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Privacy policy

by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 25-Oct-2007 16:55

Privacy policy for the Global Collaborative Web site.

About Us

This is a privacy policy for Nautilus of America, Inc., who manage the Global Collaborative. The Global Collaborative homepage on the Web is located at http://www.globalcollab.org. The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at http://www.globalcollab.org/contact-gc/privacy-policy. 

We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:

Scott BRUCE
Nautilus Institute
(San Francisco)
c/ University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street LM200
San Francisco, California 94117-1080
United States of America

You may contact us by e-mail at bscott@nautilus.org. You may call us at +415 422-5523.

Dispute Resolution and Privacy Seals

We have the following privacy seals and/or dispute resolution mechanisms. If you think we have not followed our privacy policy in some way, they can help you resolve your concern.

  • New Dispute: Scott Bruce will be happy to help you resolve any issue that you may have with our implementation of this privacy policy.

Additional Information

This policy is valid for 1 week from the time that it is loaded by a client.

Data Collection

P3P policies declare the data they collect in groups (also referred to as "statements"). This policy contains 4 data groups. The data practices of each group will be explained separately.

Group "Anonymous visitors"

We collect the following information:

  • Click-stream data
  • HTTP protocol elements
  • Search terms

This data will be used for the following purposes:

  • Completion and support of the current activity.
  • Web site and system administration.
  • Research and development.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The data in this group has been marked as non-identifiable. This means that there is no reasonable way for the site to identify the individual person this data was collected from.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Data collected from all Web users: access logs, and search strings (if entered).

Group "Cookies"

At the user's option, we will collect the following data:

  • HTTP cookies

This data will be used for the following purposes:

  • Web site and system administration. The user must opt-in to this usage.
  • One-time tailoring. The user must opt-in to this usage.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Cookies are used to track visitors to our site, so we can better understand what portions of our site best serve you.

Group "Mailing registration"

At the user's option, we will collect the following data:

  • Online contact information

This data will be used for the following purposes:

  • Completion and support of the current activity.
  • Web site and system administration.
  • Contacting visitors for marketing of services or products. The user must opt-in to this usage.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

You may choose to subscribe to mailing lists on the Global Collaborative. If you do, electronic mail (e-mail) information is required so that we can send you the relevant e-mail.

Group "Member registration"

We collect the following information:

  • User's Name
  • Unique identifiers
  • Online contact information
  • User's Job Title

At the user's option, we may also collect the following data:

  • Name of User's Employer
  • Department or division of organization where user is employed
  • User's Business Contact Information
  • Content

This data will be used for the following purposes:

  • Completion and support of the current activity.
  • Web site and system administration.
  • Research and development.
  • One-time tailoring.
  • User analysis.
  • User profiling and decision-making.
  • Contacting visitors for marketing of services or products. The user must opt-in to this usage.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

Individuals may log into the Global Collaborative to edit areas of the site. Please note that member registration is not required to view the site.

Cookies

Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.

Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

  • Site administration
  • User targeting

Compact Policy Summary

The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:

    CP="ALL DSP CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa IVAa IVDa CONi OUR IND PHY ONL UNI COM NAV INT DEM CNT"

The following table explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy.

Field Meaning
CP= This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P compact policy.
ALL Access to all collected information is available.
DSP The policy contains at least one dispute-resolution mechanism.
CURa The data is used for completion of the current activity.
ADMa The data is used for site administration.
DEVa The data is used for research and development.
TAIa The data is used for tailoring the site.
IVAa The data is used for analysis, including knowledge of the visitor's identity.
IVDa The data is used for decision-making, including knowledge of the visitor's identity.
CONi The data is used for contacting the user, if the user selects it.
OUR The data is given to ourselves and our agents.
IND The data will be kept indefinitely.
PHY Physical contact information is collected.
ONL Online contact information is collected.
UNI Unique identifiers are collected.
COM Computer information is collected.
NAV Navigation and clickstream data is collected.
INT Interactive data is collected.
DEM Demographic and socioeconomic data is collected.
CNT Content data is collected.
The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes. For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at http://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeployment.