The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. Web Site Privacy
Policy
Draper Laboratory respects the privacy of every individual
who visits our web site and sends us e-mail through the web site.
This Privacy Policy states how Draper Laboratory will collect
information and use it. Use of the Draper Laboratory web site
constitutes acceptance of this policy.
Personal Information
There are several opportunities on our web site for you to provide us with
personal information about you and your interests, such as name, mailing
address and e-mail address. If you choose to share any personal information
with us, we may store it, use it and share it for corporate purposes, including
marketing research and other marketing purposes. We will not sell your information
to other companies.
Non-Personal Information
Sometimes, we may collect non-personal information about you that is anonymous
data. The information we receive is for Draper Laboratory's use only and
is not disclosed to any other party except in aggregate form.
Examples of this information include the length and time of
your visit, the pages you looked at on our site, the type of
Internet Browser you have and the site you visited just before
coming to ours. We use this information to develop ideas for
improving our site and to measure site activity. This may include
sharing it with departments and divisions within Draper Laboratory,
our business partners, and/or business consultants.
Cookies
Our web site does not currently make use of "cookie" files to customize
information to your personal tastes, but may add this feature in future enhancements
to the site to make navigation easier for our visitors. A cookie is an element
of data that a web site can send to your Browser, which may store some information
on your computer. Then, when you come back to our site, we can tailor information
to suit your individual preferences. The goal is to save you time and provide
you with a more meaningful visit. Most Internet Browsers will allow you to
erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies or receive a
warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions
to learn more about these functions.
Surveys
We may request your input to evaluate potential features and services for Draper
Laboratory. The decision to be involved is completely yours. Your involvement
is completely voluntary. We do not employ special tools or try to find any
e-mail addresses that are not provided to us by you. Information provided
to us in surveys may be shared it with departments and divisions within Draper
Laboratory, our business partners, and/or business consultants.
Site Links
Draper Laboratory may include links to other organizations' web sites that
allow visitors to our site to move directly to those sites. Draper Laboratory
is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of third party web
sites that may be linked to this site. These links are meant for the user's
convenience only and do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement or approval
by Draper Laboratory of the content, policies or practices of such sites
nor any products or services which may be offered through those sites. Once
you have left the Draper Laboratory site via such a link, you should check
the applicable privacy policy of the third party site.
Children
Draper Laboratory has no intention of collecting any personal information from
individuals under 18 years of age. If a child has provided us with personal
information without the consent of a parent or guardian, a parent or guardian
should contact us at communications@draper.com if they
would like us to use reasonable effort to delete this information from our
files.
Revisions
Draper Laboratory reserves the right to revise this privacy policy without
notice to users of or visitors to the Draper web site. Revisions will be
effective on the date they are posted to the web site.
Effective Date
This privacy policy is effective as of September 02, 2004
Contact Information
If you do not want your personal information collected or shared, please contact
Draper Laboratory at communications@draper.com and we
will use reasonable efforts to delete your information from our files.
If you have any other questions, please contact communications@draper.com at Draper Laboratory. |
