College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara

Privacy Statement
University of California
College of Creative Studies

Our Commitment
The University of California is committed to protecting the privacy and accuracy of your personally identifiable information to the extent possible, subject to provisions of state and federal law. Other than as required by laws that guarantee public access to certain types of information, or in response to subpoenas or other legal instruments that authorize disclosure, or is consistent with the purposes for which the information is collected, personally identifiable information is not disclosed without your consent.

Information Collection and Use
Categories of personally identifiable information collected by the College of Creative Studies website include: *username, *e-mail, *first name, middle name, *last name, maiden name, *graduation date, *discipline, *date of birth, *last 4 numbers of your social security number, address, and telephone number.  The personally identifiable information requested by us is for the purpose of facilitating the continuing communication among alumni, documenting accomplishments of alumni, and maintaining contact between the College of Creative Studies and its alumni.  Fields marked with an ?*? are required for identity and security purposes.  Article IX, Section 9 of the California Constitution grants authority to the University of California to maintain this information.

In order to keep you informed of such activities as campus programs, symposia and/or special events, we may use personal information collected from the College Of Creative Studies website for the purpose of future communication back to online enrollees.  Such email notification will be conducted in conformance with University of California and campus policies, including, as appropriate, policy that implements anti-spam laws (http://www.ucop.edu/irc/policy/antispam.pdf).

Additionally, the College of Creative Studies Web server collects, at least temporarily, the following information: Internet Protocol (IP) address of computer being used, web pages requested, referring web page, browser used, and the date and time.  This information is collected to monitor your navigation of our web pages.  We may use browser-IP-address information and anonymous-browser history to report information about site accesses and for profiling purposes. This information is generally used to improve Web presentation and utilization. We also may use IP address information for troubleshooting purposes.

The College Of Creative Studies online activity may use "cookies" in order to deliver web content specific to individual?s web navigation interests or to keep track of online purchasing transactions. Personally identifiable information is not stored within cookies.

Disclosure of collected information
The College Of Creative Studies will not disclose or share, without your consent, personally identifiable information, except as consistent with the purposes for which the information is collected or as required by laws that guarantee public access to certain types of information, or in response to subpoenas or other legal instruments that authorize disclosure.  Your personally identifiable information will not be distributed or sold to third-party organizations.

Alternative Choice
Individuals who wish to use methods other than online enrollment may submit requests by email or U.S. mail addressed to: Frank Bauman, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6110, phone: 805 - 893 - 8974 email: frank.bauman@ccs.ucsb.edu.

Updating Personal Information
Questions regarding your options to review, modify or delete previously provided personal information should be directed to: Frank Bauman, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6110, phone: 805 - 893 - 8974 email: frank.bauman@ccs.ucsb.edu.

Changes to Privacy Statement
This privacy statement has been created in consultation with and approved by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services.    Any revisions to this privacy statement will be posted at this URL.  You may submit inquiries about this statement to: Frank Bauman, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6110, phone: 805 - 893 - 8974 email: frank.bauman@ccs.ucsb.edu.

Links to Other Sites
You may encounter links to other Web sites of organizations not directly affiliated with the University of California.  Please be aware that the University of California is not responsible for the information practices of external organizations. We recommend you review the privacy statements of each external web site that collects personal information.

12/10/2004