Privacy Policy

Introduction

We have created this statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. We do not collect personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary.

Our Policy on Sharing Information about Alumni

The mission of the Office of Alumni Relations is to provide effective communication between the College and alums and facilitate increased alum interaction in the life of the College. As a part of that mission, the office maintains the alum database of personal information, including, but not limited to, information on a profession, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. This information allows the College to maintain effective contact with alums.

The Office of Alumni Relations honors requests for addresses, phone numbers, mailing lists, and similar contact information with the expressed understanding that the information will be used only to foster stronger personal relationships among alums and with the College. If you wish your information to remain completely private, please update your Alumni Profile and then complete the privacy request form to notify the Alumni Office staff to update the alum database. The same understanding applies to information available in the published Alumni Directory and in the Alumni online directory. Information on Hanover College alums obtained from the Office of Alumni Relations, the Alumni Directory, or the online Alumni Directory is not to be used for commercial or personal for-profit endeavors or to solicit support for any non-profit activity other than Hanover College. This policy guides how we will handle the information we learn about you from your visit to our Web site.

Use of Links

Throughout our Web pages, we provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our readers. We take no responsibility for and exercise no control over the organization, views, or accuracy of the information on other servers. Creating a text link from your Web site to our site does not require permission. If you have a link you'd like us to consider adding to our Web site, please email alumni@hanover.edu with the subject "Link request."

Use of Text and Images

If you would like to publish information that you find on our Web site, please send your request to alumni@hanover.edu. A copyright statement appears at the bottom of the page where text or images are posted on our site with the original copyright holder's permission. Information about using our logo and images is available in Media Resources.

Accessibility

This Web site is designed to be accessible to visitors with disabilities and to comply with federal guidelines concerning accessibility. If you have suggestions on how to make the site more accessible, don't hesitate to get in touch with us at alumni@hanover.edu. We welcome your comments.

Reading or Downloading

• We collect and store only the following information about you: the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com if you are connecting from an America Online account or princeton.edu if you are connecting from Princeton University's domain), the date and time you access our site, and the Internet address of the Website from which you linked to our site.
• We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site and help us make our site more helpful.

Online Profile Updates and Donations

If you complete the Profile update form and share your personally identifying information, this information will be used only to provide you with more targeted content. We may use your contact information to send further information about our organization or to contact you when necessary. You may always opt out of receiving future mailings; see the "Opt Out" section below.

Sending Us An Email

• You may also send us personal identifying information, for example, in an electronic mail message containing a question or comment or by filling out a Web form that provides this information. We use personally identifying information from email primarily to respond to your requests. We may forward your email to other employees who can better answer your questions. We may also use your email to contact you about our future programs that may be of interest.
• We want to be very clear: We will not obtain personally identifying information about you when you visit our site unless you provide such information. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. Except as required by law, we do not share any information we receive with outside parties.
• If you sign up for one of our email lists, we will only send you the kinds of information you have requested. We won't share your name or email address with any outside parties.

Kids and Privacy

For children who visit our site, special rules apply. We do not request personal information about children, such as first and last name or street address and city. When kids send an email to us, their online contact information (email address) is not used to re-contact them and is not maintained in a retrievable form.

Opt-Out or Change Your Contact Information

Our site allows users to opt out of receiving communications from us through a unique online form. You may choose to receive only specific communications or none at all. You may also update your contact information previously provided to us through another online form. You cannot remove yourself from our database, but you can prevent unwanted communication.

Questions About Our Policies

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Website, you can contact us at (812) 866-7012 or alumni@hanover.edu.