The Center for Continuing Professional Education at the Harvard School of Public Health is committed to protecting your privacy. We have adopted the following privacy policy to provide you with information about how we collect, use and share your personal information. By visiting and using this web site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy.
Scope of this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy applies only to the web site of the Center for Continuing Professional Education (www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe). The information practices of other sites within the “harvard.edu” domain are not covered by this privacy policy.
Information Collected
Certain features of this web site may ask you to give us personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, address, job title, organization, telephone, fax number, email address and payment information). To participate in some of our programs, you must complete a detailed application form that enables us to select participants who will provide an appropriate mix and balance in the class.
Our web server software may also collect the IP addresses of computers that access this web site, the files accessed by those IP addresses, and information about your browser and operating system, and the Internet address and page that linked you to our site.
Uses of Information
We may use your personal information to provide you with information about our programs, to correspond with you, to plan or administer any courses in which you may enroll, and to improve this web site and our program offerings. We do not sell, rent or lease your personal information to anyone. We may share your personal information with third parties for the purposes of performing services on your behalf. These services may include, but are not limited to, credit card processing, payment processing and program administration.
We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our web site by identifying: (1) which parts of our site are most heavily used, and (2) which portion of our audience comes from within the Harvard network. We may also use this information to generate aggregate statistical reports. Web server logs are retained on a temporary basis and then deleted from our systems.
We reserve the right to share your information with third parties if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such action is necessary (a) to comply with legal requirements or with legal process served upon us, or (b) to protect the interests of Harvard University.
Security
This web site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. However, data transmission over the Internet or wireless networks cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure. Although we are committed to safeguarding your privacy and security, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
External Links
This website may contain links to other independently run websites within the Harvard network and to some sites outside the “harvard.edu” domain. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such web sites.
Contacting this Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact us by email at contedu@hsph.harvard.edu or by post to:
Webmaster
Center for Continuing Professional Education
Harvard School of Public Health
CCPE- Dept. A
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Changes to this Policy
We retain the right to make changes, in our sole discretion, to this privacy policy. An announcement of any changes to this policy will be posted prominently on the first page of our web site for three months before any changes go into effect.
Effective Date
The effective date of this policy is March 3, 2006.