Online Privacy Policy

Welcome to the Iowa State University Foundation Web site. Your right to privacy is very important to us. We recognize that providing us with personal information is an act of trust. Therefore, we have created a privacy policy to protect your personal information.

To better serve Iowa State University, current/prospective donors, the media, and the public, the Iowa State University Foundation has adopted a public information policy. For more details on this policy, please visit the Public Information Policy. As part of this policy, the ISU Foundation is required to protect the confidentiality of private, non-public donor information. Respect for our donors' right to privacy is a basic standard of integrity for all foundation activities.

Information Collection and Use

When you visit the ISU Foundation Web site and access information, you remain anonymous. We do not require you to register or provide personal information in order to view our site.

There are occasions when we will ask for additional information from you. We do this to better understand and respond to your needs and to provide you with services that may be valuable to you. For example, when you ask a question or update your record through the ISU Foundation Web site, we ask you for some personal information. We use this information to deliver to you the best advice and highest-quality service as well as offers that we think may be relevant to you. We may also contact you regarding a Web site problem or other customer service-related issues. Personal information is also required when you make an online gift. The information you provide to us will be used for the purpose of crediting you correctly for your gift.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

The ISU Foundation does not sell, share or distribute personal information collected through its Web site. Information obtained (vs. collected) through online surveys or other means is exclusively used to conduct Iowa State University business.

Usage Tracking

We monitor how you use our Web site including search terms you enter, pages visited and documents viewed. Web usage and non-personally identifiable information is used to help us understand areas for future research and to evaluate how well our Web pages are reaching and serving the needs of our visitors.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of computer code that enables Web servers to "identify" visitors. The ISU Foundation web site uses cookies only for authentication purposes.

Links to Other Sites

The ISU Foundation Web site contains links to other Web sites. Please be aware that the ISU Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our sites and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by the ISU Foundation Web site.

Security

The ISU Foundation provides its users with a secure online experience. To do this, we use a variety of security measures to maintain the safety and confidentiality of personal information about you. All user registration information is contained behind a firewall and is accessible only by a limited number of employees who have special access rights to our production systems. Confidential personal information sent to us is transmitted using Secure Socket Layer technology. This information is then encrypted in our secure database. The database is further protected behind a firewall. If you have any questions about the security at our Web sites, please send an e-mail to .

Updating Personal Information

If your personal information changes, you may update it at any time. To correct or update personal information, go to Update Your Records, in the foundation Web site.

Notification of Policy Changes

We will notify you about significant changes to our Privacy Policy by placing a prominent notice on our Web site.

Contact the ISU Foundation

For additional questions or concerns regarding online privacy, please send an e-mail to .