MITIMCo Privacy Statement
Overview
Your privacy is important to MITIMCo, and we are committed to respecting it.
This privacy statement applies to the MIT Investment Management Company’s (MITIMCo’s) website at www.mitimco.org and applies only to Personal Information (defined below) collected through our own website and does not apply to the practices of departments or companies that we do not own or control, or people that we do not manage.
The MITIMCo website may contain links to other third-party sites. MITIMCo is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these websites. Visitors are encouraged to review posted privacy statements for each third-party website they visit.
Your Personal Information
You can visit the MITIMCo website without telling us who you are and without revealing any Personal Information about yourself.
“Personal Information” means any information or data that directly or indirectly identifies, describes, relates to, or is reasonably capable of being associated with, or can reasonably link, to a particular individual, consumer or household and has the meanings ascribed under applicable data privacy laws.
Voluntarily provided information
In using specific features of this website, such as applying for a job with MITIMCo, you may be redirected to another website, specifically the MIT Human Resources website, and you may be asked to submit additional information, such as your name, email address or job application. In such cases, it is our intent that your Personal Information will be used only to fulfill the request(s) you make of us, and to allow us to contact you relating to your request. Any such information provided is governed by the privacy policy of MIT.
Automatically collected information for website visitor and traffic analytics
When you use or access our website, our third-party web host automatically collects certain information, including device and browser information, IP address and location data, browsing behavior, usage patterns, and data collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies (described below). This information is anonymized and not shared with MITIMCo.
Cookies
A cookie is a short identifier, stored on your computer, that may contain site-specific settings or identify you to a site when you make a return visit. The MITIMCo website does not use cookies, with the exception of those used by Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics, described below. All features of the MITIMCo website are designed to work without cookies. If you turn off cookies in your browser, you will still be able to fully experience the MITIMCo website.
Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics
The MITIMCo website uses Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics to gather anonymous statistics, such as visitor, session and campaign data and site usage for the website’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. The information gathered is used to improve web services for visitors. Google Analytics uses a browser cookie for statistical analysis related to your browsing behavior on these websites. If you choose, you can opt out by turning off cookies in the preferences settings in your browser, or download and install Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For more information, visit Google Analytics Solutions.
Basis for processing Personal Information
Our webhost processes your Personal Information collected on the MITIMCo website to facilitate our online interactions with you.
How your information is stored and secured
MITIMCO does not receive, process or store any Personal Information provided through this website.
Additional information
We may change this Privacy Statement from time to time. If we make any significant changes in the way we treat your Personal Information we will make this clear on our website.
For questions, including requests to correct or erase information, please contact dataprotection@mitimco.mit.edu