This policy covers the treatment of all personal information that the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) collects when you visit our websites ( www.caorc.org and www.clscholarship.org ). At CAORC, we understand that privacy is a very important issue for visitors to our website.

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

Like all website owners, CAORC receives and records information from your browser in our website server logs. Whenever you request a page through your browser, the navigation and clickstream data, such as IP address, browser (and version), operating system, date, time, and the site from which you came are stored in a log file. CAORC uses software programs to create summaries from these statistics for such purposes as evaluating content worth, Website and system administration, and anonymous user analysis. This information cannot be used to identify specific individuals.

Aside from this standard tracking data, the only other personal information our site collects about you is such data as you knowingly provide to us, such as when applying for a fellowship, scholarship, or grant. Submitting personal information is voluntary. When you voluntarily submit information, it constitutes your consent to the use of the information for the purpose(s) stated at the time of collection. CAORC is the sole owner of any information collected on this site. We will not sell, market, share, rent or otherwise distribute this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement or at the time of collection.

Keeping your personal information secure is a top priority for CAORC. Personal information is private and confidential; accordingly, the information provided is stored in a secure location, is accessible only by designated employees and is used only for the purpose for which the information is collected. Whenever CAORC should hire other organizations to provide support services, we will require them to conform to our privacy standards and allow us to audit them for compliance.

EXTERNAL LINKS

This website may contain links to other sites. Unless we expressly state otherwise, CAORC makes no representations whatsoever concerning the content of those sites. The fact that CAORC has provided a link to a site is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation with respect to such site, its owners, or its providers. There are risks associated with using any information, software, or products found on the Internet, and CAORC cautions you to make sure that you understand these risks before retrieving, using, relying upon, or purchasing anything via the Internet. In addition, we encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. These other sites may collect or solicit personal data or send their own cookies to your computer. Please be aware that CAORC is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. This policy applies to all webpages under our domains and not to any webpages not under our domains, regardless of any hyperlinks from a webpage under our domains to a webpage not under our domains. Please check the privacy statements of these other sites for more information about their policies on collection and use of personal information.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

CAORC may amend this privacy policy from time to time. If we make any significant changes in the way we use your personal information, we will alert you by posting a prominent notice on our site.