services.
5. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION
We may share the information we collect in the following instances:
- With service providers that we believe need the information to perform a technology or other professional function for us such as IT, support, communication providers, analytics, accounting, auditing, and other professional services.
- With the relevant PATH Member Organization, at your direction, to maintain membership records.
- With other PATH Members. If you opt in to the Member Directory, your display name and any profile fields you choose to display will be visible to other PATH Members. Your comments, once approved, are displayed to PATH Members under your display name.
- When a corporate event occurs, we reserve the right to transfer to another entity or its affiliates some or all information about you in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, acquisition, sale of assets, change in ownership control, or organizational restructuring. We cannot promise that an acquiring party or the successor entity will have the same privacy practices or treat your information the same as described in this Privacy Policy.
- For legal purposes; where necessary to comply with the law; in response to court orders, law enforcement or legal process, including for national security purposes; to establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights; as required to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements; to defend against legal claims or demands; or to detect, investigate, prevent, or take action against illegal activities, fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the rights, property, or personal safety of any person.
PATH does not sell, rent, or trade member personal information to third parties for their own marketing or commercial purposes.
6. PRIVACY CHOICES
This section describes the choices you have regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information:
- Opt out of cookies: You have options to limit how cookies and other tracking technologies collect information about your online activity.
- Generally, you can modify your browser settings to disable or reject cookies; but if you do so, some features of our Services may not function properly. Please note that you will need to set preferences on each web browser and device you use to visit our Services.
- Because definitions and rules for “Do Not Track” have not yet been established, we do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals.
- You may also opt out of certain third-party cookies we use by visiting their opt out pages. These are examples of our cookie providers, but the list is not exhaustive. In addition, we are not responsible for the effectiveness of any of these opt-out mechanisms:
- We use Google Analytics to collect usage details. You can learn more about Google Analytics here and opt out of collection of your data by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Opt out of email marketing: If you no longer wish to receive marketing or newsletter emails from us, you can click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Please note that you may continue to receive transactional messages from us, including messages about your account, RSVPs, and comment moderation.
- Opt out of the Member Directory: You may opt in or out of the Member Directory at any time in your profile settings. You can also control which profile fields are displayed. The default state for all members is unlisted.
- Update and view account information: If you have an account, you can review and update certain account information by logging in, such as your contact information.
With respect to information shared with us by a PATH Member Organization, please contact the relevant organization for options regarding the manner in which your information is collected, used, or disclosed.
7. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION
We use a combination of physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect the information we collect through the Services. While we use these precautions to safeguard your information, we cannot guarantee the security of the networks, systems, servers, devices, and databases we operate or that are operated on our behalf.
8. UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you as necessary through written, electronic, or other means.
9. CONTACT US
- If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at hello@ourcause.co.
