Privacy Statement
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and SPARK (Summer Program at Rutgers for Kids), is committed to protecting the privacy and accuracy of your confidential information to the extent possible, subject to provisions of state and federal law. Other than as required by laws that guarantee public access to certain types of information, or in response to subpoenas or other legal instruments that authorize access, personally-identifiable information is not actively shared. In particular, we do not re-distribute or sell personal information collected on our web servers.
•Information Collected
•Use of Collected Information
•Distribution of collected information
•Individual choice
•Responsibility for Linked-To Sites
•Notification and Changes
Information Collected
SPARK may collect personal information such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone number(s), and/or educational interests. Such personal information may be requested by us for administrative purposes. Additional personal information, such as credit card account information, may be requested for application or enrollment purposes.
Web servers typically collect, at least temporarily, the following information: Internet Protocol (IP) address of computer being used; web pages requested; referring web page; browser used; date and time. SPARK may collect statistics identifying particular IP addresses from which our websites are accessed.
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Use of Collected Information
We may use personal information collected from websites for the purpose of future communication back to online applicants, in order to keep you informed of such information as acceptance letters, changes to schedules, account balances, campus programs, and/or special events.
SPARK may use browser-IP-address information and anonymous-browser history to report information about site accesses and for profiling purposes. This information is generally used to improve Web presentation and utilization. SPARK may also use IP address information for troubleshooting purposes.
Some SPARK online activity sites may use "cookies" in order to deliver web content specific to individual users’ interests or to keep track of online payment transactions. Sensitive personal information is not stored within cookies.
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Distribution of Collected Information
SPARK will not disclose, without your consent, personal information collected about you, except for certain explicit circumstances in which disclosure is required by law.
We will not distribute or sell personal information to third-party organizations.
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Individual choice
Individuals who wish to use methods other than online enrollment may submit requests by email or U.S. mail addressed to SPARK.
Access to your own information: Questions regarding users’ rights to review, modify or delete their previously provided personal information should be directed to SPARK. Any disputes will be resolved under existing records regulations applicable to SPARK and/or Rutgers, The State Uniiversity of New Jersey.
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Responsibility for Linked-To Sites
While using the SPARK website, you may encounter hypertext links to Web pages of organizations not directly affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey or with SPARK.
SPARK does not control the content or information practices of external organizations. We recommend you review the privacy statements of these organizations. The privacy practices of all vendors or Web clients affiliated with SPARK have been reviewed for consistency with SPARK’s privacy practices.
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Notification of Changes
If we change our Privacy Statement, we will post those changes on this page so our users are aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under which circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We advise users check this policy frequently to keep abreast of any changes.
This privacy statement applies solely to the information collected by this website.
For questions about this Privacy Statement, you may contact:
SPARK
55 Commercial Avenue, Suite 120
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
OR
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