# Digital Privacy Policy The Digital Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (“HSDM,” “School,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). By using this website, you are consenting to our collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data laws. --- ## Information gathering ### 1) Registering for an account If you register or apply for a program on our website or request information or other resources, we may ask for your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, position, affiliation, or other personal information. We may also ask you for other information at other times. We use this information to respond to your inquiries, to customize your experience on the website, to improve our content, to process applications and enrollment, and to provide you with email notifications related to your interests. ### 2) Browsing information and cookies When you access this website, our servers automatically record information that your browser provides. This may include, among other data, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, device identifiers and approximate location, the date and time of your access, web pages visited, and files accessed. Logos of IP addresses are retained for a limited period for security and site maintenance purposes and then deleted from our system. This website will attempt to store a small piece of data known as a "cookie" on your device, which will be read each time you visit the site. We may use cookies to establish continuity between related requests, to personalize the site to your preferences, to authenticate your log-in, and to analyze site traffic. Cookies do not themselves contain any personal information. You may choose to block cookies with your browser, however, doing so may limit the functionality of the site, and some features might not be available. #### Analytics, communications, and website performance Harvard School of Dental Medicine may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies, either directly or through third-party service providers, to support website analytics, measure the effectiveness of communications and outreach efforts, understand audience engagement, improve website performance, and enhance the delivery of digital communications and services. These technologies may collect information about website visits, interactions with website content, email engagement, and other digital communications. Information collected through these technologies may be used to generate aggregate reports about website traffic, user behavior, and engagement trends. Unless required by legal process, we do not associate this information with an individual's identity. We may engage third-party service providers to assist with website analytics, communications, marketing, customer relationship management, and related services. These service providers are not permitted to use information collected on our behalf except as necessary to provide services for Harvard School of Dental Medicine. You may choose to disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of some features of the website. ### 3) User communications When you send email or other communications to Harvard School of Dental Medicine, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services. Any personal information you provide through these communications will be used only for the purpose of addressing your request or as otherwise stated in this policy. --- ## Use of information We use the information collected for the following purposes, in addition to those described above: tailoring the website to user needs and improving our service; generating data and reports about website usage and content performance, including identifying how much of our audience comes from within the Harvard network; supporting the functioning and security of the website; protecting our rights and safety and the rights and safety of others; and research to improve our programs and outreach. We may evaluate site usage by collecting statistics about the behavior of visitors to this website and analyzing user information and demographics, but only to aggregate statistical reports. For this purpose, we may use third-party services to collect such information. We may display this statistical information publicly or provide it to others. At no time do we disclose site usage by individual visitors or by IP addresses. We may, however, disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties when we believe that doing so is necessary or appropriate to: (a) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (b) investigate compliance with or enforce our Terms of Use; (c) detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights and safety of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, our users, or others. ### Other websites and cookies This website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. Cookies may be set by parties other than us. These "third-party cookies" may, for example, originate from websites such as YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), or other third-party services for which we have implemented "plug-ins" or embedded content. Since the cookie policies of these sites change over time, you should review their privacy policies directly. ### Information protection This site has security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. However, no such measures are 100% secure. ### Users located outside the United States of America If you are located in a country outside of the United States which has enacted a personal data protection law, please read these [additional privacy disclosures](https://gdpr.harvard.edu/) that may apply to you. --- ## Contacting this website If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact: [HSDM\_Communications@hsdm.harvard.edu](mailto:HSDM_Communications@hsdm.harvard.edu) --- ## Changes to this policy This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. Any such changes will be posted on this page. For additional information about Harvard University's privacy practices, refer to the [Harvard University Privacy Statement](https://www.harvard.edu/privacy-statement/). --- *The effective date of this policy is **September 8, 2025**.*