Website
Privacy Policy & Guidelines
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This
Website Privacy Policy and Guidelines (the "Guidelines")
set forth the privacy policy and guidelines for the website
of the Alumni Association of the University of Southern California
(the "Association") located at the uniform resource
locator, http://alumni.usc.edu (the "Website").
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In
order to demonstrate our sensitivity to your concerns about
the Association's collection and use of information you may
submit to us through your use of the Website, we want to inform
you of our information use and collection practices when visiting
our Website. Specifically, we will inform you: |
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What particular personally identifiable information
may be collected from your use of our Website; |
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That only affiliated third parties/entities
may collect information you submit when you express an interest
in any of their services available through the Website; |
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How the information you submit may be used by
us or our affiliated third parties; |
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With whom we share the information you submit
to us; |
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The choices available to you regarding opting
out of these information collection, use and sharing practices; |
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The security procedures in place to protect
the loss, misuse or alteration of information submitted to
us and under our control; |
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How you can correct or update information you
have submitted to us during your use of the Website |
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If you feel that we are not abiding by these
Guidelines, please contact our Webmaster at webmaster@alumni.usc.edu.
If you do not receive any acknowledgment of your inquiry or
your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should
then contact directly at 213-740-2300 for us to address your
concerns. |
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We reserve the right to contact visitors to
our Website regarding their status as an alumni, any account
status and changes to the Website, these Guidelines or any
Terms and Conditions of Use or any other policies or agreements
relevant to visitors of the Website. You may access such documentation
through the Legal Notices Page available
through the homepage of the Website. |
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We, the Association, are the sole owner of the
information submitted to us or collected from visitors of
the Website. We will not sell, share or rent this information
to any unaffiliated third party. |
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When you perform a search on the Website by
use of our search engine, we record no information identifying
you or linking you to the search performed. As necessary to
provide this service, we do record limited information for
every search request and use that information only to solve
technical problems with this service and to calculate overall
usage statistics. |
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Although we may request from those who register
with our Online Community certain information about their
children for purposes of our "SCion" program, we
do not currently accept any information submitted to or posted
at the Website from children under the age of 13. No information
should be submitted to or posted at the Website by children
under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent
or legal guardian. Since the Website is directed to alumni
of the University of Southern California, we do not allow
children under 13 to register at the Website or to receive
direct marketing communications arising from their use of
the Website and, therefore, we do not provide any personally
identifiable information from children under 13 to any third
party. |
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Unless you follow the procedures described in
Section 15 below, we reserve the right, directly or indirectly
or through one or more affiliated third parties, to use the
information you submit to send you information about the Association,
the services and products available on or through the Website
and other topics in which you may have expressed an interest.
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Registration |
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In order to register with our Online
Community and to further personalize your experience when
using our Website, you are required to complete the registration
form available by clicking on the "Online Community"
tab at the Website's homepage. |
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During
the registration process and in order to activate your USC
Lifetime email Forwarding Address, you are required to submit
your contact information, including your name, a user identification
or User ID and an email address. Email sent to your USC Lifetime
email Forwarding Address will be forwarded to the email address
you submit to us. |
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Your
submitted information is used to contact you about services
available on or through our Website for which you may have
expressed an interest. |
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When
you, as an alumni of the University of Southern California,
register at the Website, you must choose a password when we
assign you your USC Lifetime email Forwarding Address in accordance
with the protocol set forth in Section 4.1 below in order
to access our Online Community. In order to provide you with
a more personalized experience when visiting the Online Community,
you may be requested, but are not required to, submit certain
demographic information, including income level or gender
identification, or unique identifiers such as the last four
digits of your social security number.; |
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You can cancel your association with the Online
Community at any time by writing us at USC Alumni Association,
University of Southern California, Widney Alumni House, 635
Childs Way, Los Angeles, California 90089-0461, Attn: webmaster@alumni.usc.edu.
Your notice becomes effective when received by us. Your USC
Lifetime email Forwarding Address will be discontinued upon
our processing your request. |
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User ID/Password Updates
and Reporting Lost or Stolen Passwords |
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| 4.1 |
Your USC Lifetime e-mail Forwarding Address
is available to alumni registrants of the Online Community
and requires the following protocol: Firstname.Lastname@alumni.usc.edu.
Your password must be a minimum of six characters consisting
of an easy to remember combination of letters and/or numbers.
Remember not to share your password with anyone. Any changes
or updates to your USC Lifetime email Forwarding Address or
your password can be made through the "Permanent E-mail"
tab at the left hand side bar in the Online Community area
of our Website. Any changes to your User ID must be in writing
by completing the online User ID Change Request form available
in the Help Section of our Website. |
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If you forget your password, or if it is stolen
or used without your permission, immediately notify us by
email at Security@alumni.usc.edu,
by telephone at 213-742-3400 or by sending us a letter at
the address set forth on the Legal Notices Page. Upon receipt
of your notification, we will cancel your password and update
your records. You may be unable to access certain services
while we process your request and/or password change. |
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Lifetime E-mail Forwarding |
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The User ID that is selected for
your use with our Online Community is necessary to establish
your USC Lifetime email Forwarding address. You may use or
register only one email address with your USC Lifetime email
Forwarding Address to receive forwarded messages. In order
to update the email address to which your email is being forwarded,
you will need to log into the Online Community available through
the homepage of the Website and click on "Permanent E-mail"
at the left hand side bar, enter your current User ID and
password and follow the instructions displayed. |
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Cookies |
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When
visiting the Website, we place Internet "cookies"
on your computer's hard drive for session information, including
information needed to operate certain features available on
the Website. Once your browser is closed, the session cookie
is not saved. |
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Although
you can set your browser to reject "cookies" and
still use the Website, you may have a more limited experience
when visiting the Website, since the cookies placed on your
hard drive enable us to track and target your interests in
the features or services which may be available on the Website.
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Generally,
cookies placed on your computer's hard drive contain a string
of numbers and letters to help us identify the user to the
Website and do not contain personally identifiable information
you have submitted to us. |
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Log Files |
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We
use Internet Protocol or "IP" addresses to
analyze trends impacting the use of the Website, administer
the Website, track your movement when visiting the Website.
Your IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable
information you may have submitted to us. |
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Sharing
of Information with Third Parties |
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| 8.1 |
We
do not share any of your personally identifiable
information you submit to us with any unaffiliated
third parties. |
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When
ordering products or services available on or
through the Website, you may access certain third
party websites which are framed within our Website
and, accordingly, you may be requested to provide
your name, shipping address and valid credit card
number to a third party shipper or credit card
processor in order to process your order. Prior
to submitting this information, we encourage you
to review the privacy policies of these third
party websites. However, in allowing these third
party websites to be framed within the Website,
we require the operators of such websites to limit
any use of such information to the purpose for
which it was submitted. |
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Additionally,
we have established relationships with a variety
of third party vendors to provide specific services
or products you request. Upon your submission
of the requested information when purchasing any
of these services or products, we will require
your name or other necessary contact information
be disclosed to the vendor in order to provide
you with the requested service or product. |
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These
third party vendors are not allowed to use your
personally identifiable information except for
the purpose of providing these services. In addition,
these parties are not permitted to use aggregated
demographic information. |
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Links and Frames |
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This
website contains links to, or frames, other websites. These
links and frames are provided solely as a convenience to you
and not as an endorsement by us of the contents of such third
party websites. We are not responsible for the content or
accuracy of materials on such websites. If you decide to access
linked or framed third party websites, you do so at your own
risk. We encourage you to be aware of this upon leaving our
Website and to read the privacy policies or statements of
each website that may collect any information from you. |
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Surveys & Contests |
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From
time-to-time, our Website may request you submit personally
identifiable information by way of surveys or contests. Participation
in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary, and
you are under no obligation to disclose any information which
may be requested. Information which may be requested includes
your name, shipping address, age level and other identifying
information. The information you submit will be used to notify
you in the event you have won any prizes. Survey information
will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use
and satisfaction of this Website. |
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Security |
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| 11.1 |
From
time-to-time, our Website may request you submit personally
identifiable information by way of surveys or contests. Participation
in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary, and
you are under no obligation to disclose any information which
may be requested. Information which may be requested includes
your name, shipping address, age level and other identifying
information. The information you submit will be used to notify
you in the event you have won any prizes. Survey information
will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use
and satisfaction of this Website. |
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When
you submit information to us through the Website, that information
is encrypted and transmitted to us via a secure sockets layer
("SSL") connection. To learn more about SSL, please
click here. |
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In
addition to using 128-bit SSL encryption technology to protect
the transmission of this information, access to such information
is limited to employees on a need-to-know basis required to
perform customer service and other necessary operations. |
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If
you have any questions or concerns about security for our
Website, you can send an email to Security@alumni.usc.edu. |
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Special Offers |
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| 12.1 |
Upon
registering with our Online Community, you will receive a
confirmatory email verifying your User ID and password. Unless
otherwise directed by you and in accordance with the [opt-out]
procedures set forth below, registrants of the Online Community
will occasionally receive information on products, services
and special deals, which may be available through the Website
in addition to our newsletter. In the event you do not wish
to receive such communications, simply reply to the communication
by typing "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. |
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Updates to the Website
and Services Available |
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As
an alumni who registers with our Online Community, you will
also receive announcements relating to updates to our Website
in addition to the services available from time to time. |
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Correction/Updating
Personal Information |
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If
any of the information you have submitted to us through the
Website requires updating or correcting, or if you no longer
want to be contacted by us, please follow the instructions
available at the "Member Services Page" and clicking
on the appropriate service you require, or should you require
our assistance, simply click on the "Contact
Us" link to submit your request to us directly. |
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Choice/Opt-out |
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| 15.1 |
In
the event you do not wish to receive any special offers or
other communications from us or our affiliated third parties,
simply reply to the communication by typing "Unsubscribe"
in the subject line. In addition, registrants of the Online
Community are able to prevent third parties from viewing their
name, year of graduation and other information displayed in
the online directory available at the Website by writing to
us at the address set forth on the Legal
Notices Page, or by following the instructions at the
"Member Services Page" of the Website. You will
still be able to access the features of the Online Community.
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Registrants
of the Online Community who no longer wish to receive our
occasional e-mail blasts can simply view and follow the instructions
at the bottom of the particular e-mail received. |
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Visitors
to the Website will always be notified if their information
is being collected by affiliated third parties so that our
visitors can choose whether or not to proceed with requesting
the services from such third parties. |
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Notification of
Changes |
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| 16.1 |
Any
changes or updates to these Guidelines or any other policy
or practice will be effective immediately upon posting such
changes or updates to the Website. However, any use of information
you submit will be in accordance with the terms of the Guidelines
in effect at the time such information was submitted. |
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Although
we will use reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality
of the information you submit, transmissions made by means
of the Internet can not be made absolutely secure. We, the
Association, will have no liability for disclosu
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No Liability
for Acts of Third Parties |
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re of the information you submit to us due to errors in transmission
or unauthorized acts of third parties. |
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