Privacy Policy

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Online Privacy Statement

This Online Privacy Statement applies to this website, which is published by the Stead Center for Ethics and Values at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. The Stead Center is committed to respecting individuals’ privacy. By choosing to continue to use this website, you agree to the Stead Center’s collection and use of personal information and non-personal information as described in this Online Privacy Statement. This Online Privacy Statement only governs the use and disclosure of information collected through this website.

Collection of Information

The Stead Center automatically collects the following information:

  • The Internet Protocol (IP) address and name of the Internet domain you used to access the Internet;
  • The URL of the website from which you linked directly to the Stead Center website;
  • The date and time you accessed the Stead Center website;
  • The pages you visited, including the information requested through your browser, the response from your browser, the size of the page you received in response to the request, and the marketing email or web page that referred you to the page you visited; and
  • The web browser and operating system you used to access the Stead Center website.

Additionally, the Stead Center may request that you provide certain personal information such as name, username, email address, mailing address, telephone numbers, or social network account information. The Stead Center may aggregate information collected from your visit to this website with other information at the Stead Center and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.

Use of Information

The Stead Center will only use your personal data on a lawful basis to fulfill a legitimate interest of the Stead Center and/or Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. The Stead Center may use information collected from your visit to this website to:

  • Manage and improve the user experience and preferences associated with this website and Garrett-Evangelical communications;
  • Track how often people gain access to or read the Stead Center content;
  • Foster further communications and manage your subscription(s) to Stead Center and Garrett-Evangelical publications;
  • Invite and/or register you (upon request) to events that may be of interest to you;
  • Optimize and personalize your online interactions with the Stead Center;
  • Fulfill your online requests for goods or services;
  • Conduct online research, education, training, or surveys;
  • Identify anomalies in web traffic in order to help protect personal and Stead Center and Garrett-Evangelical institutional information; and
  • Exercise the Stead Center’s or Garrett-Evangelical’s legal rights, defend against legal claims, or respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes.

The collection and use of personal information for any other purpose than described herein requires supplemental and more specific notification or consent.

Disclosure or Sharing of Information

The Stead Center may use third party service providers and suppliers to facilitate this website or the services the Stead Center provides. Those providers and suppliers may have access to the information the Stead Center collects in order to fulfill their obligations to the Stead Center and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.

Collection Methods

The Stead Center and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary may use various technologies such as cookies, applets, scripts, server logs, custom URL parameters, tracking images, information and correspondence, or web analytics to collect information. Depending on your browser you may be able to disable certain collection methods. This may limit your ability to use some features of this website.

Non-Stead Center and Garrett-Evangelical Websites

The Stead Center may provide links on this website to other non- Stead Center and Garrett-Evangelical websites. The Stead Center may also partner with third parties to place Stead Center related ads on non- Stead Center and Garrett-Evangelical websites. Your use of non- Stead Center and Garrett-Evangelical websites is subject to the terms and conditions or privacy statements of the providers of those websites.

Children or Minors

The Stead Center and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary does not knowingly collect personal information from children or minors as defined by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) on its general websites.

Additional Rights You May Have Regarding Your Data

Applicable laws may give you additional rights to request access to, or to request the erasure, correction or transfer of, your data. For example, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) provides certain rights to persons who were/are residing in the European Union when data were/are collected. If the EU GDPR applies to your data then you may ask to see your data or request, to the extent allowed by law, to have your data corrected or erased. You may also object to or request restrictions on how your data will be processed. You may ask that your data be forwarded or transferred to another organization. Finally, to the extent allowed by law, you may withdraw consent you have given to certain data processing, without penalty. If you do decide to withdraw consent at a later date, your withdrawal will not affect the legality of the processing of your data up to that point.

Questions

If you have questions about the collection or use of information you should contact the Marketing and Communications Office of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary at seminary.relations@garrett.edu.

Changes to this Online Privacy Statement

The Stead Center for Ethics and Values and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary may periodically update this Online Privacy Statement.