UNCFSP Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices

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Privacy Policy
Accessibility Statement
Linking Policy and Disclaimer of Endorsement

Privacy Policy
This notice provides UNCFSP’s policy regarding the nature, purpose, use and sharing of any information collected via this Web site. The information you provide on a UNCFSP Web site will be used only for its intended purpose. We will protect your information consistent with the principles of the Privacy Act, the e-Government act of 2002, the Federal Records Act, and as applicable, the Freedom of Information Act.

Submitting information is strictly voluntary. By doing so, you are giving UNCFSP your permission to use the information for the intended purpose. If you do not want to give UNCFSP permission to use your information, simply do not provide it. However, not providing certain information may result in UNCFSP’s inability to provide you with the information or services you desire.

There are several types of information we collect. These include:

Automatically Collected Information
Information Collected for Tracking and Customization (Cookies)
Personal Information
 
Automatically Collected Information
We collect and temporarily store certain technical information about your visit for use in site management and security purposes. This information includes:

The Internet domain from which you access our Web site (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from an educational domain);
The IP address (a unique number for each computer connected to the Internet) from which you access our Web site;
The type of browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) used to access our site;
The operating system (Windows, Unix) used to access our site;
The date and time you access our site;
The URLs of the pages you visit;
Your username, if it was used to log in to the Web site; and
If you visited this UNCFSP Web site from another Web site, the URL of the forwarding site.
This information is only used to help us make our site more useful for you. With this data we learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use.

Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are retained temporarily as required for security and site management purposes only.

Information Collected for Tracking and Customization (Cookies)
A cookie is a small file that a Web site transfers to your computer to allow it to remember specific information about your session while you are connected. Your computer will only share the information in the cookie with the Web site that provided it, and no other Web site can request it. There are two types of cookies, session and persistent. Session cookies last only as long as your Web browser is open. Once you close your browser, the cookie disappears. Persistent cookies store information on your computer for longer periods of time.

UNCFSP Web sites may use session cookies for technical purposes such as to enable better navigation through the site, or to allow you to customize your preferences for interacting with the site. Some sections of UNCFSP Web site may also make use of persistent cookies to remember you between visits so, for example, you can save your customized preference settings for future visits.

At no time is your private information, whether stored in persistent cookies or elsewhere, shared with third parties who have no right to that information. If you do not wish to have session or persistent cookies stored on your machine, you can turn them off in your browser. However, this may affect the functioning of some portions of UNCFSP Web site.

Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information, through such methods as completing a form or sending us an email, we will use that information to respond to your message and to help us get you the information or services you have requested.

Remember that email isn’t necessarily secure. You should never send sensitive or personal information like your Social Security number in an email. Use postal mail or secure Web sites instead.

Some of our Web sites ask visitors who request specific information to fill out a registration form. For example, students looking for scholarship opportunities by visiting our registration site site may be asked to register to obtain email notices of available opportunities. Other information collected through questionnaires, feedback forms, or other means, enables us to determine visitors’ interests, with the goal of providing better service to our customers.

Accessibility Statement
We continually strive to ensure the pages on this Web site are accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you have any difficulty viewing any page with adaptive technology, please contact the webmaster listed below.

Documents on UNCFSP Web site are presented in many formats. These formats are generally accessible to users using screen reading software. Some files on this Web site may be posted as Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe provides their Acrobat Reader software as a free download.

Linking Policy and Disclaimer of Endorsement
UNCFSP links to many Web sites created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations. UNCFSP provides links to these sites as a service to our users. The presence of a link is not a UNCFSP endorsement of the site.

When users follow a link to an outside Web site, they are leaving UNCFSP and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside Web site(s). UNCFSP is not responsible for the information collection practices of non-UNCFSP sites.

UNCFSP Webmaster:

Leslie M. Boyd

Office of Development & Marketing
UNCF Special Programs Corporation
6402 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 600
Falls Church, VA 22042-2343
Phone: (703) 677-3400
Email: portal@uncfsp.org