Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy, and we’re willing to stand by our words. If you have any concerns about our collection and use of information obtained while you use our website, please read through this short description of our information handling practices. If you still have concerns or wish to contact us in connection to privacy issues not raised in this statement, then please feel free to send us a note.

Concerns/More Information

Please contact us with any concerns or questions via email at wlunews@wlu.edu or through the mail:

Office of Communications
Attn: Web Team
7 Courthouse Square
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450

Constitution & Application

The W&L website (defined by the domain name www.wlu.edu) is comprised of any publicly accessible (as defined by an industry standard HTTP or HTTPS connection) files and/or computer code.

This privacy policy applies only to the W&L website, and not to any additional websites that may be linked to from the W&L website. The Communications Office is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites.

Automatic Information Collection

Our servers automatically collect information about your web browser, proxy or firewall servers, and other relevant information about your browsing session on our site. Please be aware that none of this information can be used by anyone to identify you. We use this session information—including your specific web browser vendor and version, the type of computer operating system you are using, and the IP address of your computer—to help us better design and structure our website. In the event of a security breach to our servers, we may provide this information to the relevant state and federal authorities.

Personal Information

We only collect personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address, when you volunteer it to us, say through submitting an email list subscription form. We retain the right to store and analyze this information indefinitely in order to examine and improve our web services. We do not provide any third parties with any voluntarily or otherwise personally identifiable information, meaning we do not sell, rent, or market personal data about you to third parties.

If we ever decide to change our policy on using personally identifiable information, we will inform each individual who we have recorded as submitting such information to us. An email message, containing the text of the policy change, sent to each recorded address will constitute such notice. We will provide each recipient with a method of unsubscribing, or opting out, of the policy change.

Cookies

In an effort to better service you through our website, we may store small amounts of information on your computer through the use of cookies. Our website does not require that you grant us the right to store cookies on your computer. If you do not wish to grant us this right, consult the documentation provided with your web browser to turn off the appropriate “accept cookies” feature in your browser. The settings on cookies contained in your browser constitute a grant of permission (or lack thereof) for us to store information on your computer.

We follow all industry standards in constructing and storing cookies with your browser. Thus it is your browser vendor’s responsibility to provide for secure and appropriate cookie storage mechanisms.

Appropriate Communications

We reserve the right to contact you without prior notice through the use of email. These unsolicited communications will address matters to do only with the storage of personal information on our servers and/or other business matters. These communications are strictly business-oriented in nature and will never address marketing or promotional matters. We do not support, approve of, or otherwise engage in the sending of unsolicited bulk marketing and promotional email messages, or spam email.

Solicited Email-based Marketing/Communications

We may, at times, send you marketing or promotional email messages to inform you of new services and/or product announcements. These communications are considered supplemental to any emails we may send you regarding subscriptions or concerns about your use of the W&L website. We send these messages to you only if you have expressly agreed to allow us to send these messages to you. In each email message we send, we will always provide you with the ability to unsubscribe, or otherwise opt-out, of these communications. Please follow the instructions contained in those messages for opting out of this marketing service.

We do not support, approve of, or otherwise engage in the sending of unsolicited bulk marketing and promotional email messages, or spam email.

Texting

By providing your mobile number on any form on our website, you consent to receive mobile text alerts regarding program offerings, important reminders, as well as transactional messages from us. You may receive recurring text messages and application abandonment reminder messages. You understand that your consent above is not a condition to take part in our programs.
 
The service is not intended for children under 13, and does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. By signing up you are confirming you are over the age of 13.
 
We will not share your opt-in to an SMS campaign with any third party for purposes unrelated to providing you with the services of that campaign. We may share your Personal Data, including your SMS opt-in or consent status, with third parties that help us provide our messaging services, including but not limited to platform providers, phone companies, and any other vendors who assist us in the delivery of text messages. You understand that we may send mobile text messages using automated technology. Message frequency may vary, and standard data charges may apply. Send STOP to cancel.

Notification of Changes

We reserve the right to change our privacy policy at any time. We will always immediately republish this statement to reflect those changes. An up-to-date privacy statement can always be found at this location. Unless otherwise noted in this statement, posting appropriately changed versions of this statement at this location will constitute sufficient notice of those changes in our privacy policy.