Privacy Policy

The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University Homepage (http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/):

Information Gathering
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site by identifying (1) which parts of our site are most heavily used, and (2) which portion of our audience comes from within the Harvard network. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that user sessions will be tracked, but the users will remain anonymous.

Our staff occasionally monitors search terms that users enter into the search fields of this Web site, but this tracking is never associated with individual users.

Use of Information
The WCFIA Web staff uses the information gathered above to tailor site content to user needs, and to generate aggregate statistical reports. At no time do we disclose site usage by individual IP addresses. Web server logs are retained on a temporary basis and then deleted completely from our systems.

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Contacting the Coordinator of Web Communications
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact:


Caulfield, KristinCaulfield, Kristin
Coordinator of Web Communications.
Tel: (617) 495-4530
Fax: (617) 495-8292
1737 Cambridge Street
K220, mailbox #66
Cambridge, MA 02138


The Weatherhead Center University Homepage contains links to other independently run Web sites within the WCFIA network and to some sites outside the "wcfia.harvard.edu" domain. The Homepage is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.