Privacy Policy

Usage Statistics

ILP web site usage statistics are being tracked for the purpose of studying how the Web site is used, and which information is most useful. This data will be used only in the aggregate for evaluation purposes. Individual user data, given by you to us will never be made available to anyone outside the MIT Office of Corporate Relations and the Industrial Liaison Program.

Events Registration

If a user wishes to register for an event, we request contact information (such as name and address) and financial information (such as credit card number and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to process registrations. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.


Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user, such as an ID for site access. If a ILP member user rejects the cookie, they will be required to enter username and password information to access to member-only content. We do not use cookies to store sensitive information.

Log Files

We use Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movement on our site, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing

Periodically we may contact you with information about MIT programs, however we never share individual information.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. The Industrial Liaison Program is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each web site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security

We take every precaution to protect our users’ information. When a user submits sensitive information via the website, that information is protected both online and off-line.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an e-mail to webmaster@ilp.mit.edu

Site and Service Updates

We send users site and service announcements via email. Members are automatically subscribed to these service announcements, which contain important information about the site or other ILP services/benefits. Users may opt out of specific types of service announcements by replying to the deletion e-mail address provided at the bottom of every announcement.

Choice/Opt-out

Users who no longer wish to receive our ILP MIT Technology Insider newsletter may unsubscribe by replying with “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject line of an e-mail to ilpinsider-editor@ilp.mit.edu.

Additionally, users may opt out of all electronic communication by sending an e-mail request to webmaster@ilp.mit.edu.

Notification of Changes

The Industrial Liaison Program reserves the right to change its privacy policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes prominently so our users are always aware, and we will notify users by way of an e-mail.