The purpose of the UNC Privacy Statement is to let visitors to the UNC Web know what information is collected about them when they visit, how the information is used, and whether or not it is disclosed.
Recording your visit
When you visit the UNC Web, UNC makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:
- your server address
- your top-level domain name (for example, .com, .gov, .au, .uk, etc.)
- the date and time of your visit
- the pages you accessed and documents downloaded
- the previous site you visited, and
- the type of browser you used.
No attempt is made to identify individual visitors or their browsing activities, except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the University's logs.
Some sites on the World Wide Web use 'cookies' to track visitors' access to the site. UNC does not use cookies to gather personal information about visitors, except when they are used within a specific web-based application for session-management purposes.
Recording your email address
Your email address is only recorded by UNC when you send the University a message, and it will only be used for the purpose for which you provided it. UNC will not use your email address for any other purpose, and will not disclose it or add it to a mailing list without your consent.
Collecting personal information
Some parts of the UNC Web provide electronic forms that allow you to request particular information from the University. Personal information is only requested in order for UNC to respond to your inquiry.
UNC does not collect or solicit any personal information via the UNC Web which might be unlawful, unnecessary or unrelated to the functions or activities of the University, or unfair or unreasonably intrusive.
Publishing personal information
UNC will only publish personal information on the UNC Web if it has been collected for this purpose with your knowledge, or if you have consented to the disclosure. When giving such consent you should be aware that information published on the UNC Web is accessible to millions of users world-wide, that it will be indexed by search engines, and that it may be copied and used by any web user. This means that once information is published on the UNC Web, UNC has no control over its subsequent use and disclosure.
