Policy
The MN BioMass Exchange Web
site, operated by AURI values the trust and the
relationship it has built with Minnesota
agriculture representatives and organizations.
It is the policy of AURI to respect and protect
the privacy of its clients and Web site visitors
to the extent permitted by law. This policy
outlines how AURI collects and uses information
about our clients.
AURI
collects and stores the following
information from online users: |
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The name of the
domain from which Internet access
occurred
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The date and time
the site was accessed |
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The pages perused
and files accessed |
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Internet protocol
addresses are not linked to personally
identifiable information. We use IP
addresses to analyze trends, administer
the site, track user's movement, and
gather broad demographic information for
aggregate use. |
AURI does not track
individually identifiable habits, but rather
general trends and use. This information is
stored only as a log file for review to improve
the value of MN BioMass Exchange resources for
its users.
Online Privacy
This online privacy statement is intended to
inform you of the ways in which this Web site
collects information, the uses to which that
information will be put, and the ways in which
we will protect any information you choose to
provide us.
Network Traffic Logs
In the course of ensuring network security and
consistent service for all users, AURI, employs
software programs to do such things as monitor
network traffic, identify unauthorized access or
access to nonpublic information, detect computer
viruses and other software that might damage
network computers and monitor and tune
performance. In the course of such monitoring,
these programs may detect such information as
e-mail headers, addresses from network packets,
and other information. Information from these
activities is used only for the purpose of
maintaining the security and performance of the
network and computer systems. Personally
identifiable information from these activities
is not released to external parties without your
consent unless required by law.
Web
Visit Logs
MN BioMass Exchange's Web site host routinely
collects and stores information from online
visitors to help manage our sites and improve
service. This information includes the pages
visited on the site, the date and time of the
visit, the internet address (URL or IP address)
of the referring site, the domain name and IP
address from which the access occurred, the
version of browser used and the capabilities of
the browser. This site makes no attempt to
identify individual visitors from this
information: any personally identifiable
information is not released to external parties
without your consent unless required by law.
Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information stored by your
Web browser on behalf of a Web site and returned
to the Web site on request. This site may use
cookies for two purposes: to carry data about
your current session at the site from one Web
page to the next, and to identify you to the
site between visits. If you prefer not to
receive cookies, you may turn them off in your
browser, or may set your browser to ask you
before accepting a new cookie. Some pages may
not function properly if the cookies are turned
off. Unless otherwise notified on this site, we
will not store data, other than for these two
purposes, in cookies. Cookies remain on your
computer, and accordingly we neither store
cookies on our computers nor forward them to any
external parties. Unless otherwise notified on
this site, we do not use cookies to track your
movement among different Web sites and do not
exchange cookies with other entities.
Data
Security
We use appropriate safeguards to ensure the
security, integrity, and privacy of personally
identifiable information submitted to our site
and periodically update measures with new
technologies. When appropriate for data
security, AURI uses encryption technologies,
user authentication systems, and access control
mechanisms.
Personal/Private information
If you provide us with personal or private
information in an e-mail message or via an
online form, AURI will use this information to
respond to your request. Your e-mail may be
forwarded within AURI to employees who are
better able to assist you. Information gathered
may be stored in AURI's secure database and used
for future outreach.
AURI provides contact
information about AURI clients to a limited
number of pre-screened environmental assistance
providers so clients can be made aware of their
services. These environmental assistance
providers have been deemed by the AURI to
provide a significant service or benefit to our
clients. By agreement, such partners may not
release or sell this secured information.
Except for the foregoing
circumstances and as required by law, AURI does
not rent, sell, or share any information it
collects with outside organizations without your
permission.
Links
to outside Web sites
This Web site contains links to other Web sites.
Please be aware that AURI is not responsible for
the privacy practices of such other sites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave
our site to read the privacy statements of each
Web site that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy statement applies
solely to information collected by this Web
site.
Contact AURI
If you have questions about this policy, contact
the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
at 507.835.8990, or
e-mail AURI and include the words "privacy
policy" in the subject of your message.
Effective March 2005 |