Privacy Policy
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Stanford Graduate School of Business is committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy. In general you can visit our Web site without telling us who you are or revealing information about yourself.
Some Web sites covered by this policy may request personal information from you in order to complete a form or transaction. Your information will only be used to execute the immediate transaction, and will be provided to other parties only as necessary to complete your transaction. Stanford Graduate School of Business will not provide any of your personal information to third parties without your permission, unless compelled by law or court order to do so, and will not sell any personal information to third parties for purposes of marketing, advertising, or promotion.
Stanford Graduate School of Business uses various methods to collect certain other kinds of information including cookies, referrers, IP addresses, and system information.
Cookies
Cookies are small snippets of data passed from a Web site to your PC as you browse the Web that can be transferred back to the original site or domain with future requests from your browser. Cookies can be used in a variety of ways, including ways that have privacy implications, such as tracking your previous activities at a particular site. Most browsers allow you to choose not to accept cookies. Choosing to accept cookies, however, enables some online services to work more efficiently or makes the use of services more convenient.
Referrers
A referrer is the information passed along by a Web browser that references the Web URL you linked from. Our Web server automatically gathers this information. Stanford Graduate School of Business uses this information for site statistical analysis. Stanford Graduate School of Business will not use this information to attempt to identify your personal information.
IP Addresses
Your computer uses IP addresses every time you connect to the Internet. Computers on the network use your IP address to identify your computer so that data, such as the Web pages you request, can be sent to you. Our Web server automatically gathers them. Stanford Graduate School of Business uses this information for site statistical analysis. Stanford Graduate School of Business will not use your IP address to attempt to identify your personal information.
System Information
System information includes time, type of Web browser being used, the operating system or platform, and CPU speed. Your Web browser sends this information automatically when you are connected to a Web site. This information is used by Stanford Graduate School of Business to identify broad demographic statistics and may be used to provide information appropriate for your computer system. Stanford Graduate School of Business will not use this information to attempt to identify your personal information.
Security
While no system can provide guaranteed security, we take reasonable efforts to keep information you provide to us secure, including encryption technology, and physical security at the location of the server where information is stored.
Links to Other Sites
Stanford Graduate School of Business Web site includes hyperlinks to sites maintained or controlled by others. Stanford Graduate School of Business is not responsible for and does not routinely screen, approve, review, or endorse the contents of or use of any of the products or services that may be offered at this or any other Web site. We advise you to review the individual privacy policies of the respective sites.
Our Address
Stanford Graduate School of Business 518 Memorial Way Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-5015 Web: www.gsb.stanford.edu
