Website Privacy Policy
American Jewish University and its affiliated organizations (such as Camp Alonim) respect your privacy. The university maintains and provides a wide array of websites and web servers operated by the university or third parties on behalf of the university (hereafter referred to as Web Sites). The types of information we collect may vary depending on the specific site you visit or application you use. Accordingly, this privacy statement is intended to be a general statement and may be supplemented by more specific privacy notices that pertain to personal information exclusively associated with a specific website, department, unit or function, or privacy laws that pertain to certain protected categories of data or to individuals in certain jurisdictions. Also, the university distributes to faculty, staff, alumni, friends, prospective students, and others e-mail messages that are closely linked to one or more of American Jewish University's websites. This statement expresses American Jewish University's approach to privacy in these arenas.
Student Education Records
American Jewish University complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which generally prohibits the release of student educational records without student permission.
Information Usage
In the course of using the Websites, you may choose to provide information to the university via web forms, e-mail, or other electronic means. Personally identifiable information submitted may be used for American Jewish University related purposes. American Jewish University may also use this information in an investigation of a potential violation of American Jewish University policies and procedures or as required by federal, state or local law. Additionally, We may reveal personally identifiable information about you to unaffiliated third parties:
(1) if you request or authorize it;
(2) if the information is provided to help complete a transaction for you;
(3) if the information is provided to comply with the law, applicable regulations, governmental and quasi-governmental requests, court orders or subpoenas, to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements, or to protect our rights, property or safety or the rights, property or safety of our users or others (e.g., to a consumer reporting agency for fraud protection etc.);
(4) if the information is provided to our agents, outside vendors or service providers to perform functions on our behalf (e.g., analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing customer service, processing orders, etc.); or
(5) as otherwise described in this privacy statement or in a more specific privacy notice associated with a particular website, department, unit or function.
We may share information that does not personally identify you without restriction. In certain jurisdictions, we may be required to provide more specific disclosures about the purposes for which your personal information is collected, and to give you the right to opt-out or withdraw consent at any time.
American Jewish University will not sell this data to outside parties.
Server Logs and E-mail Tracking
American Jewish University servers and Web Sites generally log activity usage of our Web Sites. Such logging includes, but is not limited to:
- Hostname - The hostname and/or IP address of the user/client requesting access.
- HTTP header, "user-agent" - The user-agent information includes the type of browser, its version, and the operating system it is running on.
- HTTP header, "referrer" - The referrer specifies the page from which the client accessed the current page.
- System date - The date and time of the user/client request.
- Full request - The exact request the user/client made.
- Status - The status code the server returned to the user/client.
- Content length - The content length, in bytes, of the document sent to the user/client.
- Method - The request method used.
- Universal Resource Identifier (URI) - The location of a resource on the server.
- Query string of the URI - Anything after the question mark in a URI.
- Protocol - The transport protocol and version used.
- E-mail address - In some cases, the e-mail address of the intended recipient of an e-mail may be logged when a link is accessed inside of an e-mail.
Log Usage
American Jewish University regularly uses analysis and reporting tools to evaluate web server logs and e-mail tracking to understand usage and effectiveness of our Web Sites and e-mail communications. These tools are used to evaluate aggregate usage and analyze trends. American Jewish University, by practice, does not engage in monitoring or tracking the activities of individuals. American Jewish University may use log information in any investigation of a potential violation of American Jewish University policies and procedures or as required by federal, state or local law.
eCommerce
Some American Jewish University Web Sites enable you to pay for products or services online with a credit card or other electronic payment mechanism. Unless otherwise noted, these transactions are encrypted. It is American Jewish University practice that confidential financial information you provide will be used only for the purposes described in that transaction, unless an additional use is specifically stated on that site. Data provided specifically to facilitate credit card or other electronic business transactions are retained only for a reasonable time to effect the transaction. American Jewish University makes reasonable efforts to comply with federal, state and local laws.
Cookies
American Jewish University may use cookies to track information about you, your device, the date of last visit, or user preferences and other information about how you interact with a Web Site. Web Sites may use cookies to track and pass session data as a method for facilitating the operation of a specific application.
We may disclose this information with selected third parties, such as analytics providers, advertising networks, and social media companies, to help us understand website usage, user demographics, and deliver relevant content or ads. These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites.
Some Web Sites use tools like Google Analytics to track usage patterns. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.
You can also manage cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect how some features work. For more information about cookies and how they function, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Exceptions
All American Jewish University Websites conform to this privacy statement unless an alternative privacy statement is explicitly provided on that site.
Links
American Jewish University Websites and e-mails may provide links to non-American Jewish University web sites. American Jewish University is not responsible for the content, privacy policies or practices on those sites.
Updates to Privacy Notice
American Jewish University reserves the right to modify this privacy notice at any time. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to this privacy statement. If we make changes, we will post an updated effective date at the top of the privacy statement. Your continued use of this site after any change in this privacy statement will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy statement, please contact us at info@aju.edu.