This is a privacy policy for Brenau University. Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.brenau.edu. The full text of our privacy policy is available on the Web at http://www.brenau.edu/Policies/ 

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

You may contact us by e-mail at rkiefer@brenau.edu. 
You may call us at (770)534-6166.

Cookies (general)

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:

• User targeting
• Research and development

Brenau Cookies

Some of our online forms set cookies.  These are very small text files inserted into the visiting computer's system files.

All our cookies are benign.  They are not "tracking cookies."  Their purpose is to:  (1) carry information from one of our web pages to another; (2) verify that a form is being submitted by a legitimate user.

Cookies typically expire immediately after use, or within 2 days.  No information is collected permanently.

Group "Basic information"

We collect the following information:

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

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

• Purchase information

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 following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

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

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.

Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.

Satisfactory policy: this compact policy is consideredsatisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. IE6 will accept cookies accompanied by this policy under the High, Medium High, Medium, Low, and Accept All Cookies settings.

Questions about any or all of these policies should be directed to rkiefer@brenau.edu

Disputes

If you dispute all or part of our privacy policy or picture use policy, we encourage you to get in touch with the Senior Web Administrator or the Director of Public Relations.  Upon notification of a dispute, we will examine the situation and attempt to work out a solution with you.

If your dispute concerns use of your image on the Brenau website, please note that the policy allows for removal of an image upon notification by the person depicted (or a legal guardian).  This can be accomplished within 3 working days.

Telephone number to reach the Senior Web Administrator or the Director of Public Relations:

770 - 534-6299
Brenau University
500 Washington Street SE
Gainesville, Georgia 30501   USA

Use of pictures by this website

  Persons depicted in photographs at this website are affiliated with Brenau University as students or employees, their relatives, or visitors.  We take and publish photographs of public events and classes on campus.  These images are acquired in good faith and are not shared with other institutions, commercial enterprises, or private persons except for official Brenau University business.  Although efforts are made to obtain written permission to publish from the subjects depicted, this is not always feasible.  If you see your own picture in an event photograph and do not want it published on our web, please send email to the webmaster or to the Public Relations Office and we will remove it immediately.  Alternatively, you may call us at (770)534-6166(webmaster) or (770)534-6167(Communications and Publications).

Use of pictures and other materials from this website by third parties

Users of www.brenau.edu may download or copy images and text only for personal use. Except as expressly permitted by applicable copyright law, no copying, storage, redistribution or publication of any images is permitted without the express permission of Brenau University or the owners of such imagery or their authorized persons, if other than Brenau University. Brenau University holds and retains all copyrights regarding materials displayed at this website.  Copyright can only be transferred by written agreement with Brenau University.

Users intending to donwload images for distribution purposes, whether this distribution is of a commercial or non-commercial nature, should send emailrkiefer@brenau.edu or call 770-534-6166 prior to distributing any materials from the website.  Commercial and non-commercial distribution of images, whether in part or in their entirety, is not permitted unless prior written permission is obtained from Brenau University.  The officers authorized to grant such permission are:

• Dr. Rudi Kiefer, Senior Web Administrator, Brenau University.  (770) 534-6166
• David Morrison, Vice President of Communications and Publications, Brenau University.  (770) 534-6167