Starter Kit Privacy Policy
Commitment to Privacy
Starter Kit (a University of Pennsylvania Program) is committed to providing access to services and information online in a manner that respects and protects your privacy. This policy describes our information collection practices and explains how we use and protect your personal information.
Scope
This policy applies only to information collected by this website.
Overall Privacy Policy
The University of Pennsylvania understands that the collection and dissemination of personally identifiable information may be of concern to users of the site. Because the Starter Kit website gathers certain types of information, users should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and release of that information. The following discloses information gathering and dissemination practices for the Starter Kit program.
Security
We are committed to ensuring the security of your information. We have put in place reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards designed to prevent unauthorized access to, or use of, the information collected online.
What we collect and why
We collect the following types of information about you:
- Personally identifiable information that you provide voluntarily. This includes your name and contact information. This information is used to communicate with you about the program.
- Auto-collected information (web logs). Our web server automatically recognizes the Internet domain and IP address from which you accessed our web site, the date and time of your visit, and the pages you visited on our site, as well as information automatically forwarded by your browser. This information is used to help us understand aggregate uses of our site, track usage trends, and improve our services. Web logs may also be used for system problem monitoring and maintenance. This information is retained indefinitely.
Cookies and Local Storage
- Certain websites write data to the user's hard drive when he or she visits the site, in the form of cookies, local storage, or other technologies. Starter Kit uses both cookies and local storage. The stored data can contain information that the site uses to track pages the user has visited. Starter Kit stores the application state so that a user can experience smooth navigation and user experience throughout the site.
- Our website uses cookies and local storage. If the user blocks, disables, or deletes either cookies or local storage, this will negatively affect the functionality of this site.
External Links
This site contains links to other sites. The links are provided as a courtesy, to be used or not at the discretion of the individual user. If users decide to follow those other links, Starter Kit cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and content of those sites. Users should contact the coordinator of the particular site with any questions about those sites.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose Personal Information to our third-party service providers to facilitate services they provide to us. These can include providers of services such as website hosting, data analysis, event registration, email delivery, and other services. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
Retention Period
We retain Personal Information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.
The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:
- The length of time needed for program implementation and evaluation;
- Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject; or
- Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations).
Contact Us
For any questions about this privacy policy, contact us at Houston@joinstarterkit.org.
Changes to Policy
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time and will post the changes on this web page.