Privacy Policy for this CALL Website

Effective as of June 1, 2007

This privacy statement seeks to conform to the internationally recognized standards set forth in the OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data.

As the CALL initiative evolves, the Louisiana Board of Regents may update this privacy policy to reflect changes in the manner in which we deal with personal information, whether to comply with then-applicable regulations and self-regulatory standards or otherwise. The privacy policy posted here will always be current. We encourage you to review this statement regularly.

WHAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT COVERS:

• Date Collection and Purpose Specification
• General Exceptions to the Privacy Policy
• Information about this Website and the Supporting Organization
• Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access
• Automatic Collection of Information
• Don't Want Cookies?
• Disclosure and Visitor Choice
• Confidentiality / Security
• Primary Personal Data/Business Information
• External Links
• Modifying and Deleting Your Information
• Amending this Privacy Policy Statement
• Questions

Data Collection and Purpose Specification
We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations. We do not collect or use personal data for any purpose other than that indicated in this statement.

Note: Except as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy Statement, personally identifiable data you enter on the CALL website are not made available or distributed to third parties, except with your express consent or at your express direction. In particular, the Louisiana Board of Regents will not give, sell or provide access to your personal information to any company, individual or organization for its use in marketing or commercial solicitation or for any other purpose, except with your express consent, at your direction, as is necessary for the operation of this site, or pursuant to one of the exceptions listed below.

General Exceptions to the Privacy Policy
There are limited exceptions to the CALL website privacy policy. When required by law to comply with any valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, regulation or court order, the Louisiana Board of Regents will supply such information contained in your CALL account as such entity reasonably determines, based on the advice of counsel, it is legally required to supply. In addition, the Louisiana Board of Regents may release specific information relevant to special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others or an attempted breach of security on the CALL website.

Information about this Website and the Supporting Organization
Modern information and communication technologies play a fundamental role in the activities of an organization like CALL. We are based in United States. Our principal activities are:

• Providing higher education
• Providing advice for potential students pursuing a higher education

Our privacy policy covers the CALL Web site managed by this organization:

• Organization Name: Louisiana Board of Regents
• Address: 1201 North Third Street, Suite 6-200
• City, State, Zip: Baton Rouge, LA 70802
• County: East Baton Rouge
• Country: United States

Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access
You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

Automatic Collection of Information
We automatically log personal data by means such as programming. We do so for the purposes of customer administration.

We use cookies to store general data about your computer which do not link to personally identifying informaiton. A cookie is a small file that a website transfers to a user's computer, which may then be stored on its hard drive.

Don't Want Cookies?
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you don't want cookies, you can set your browser to disable or refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being used. You should note, however, that various CALL website services might not function properly when cookies are not utilized.

Disclosure and Visitor Choice
We only disclose our visitors' personal data to our subsidiaries and CALL partner institutions. Where we disclose your personal data for the same purposes as those indicated in this statement, we provide you with the means to opt-out of disclosure by indicating in a box at the point on the site where personal data is collected.

Confidentiality / Security
Information on this website is collected using a secure transmission method to send us the following types of personal data:

• Questions regarding CALL-related programs
• Contact information to respond to questions submitted through the CALL website

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

• unauthorized access
• improper use or disclosure
• unauthorized modification
• unlawful destruction or accidental loss

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.

Primary Personal Data/Business Information
Primary personal data and business information is only collected to facilitate a response to questions asked through the CALL website.

All primary personal data and business information is volunteered by the site visitor.

Minimum Age of 18 Required to Establish an Account on the CALL Website
The CALL Website will not collect any information from persons who are not yet 18 years old. If you are under 18 years of age, you are not authorized to create an account on the CALL website, but you can utilize those portions of the CALL Website that do not involve the collection of personal information from users.

External Links
The CALL website hosts links to other sites or resources, and you may link to one of those sites or resources for a variety of purposes, such as visiting an official college website. These sites and resources have privacy policies that may differ from that of the CALL website, and for your protection, we recommend that you read and understand the privacy policy at any website prior to providing personal information on such websites or to such resources. The CALL initiative and the Louisiana Board of Regents are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any websites to which the CALL website links or for the conduct of persons operating those websites. CALL, the Louisiana Board of Regents, and the colleges, the associations of colleges and the agencies represented on the CALL website do not have control over, and do not endorse such external sites and resources. CALL, the Louisiana Board of Regents, and the colleges, the associations of colleges and other agencies represented on the CALL website shall not be liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. In addition, CALL, the Louisiana Board of Regents, and the colleges, the associations of colleges and the agencies represented on the CALL website shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, advertising, products or materials on or available through any such site or resource.

Modifying and Deleting Your Information
Questions submitted to this website will related contact information will be stored until those questions have been responded to. This information will also be stored indefinitely to allow for additional follow up with information about CALL programs only. To request that your information be modified or deleted, please contact us through the main CALL website contact form.

Amending this Privacy Policy Statement
This privacy policy statement may be amended from time to time. Unless legal obligations require faster implementation, any substantive changes to this Privacy Policy concerning use of your personal information will not be implemented until a notice of such impending change has been posted on the CALL website homepage for at least thirty days. Thereafter, the new privacy policy will apply to all data previously submitted or subsequently submitted to the CALL website, unless such use if prohibited by law. If you do not wish to have your information used in accordance with a newly posted privacy policy, you should modify or delete the relevant information in the manner described in the preceding section, "Modifying and Deleting Your Information."

Questions
If you have any questions about this privacy policy statement and the privacy practices on this site, you may contact us through the contact form located at the following URL:

http://www.yourcallla.org/contact