PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.
The website located at https://www.innovatehe.com/ (the “website”) and all properties hosted on this domain are operated by Innovate Higher Education, LLC (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Innovate higher Education, LLC”, “Innovate Higher Education,” “IHE”, “us,” “we,” and “our”).
This policy addresses the use of personal information by Innovate Higher Education. Innovate Higher Education is firmly committed to respecting your privacy and recognizing your need for appropriate protection of personally identifiable information you share with us. Included in this policy are members, consumers of products and services, and others who engage with us (referred to as “users”).
Information Collection
“Personally identifiable information” and “personal information” mean any information by which you, individually, can be identified (e.g., name, address, telephone number). Innovate Higher Education does not collect any personal information from general website visitors (https://www.innovatehe.com/). However, when users create accounts, log into their accounts, or request information from Innovate Higher Education, personal information may be requested. Any information collected is for internal use and will not be shared with or disclosed to third parties without consent.
When Innovate Higher Education collects personal information, it is with the intent to better serve users. Basic information requested of users may include:
Required Information
The following information is required to set up an Innovate Higher Education user account. Individuals who interact with Innovate Higher Education solely by telephone or postal mail and do not provide email addresses may be listed in Innovate Higher Education records by first and last name only.
– First Name
– Last Name
– Email Address(es)
Additional Information
The following information may be required of users in online and offline transactions, surveys, information requests, and/or the purchase of products and services. This information is all self-reported information by the user, reported to us when a transaction, online interaction (e.g., request for information, opting in to a listserv or informational or marketing email), or other similar activity.
– Nickname/preferred name
– Institution/organization affiliation
– Postal address(es)
– Phone number(s)
– Employment Information
– Current and past job title(s), role, and function
– Current and past employer(s)
– Years/duration of employment
– Position description(s)
-Professional and scholarly experience(s) (Education levels/degrees attained; Race/ethnicity; Sex/gender; Year of birth; Innovate Higher Education username and password; Records of transactions with Innovate Higher Education; Innovate Higher Education maintains speakers’/presenters’ biographical information used in relevant event online programs and stores event evaluation results
Information Use
Typically, Innovate Higher Education uses the personal information collected to:
-Respond to inquiries and requests;
-Communicate transactional information, such as receipts for products/services or event registration information;
-Process client services;
-Provide user access to electronic mailing lists, newsletters, or databases; and/or
-Contact users about the products/services for which they have expressed interest.
Sharing Information
Innovate Higher Education shares information about participants in events/conferences in the following ways:
-Names and postal addresses are provided to Innovate Higher Education sponsors for that event/conferences only.
-Email addresses are provided to Innovate Higher Education event/conference sponsors if users opt in to have their information shared.
-Names, institutions/affiliations, and contact information is made available in the events/conferences site or app, unless users opt out.
-Names, institutions/affiliations, and contact information is made available in the Innovate Higher Education event directory unless users opt out.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Changing/Updating Personal Information
Subscribers, clients, or those who sign up for other services may review and update the information about you or your organization at any time. Users who wish to amend or remove personal information stored by our organization should:
– Visit innovatehe.com, sign in, and modify information in “my account”; or
– Contact us via info@innovatehe.com.
To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before making corrections or granting access to your information via email or phone.
Contact Forms
When leaving information in contact forms, you are consenting to us contacting you about your questions, requests for services, or other inquiries.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a piece of data that is either maintained only for the duration of a session visit or is stored on the user’s computer to support future visits. Innovate Higher Education uses cookies to help manage its websites and better serve visitors, and may make use of both types of cookie:
Session cookies are used to enhance and make more efficient the user’s experience during a site visit. Once the user closes the browser, the cookie terminates.
Persistent cookies store small text files on the user’s hard drive for extended periods of time and “remember” visit activities to help make subsequent visits more efficient. Users may remove persistent cookies by following internet browser help instructions.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Surveys
Occasionally, Innovate Higher Education engages in the use of surveys on topics of importance to its clients and Innovate Higher Education. Participation in such surveys is optional. The purpose of each survey is clearly defined, and participation in these surveys is completely voluntary. When Innovate Higher Education uses third-party services to conduct surveys, those services are prohibited from employing Innovate Higher Education users’ personally identifiable information for any other purpose. Innovate Higher Education never shares users’ personally identifiable information with third parties without consent.
Consent
When Innovate Higher Education requests sensitive and/or personal information from users, the reason for the request and the intended use of the information is clearly stated. If more information is desired, the user should respond to the requestor directly, or contact us via email info@innovatehe.com By consenting to this privacy policy, users provide Innovate Higher Education permission to collect personal data specifically for the purposes identified at the time requests are made. Consent is required for Innovate Higher Education to collect personal data, and it must be explicitly provided by users. By using the Innovate Higher Education website or engaging with Innovate Higher Education products/services, users consent to this privacy policy. Users may withdraw consent at any time via email (info@innovatehe.com) with a subject line of “Personal Consent Withdrawal.”
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Third Parties
Innovate Higher Education employs the services of third parties to support its business practices and services provided to users.
Google Analytics
Innovate Higher Education uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses persistent cookies to analyze how users interact with a website. The information generated by the cookie about use of the website (including users’ IP addresses) is transmitted to and stored by Google. Google uses this information to compile reports on website activity for website operators and provides other services relating to website activity and internet use. Google may also transfer this information to third parties when required to do so by law, or when third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate users’ IP addresses with any other data held by Google.
Refusing use of Google Analytics. Users may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in their browsers; however, doing so may affect full functionality of our website. By using the website, users consent to the processing of data about their activity by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. The Google privacy policy and the Google Analytics terms of service provide detailed information.
Unsubscribing from Subscription Lists. Occasionally, we employ listservs, newsletters, general email messages, or email lists, collectively referred to as “lists”.Users who have questions about removing their information from the any such lists may contact info@innvoatehe.com.
Social Media Plugins
Innovate Higher Education may use social media plugins from various social networking sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram) to enable you to easily connect and share information with others. Social networks may use cookies to collect data regarding your browsing activity. We do not control any of the content from the social media plugins. (See social media websites for their privacy and data sharing statements.) Questions about our use of social media plugins may be directed to us at info@innovatehe.com.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What Rights do You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Security
We take the security of users’ personal information seriously and is committed to ensuring that its information technology (IT) systems, infrastructure, and applications are secure. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Therefore, Innovate Higher Education cannot guarantee the security of users’ information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information via our website is at the user’s risk. Innovate Higher Education does not assume any liability for third-party use of general or personal information, whether obtained legally or illegally from or through its website.
Compromise of Information
In the event that any personal information under Innovate Higher Education’s control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will take reasonable steps to investigate and resolve the situation in a timely manner, and where appropriate, notify individuals whose information may have been at risk. In all such situations, Innovate Higher Education will take all necessary steps in accordance with applicable laws.
Legal Disclaimer
Innovate Higher Education reserves the right to disclose users’ personally identifiable information as required by law and when it is determined that disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Innovate Higher Education, its users, customers, or others; or to comply with judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal processes served on or otherwise required of Innovate Higher Education.
Links to Other Sites
Our website may contain links to other sites. Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
Your use of these other linked sites is subject to their respective terms of use and privacy policies. Innovate Higher Education has no control over these linked sites and no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the content or privacy practices of these linked sites.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
International Users
This website is operated and managed on servers located within the United States (U.S.). By visiting and using our website, residents and citizens of countries and jurisdictions located outside of the U.S. understand and consent to the transfer of their data to the U.S. for processing and use in accordance with this privacy policy.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Innovate Higher Education reserves the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. All changes are posted to this page, as indicated by the effective date noted at the bottom of the page. User consent is based on the specifications of this privacy policy at time of use, and it is the user’s responsibility to familiarize oneself with the policy, including revisions. Your use or continued use of the website following our posting of a change notice will constitute binding acceptance of this policy and all applicable changes.
Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, email info@innovatehe.com.
UPDATED November 28, 2020