Cookies & Tracking

Information Collected

The University automatically collects and stores certain non-personal information while you use our site. The University uses this information primarily to monitor the use of these sites and to make improvements. Individual names or usernames are not collected. Host names and/or IP addresses may be collected and only associated with individual users where required to do so by law, to protect and defend our rights or property, or in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of any individual. This information may include your browser type, domain names, IP address, unique device identifier, search criteria used, content viewed, and the emails and phone numbers that you contact through the Website, the pages you view, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by us to analyze and track user behavior, personalize your experience, provide statistics regarding usage of the Website, and display relevant advertising. The University may use “cookies” or similar technology. You can accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the site. In some cases, our third-party service providers may also use cookies and other technologies on our sites.

Other technologies, including single-pixel gifs (also known as web beacons), may also be used on university websites and in promotional email messages or newsletters. Web beacons allow us to monitor the actions of a user opening the page that contained the web beacon. They also help us determine how many users have visited certain pages or opened messages or newsletters, improve user experience, and manage site content. When you click on a link on a page with a web beacon, the University may record your response to customize our offerings to you. The University may use this information to tailor messaging to you on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and YouTube.

Some University websites (e.g., UW–Green Bay Division of Continuing Education & Community Engagement) may occasionally use Online Behavioral Advertising (OBA), sometimes called interest-based advertising. OBA uses information collected across multiple websites that you visit to predict your preferences or infer interests and to show you information more likely to be of interest to you. Learn about opting out of third-party use of OBA cookies.

The University may use commercial services to collect anonymous data about site usage. University staff may use Google Analytics to collect site usage data and to analyze overall usage of the site. Google Analytics uses cookies in your Web browsing software to track user sessions so that it can collect data about how users view and navigate the site. The data collected never includes names, usernames or email addresses. Individual IP addresses are collected, but they are not associated with individual users other than as noted above. You may prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by turning off cookies in the preferences settings in your browser. For more information on Google Analytics, please visit Google’s website.

The University has some websites that use varied web tools to help the University recruit learners through some marketing campaigns. A tracking cookie is offered by a range of University websites, which enables the University to measure website usage across the University. In addition to anonymous tracking, and only if you choose to directly submit your personal information on certain University web forms, the University will then also track your use of University websites in combination with personal information that you have shared with the University via other sources. This combination of information will be shared only with appropriate, authorized University staff.

The University also collects personal information that you voluntarily submit such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other information necessary to process your request. The University never sells or shares the information provided to third parties. Our general practice is to use personal information only for the purposes for which it was requested and any additional uses specifically stated on the Site. However, information collected through this site may be subject to the University’s obligation to respond to subpoenas, court orders, discovery requests, and requests for public records under the Wisconsin Public Records law. Further, the disclosure of information collected through this site is subject to the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Lastly, University websites do not intend to collect personal data from children under age 13 and the University requests that children under age 13 not submit personal data to us through our websites.

Contact

 If you have any questions about UW-Green Bay’s practices around the use of personal information, contact privacy@uwgb.edu.