Privacy & Security Policy
John Brown University values the privacy of the users visiting our website. JBU has developed this policy to ensure our website visitors know how JBU uses any information collected during the visit. Treating all people well is a reflection of our Christian values (Matt. 7:12), and how we steward personal information collected during a visit is an extension of that value.
This policy solely covers the privacy practices for www.jbu.edu and any subdomains.
Information Collection
Information you provide: JBU will not sell, exchange, rent or otherwise disclose for commercial purposes any information you provide through jbu.edu outside the scope of ordinary university functions (i.e., the information provided for recruiting will be used for recruiting, the information provided for fundraising purposes will be used for fundraising, etc.). JBU does, at times, use third-party contractors in our normal business, and we share information with them. These contractors do not use the information we provide for purposes outside the scope of the JBU business services they contractually support. We may use information for fraud prevention, application security and verification of information submitted to JBU, including sharing of relevant information with fraud-prevention providers.
Information we collect automatically: When you visit jbu.edu, we automatically collect information about your visit, which may include, but is not limited to: specifications of the device you used to access JBU.edu, the pages you visited while at JBU.edu, information on how you arrived at JBU.edu, the time you spend on each page while visiting JBU.edu, navigation behavior while using JBU.edu, and other analytical data. This information is primarily used, in aggregate with information we collect from all users, to analyze trends, monitor system performance, provide guidance for optimizing future designs of JBU.edu, and improve our advertising. We use Microsoft Clarity and Google Analytics to help us collect and monitor this data.
Cookies
JBU.edu uses web cookies* for visitors to our website. Cookies allow us to personalize your web experience and analyze our traffic. We may use cookies to help us:
- Analyze the demographics of our web audience (gender, age range, browser, device, etc.)
- Track what a user does across multiple visits to JBU.
- Tell our online advertising platforms (Google, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) who has previously visited JBU.edu. So if you visit jbu.edu and then visit Instagram, you may see an ad for the university.
Most modern browsers let you disable or delete cookies on demand. For more information on how to disable the use of cookies on your browser, visit: http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Cookies
* A cookie is a small text file (up to 4KB) created by a website and stored on the user’s computer (either temporarily for that website visit or permanently on the hard disk (persistent cookie). Cookies allow the website to recognize you and track your preferences. (http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/40334/cookie)
External Links
JBU.edu may link to external websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy policy of sites we link to.
SMS
For our SMS Consent & Privacy Policy, click here.
Security
JBU strives to take reasonable precautions to secure our internet-accessible systems and the personal information of users who use them. However, since no system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, we advise all users to thoughtfully consider their activity in light of the security threats currently on the internet.
Updates
This policy may be updated from time to time. Updates will be posted on this Web page.
Contact
For questions about this policy, contact Julie Gumm, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at cmco@jbu.edu.
Last updated: July 12, 2022
