Privacy Statement


IdahoSTARS Surveys is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the IdahoSTARS Surveys Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the IdahoSTARS Surveys website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

IdahoSTARS Surveys collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. IdahoSTARS Surveys also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by IdahoSTARS Surveys. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by IdahoSTARS Surveys for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the IdahoSTARS Surveys Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through IdahoSTARS Surveys public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: IdahoSTARS Surveys does not read any of your private online communications.

IdahoSTARS Surveys encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from IdahoSTARS Surveys so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. IdahoSTARS Surveys is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the IdahoSTARS Surveys and IdahoSTARS Surveys family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

IdahoSTARS Surveys collects and uses your personal information to operate the IdahoSTARS Surveys Web site and deliver the services you have requested. IdahoSTARS Surveys also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from IdahoSTARS Surveys and its affiliates. IdahoSTARS Surveys may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

IdahoSTARS Surveys does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. IdahoSTARS Surveys may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, IdahoSTARS Surveys may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to IdahoSTARS Surveys, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

IdahoSTARS Surveys does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

IdahoSTARS Surveys keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within IdahoSTARS Surveys, in order to determine what IdahoSTARS Surveys services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within IdahoSTARS Surveys to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

IdahoSTARS Surveys Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on IdahoSTARS Surveys or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of IdahoSTARS Surveys; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of IdahoSTARS Surveys, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The IdahoSTARS Surveys Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize IdahoSTARS Surveys pages, or register with IdahoSTARS Surveys site or services, a cookie helps IdahoSTARS Surveys to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same IdahoSTARS Surveys Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the IdahoSTARS Surveys features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the IdahoSTARS Surveys services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

IdahoSTARS Surveys secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. IdahoSTARS Surveys secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

IdahoSTARS Surveys will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. IdahoSTARS Surveys encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how IdahoSTARS Surveys is protecting your information.

Contact Information

IdahoSTARS Surveys welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that IdahoSTARS Surveys has not adhered to this Statement, please contact IdahoSTARS Surveys at lamcpeak@uidaho.edu. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.