The Field Museum respects your privacy, and we would like you to understand how we collect, use and safeguard any personal information you provide to us on our web site. We will post any changes to this policy here, and by using our web site you consent to the collection and use of information as described in our current policy. What specific personal information does The Field Museum collect from users? The Field Museum does not collect any specific personal information about you – such as your name, address or e-mail address – unless you knowingly provide it to us. For example, we may ask you for personally identifying information if you attempt to contact us through our web site or if you participate in any of our online or broadcast activities. Generally, this information could include name, e-mail address, and a postal address. For teachers, we collect additional information on their school and the classes they teach. What are cookies and how do we use them? Some of the pages on our web site utilize "cookies" so that we can better serve you when you next return to our web site. Cookies are identifiers that a web site places on your computer's hard drive in order to facilitate the interaction between your computer and the web site. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that. The information we collect and analyze is used to improve our service to you and is not related to any personally identifiable data. For example, the IP address of your computer (an IP address is a number assigned to your computer by your internet service provider) is included in the cookie. We can then check whether that computer has been used to visit our site before. We never compare the IP addresses to individual users, but only use the aggregated results (e.g., the number of unique visitors to the site). However, if it were necessary, such information could potentially be used to identify a user in order to comply with safety and/or security issues or with legal requirements. What does The Field Museum do with this information? Other than as described below, The Field Museum does not and will not sell, exchange, or release your personal information (name, e-mail address, mailing address, etc.) regardless of its source, to any third parties without your permission. Generally, this information is used for our internal purposes only, and that might include contacting you. However, The Field Museum and its web site are public places dedicated to education and sharing of information, and therefore some of our online activities may involve sharing your submissions – but not personal information such as postal or email addresses – with other visitors to our website or with educators, schoolchildren or members of the public. The Field Museum also shares information with carefully selected independent evaluators who use the information to assess the effectiveness of The Field Museum’s educational programming. Any such sharing will always be done in a manner consistent with the educational mission of The Field Museum. Information about The Field Museum’s members may be selectively exchanged or given to other nonprofit organizations, but only if such organizations agree not to sell or otherwise permit the use of that information for any purposes other than direct contacts by that nonprofit organization. Any other information we would disclose to our partners in the educational or nonprofit world, or to any advertisers, would only be in the form of grouped statistics compiled from registration data, participants’ answers to survey questions, or contributions to online activities, webcasts, or broadcasts, or as otherwise required by law. None of the data so provided would include any personally identifiable information, unless required by law. By participating in our on-line activities and submitting information to us, you agree to the indicated uses and disclosures of that information. If you are participating in an educational program but do not want information to be disclosed to our independent evaluators, you may “opt out” by contacting us via e-mail or regular mail and asking that your personally identifying information not be disclosed to our evaluators. What about other sites linked to from The Field Museum’s web site? The Field Museum’s web site contains links to other web sites. The Field Museum is not responsible for the content or practices of such other web sites. For more information, see our Linking Policy. Questions or more information…. If you want to review or correct any personal information you (or your child) submitted to us and that we may have retained, or if you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy policy, you can contact us at webmaster@fieldmuseum.org or you can mail a letter to: The Field Museum, Attn: Webmaster, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY POLICY The Field Museum wants you to know that we respect the privacy of children that visit our web site. What information does The Field Museum collect from children? The Field Museum does not collect any specific personal information about children – such as name, address or e-mail address – unless it is knowingly provided to us. For example, The Field Museum offers e-field trips, which are online curriculum with supporting broadcasts (and webcasts) that are designed for school-age children. Student involvement is an integral part of the e-field trip experience, and students share their ideas and projects with other students participating in these educational programs in a number of ways: Students participate on-air during the broadcasts, we collect information from children by inviting their e-mail questions that may be answered during the broadcasts of electronic field trips, and we may post student work on our web site. In connection with these activities, the information collected from a child may include his or her name, grade, school, email address, state, and the child’s project, questions, or feedback submission. What does The Field Museum do with this information? Only the first name, school, and state of a student (e.g.,"Sue from Washington Elementary School in Illinois") who submits a question to The Field Museum via e-mail may be disclosed during live or archived broadcasts of electronic field trips. Student work submitted to The Field Museum may be posted on our web site, and also may include the student’s first name, school, and state. Information collected from a child may also be shared with carefully selected independent evaluators, who may then work directly with the schools on further surveys or assessments of the effectiveness of The Field Museum’s educational programming. Any such sharing will always be done in a manner consistent with the educational mission of The Field Museum. By participating in our on-line activities and submitting information to us, participants agree to the indicated uses and disclosures of that information. If participants or their parents or guardians do not want information to be disclosed to our independent evaluators, they may “opt out” by contacting us via e-mail or regular mail and asking that personally identifying information not be disclosed to our evaluators. "Cookies," links to other web sites, and other uses of information?. For additional information regarding use of “cookies,” our policy regarding links to other web sites, and other uses of information collected online by The Field Museum, please read our primary web site Privacy Policy above, the terms of which are also applicable to this policy. How can parents find out what information has been collected about their children? Parents or guardians may review their child's personal information and can request to have it corrected or deleted. Parents or guardians who wish to do so can contact The Field Museum at webmaster@fieldmuseum.org or by mail at The Field Museum, Attn: Webmaster, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605.