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Privacy policy.
The University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies has created this Privacy Policy to detail what personal information we collect and why, as well as how we protect your information. The following applies to all Graham School websites.
The Graham School reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Changes will be posted to this site and effective immediately.
If you have questions regarding this policy, please contact us at [email protected] .
Information Collected and its Use
Our noncredit course registration and all application forms require users to provide us with contact information such as name, email address, mailing address, and similar identifiers. Sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, is not stored after purchase. Social security numbers are requested in our credit application forms, and are stored in protected University servers.
We may use your personal information to provide you with information about the Graham School’s activities, via email or catalog mailings. We may also share your personal information with other University of Chicago departments for University-related activities.
Your personal information may also be included in the University of Chicago directory. These directories are only available to the University community, including alumni, students, faculty, and staff, and are used for ease of contact among different departments.
If you participate in a partnership program, your contact information may be made available to our partner organization for the duration of your study.
We will not distribute your personal information unless required by law or a contract for official Graham School business. It will be used only for approved Graham School activities.
IP Addresses
The Graham School collects an IP address from visitors to our site. We use these IP addresses to help manage our site, including identifying technical issues, analyzing site flow, identifying demographic data and visitor trends, and providing custom user accounts. No personally identifiable information is linked to IP addresses.
Cookie Usage
The Graham School website may use cookies, which are used for record-keeping purposes and to improve your site visit. Use of cookies is an industry standard. Should you wish to disable the use of cookies, you may do so through the settings on your browser. Our website may not function optimally without the use of cookies.
Website Security
Our website uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption, which scrambles data sent from your browser to us. Sensitive information, such as personal user data, is kept secured and only accessible to approved Graham School staff. Data transmission over the internet is never completely secure; the Graham School protects information to the best of its ability, but cannot completely guarantee its security.
Offsite Links
The Graham School website links to other websites. We cannot guarantee the security of these links, and the Graham School is not responsible for sites linked to our website.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Graham School website, please contact:
The University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies 1427 East 60 th Street, 2 nd Floor Chicago, Illinois 60637
You may also email [email protected] .
Cookie Policy
Cookie policy
This statement explains how we use cookies on our website. For information about what types of personal information will be gathered when you visit the website, and how this information will be used, please see our privacy policy.
How we use cookies
All of our web pages use "cookies". A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we place on your computer or mobile device if you agree. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and enables us to improve our website.
Types of cookies we use
We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies - these are essential in to enable you to move around the websites and use their features. Without these cookies the services you have asked for, such as signing in to your account, cannot be provided.
- Performance cookies - these cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often. We use this information to improve our websites and to aid us in investigating problems raised by visitors. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor.
- Functionality cookies - these cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide more personal features. For instance, a functional cookie can be used to remember the items that you have placed in your shopping cart. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ .
Specific cookies we use
The list below identify the cookies we use and explain the purposes for which they are used. We may update the information contained in this section from time to time.
- JSESSIONID: This cookie is used by the application server to identify a unique user's session.
- registrarToken: This cookie is used to remember items that you have added to your shopping cart
- locale: This cookie is used to remember your locale and language settings.
- cookieconsent_status: This cookie is used to remember if you've already dismissed the cookie consent notice.
- _ga_UA-########: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. This anonymized visitor and browsing information is stored in Google Analytics.
Changes to our Cookie Statement
Any changes we may make to our Cookie Policy in the future will be posted on this page.
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