Professor Edward Boyden is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Professor Edward Boyden Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Professor Edward Boyden website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Professor Edward Boyden collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Professor Edward Boyden also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Professor Edward Boyden. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Professor Edward Boyden for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Professor Edward Boyden Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Professor Edward Boyden public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Professor Edward Boyden does not read any of your private online communications.

Professor Edward Boyden encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Professor Edward Boyden so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Professor Edward Boyden is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Professor Edward Boyden and Professor Edward Boyden family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Professor Edward Boyden collects and uses your personal information to operate the Professor Edward Boyden Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Professor Edward Boyden also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Professor Edward Boyden and its affiliates. Professor Edward Boyden may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Professor Edward Boyden does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Professor Edward Boyden may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Professor Edward Boyden may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Professor Edward Boyden, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Professor Edward Boyden does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Professor Edward Boyden keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Professor Edward Boyden, in order to determine what Professor Edward Boyden services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Professor Edward Boyden to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Professor Edward Boyden Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Professor Edward Boyden or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Professor Edward Boyden; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Professor Edward Boyden, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Professor Edward Boyden Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Professor Edward Boyden pages, or register with Professor Edward Boyden site or services, a cookie helps Professor Edward Boyden to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Professor Edward Boyden Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Professor Edward Boyden features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Professor Edward Boyden services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Professor Edward Boyden secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Professor Edward Boyden secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Professor Edward Boyden will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Professor Edward Boyden encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Professor Edward Boyden is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Professor Edward Boyden welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Professor Edward Boyden has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Professor Edward Boyden at support1@ncc.edu. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.