Your privacy on the Internet is important to us. As a requirement for registration, we obtain certain types of information about MyStudentBody.com users. The following describes this information, what we do with it, and how to correct or change the information if you should desire to do so.
Scope of this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy applies only to the web site at www.MyStudentBody.com (the “Site”). The Site is an interactive health, science and technology website owned and operated by Inflexxion, Inc. ("Inflexxion"). As used in this Privacy Policy, the terms “we,” “us” and “our” refer jointly to MyStudentBody and Inflexxion.
If you are a registered user, the Site is available to you in connection with a limited license to the academic institution ("Institution“) at which you are a currently-enrolled student ("Student“), the parent or legal guardian of a currently-enrolled student ("Parent(s)“) or faculty, staff and/or administrator ("Administrators“) (collectively "Registered Users“ or "You“). The information practices of other sites operated or maintained by Inflexxion, Inc. or by the Institution are not covered by this privacy policy.
If you are not a registered user ("Visitor“ or "Unregistered User“ or "You“) you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy by your use of the Site. If any portion of this privacy policy unacceptable to you, do not use the Site. Use of the Site constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
INFORMATION COLLECTED BY MYSTUDENTBODY.COM
MyStudentBody.com collects two types of information from Registered Users: personal data (such as names and e-mail addresses); and aggregated information (such as information about traffic patterns on www.MyStudentBody.com, for example, how many users log into MyStudentBody.com on a regular basis daily, weekly etc.).
Personal Data
Personal data is collected through the registration process and assessments. Personal data may include identifying information, such as name and email address, that will be used to generate your user profile. Registered Users’ personal data will not be sold, given away or used for marketing purposes. We reserve the right to share your Personal data with third parties if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or with legal process served upon us. Any Personal data that Registered Users provide to us is handled in accordance with any applicable requirements under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (“FERPA“).
Aggregated Information
Aggregated information is collected through various methods: It may come from survey information and/or site registrations, and/or IP addresses. Aggregated information may include but not be limited to age, gender, race, weight and other information. Some of these questionnaires or surveys may also ask you to provide health-related information. We collect this information to help us personalize your experience on our Site by tailoring our content to your specific situation and concerns, as well as for us to better understand who uses our Site and to improve our Site and online tools accordingly.
An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're surfing the web. Web servers, the computers that "serve up" web pages, automatically identify this IP address, and when you request a page from MyStudentBody.com, our servers log your IP address. MyStudentBody.com collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to provide aggregate data for customization. MyStudentBody.com does not link IP addresses to any personally identifiable information. Although your session on MyStudentBody.com will be logged through your username, this process will serve to track your session information, and collect aggregated information. If this aggregated information is published or transferred to any other person, it will be in an anonymous format. Aggregated Information may also include user IP addresses, browser types, domain names, and other anonymous statistical data involving the use of our Site.
Use of Data
In connection with the Site, Inflexxion may collect data related to Registered users, including but not limited to the names, email addresses, demographic information, survey responses, Student Course Completion Data (defined below), Student Post Assessment Completion Data (defined below), and questions, stories or other material submitted by users (collectively, the “Site Data”). All Site Data shall be the sole property of Inflexxion. Without limiting the foregoing, Inflexxion may distribute, sell, license and otherwise use Site Data in aggregate form only (so that no user is personally identifiable) for services provided by Inflexxion to its customers, academic and other publications, research projects and other purposes
Inflexxion agrees that it will not disclose to third parties the following information: Student names; Student email addresses; Student university identification numbers; Student Course Completion Data, and Student Post Assessment Completion Data. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Inflexxion may disclose any such information in accordance with a valid judicial or other governmental order, provided that Inflexxion shall have given Institution reasonable notice and opportunity to object prior to such disclosure.
Inflexxion will provide the Institution’s Administrators with reports concerning the following information: (1) whether its specified Students have completed [certain courses offered on the Site (“Student Course Completion Data”), (2) whether its specified Students have completed behavior surveys following their completion of each course, but not personally identifiable results of any such surveys (“Student Post Assessment Completion Data”), and (3) aggregate Site Data related to its Students and other Site users.
Except for Student Course Completion Data and Student Post Assessment Completion Data, in no event shall Institution be entitled to obtain Site Data that includes personally identifiable information related to Students.
As time passes, Inflexxion may be sold along with its assets, or other transactions may occur in which user data is one of the business assets transferred. In such a case, the user data which we have gathered may be one of the business assets we transfer.
Use of Cookies
The MyStudentBody.com website does use cookies in a limited manner. A cookie is a small data file that most major websites write to your hard drive for record-keeping purposes when you visit them. Cookies allow website managers to measure activity on the site and to improve your user experience, for example, by remembering your passwords and viewing preferences, thus allowing you to visit various registered access parts of the site without re-registering.
These cookies are not created or used to collect any information (aggregate or personal) about you at any time. These are the only cookies that exist in this website. You may occasionally get cookies from other sites, which is standard in the Internet industry. MyStudentBody.com does not control these cookies, and these cookies are not subject to MyStudentBody.com privacy policies.
You do not have to accept cookies to use our Website, however, you may not be able to use certain features or access certain areas if you do not accept cookies. Although most browsers are initially set to accept cookies, you may reset your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to reject cookies generally.
Website Data
Public Forums
We feature public forums such as message boards, bulletin boards or similar activities where Registered Users of the Site can communicate with one another. In addition, we offer the "Student Voices" feature of our Site to permit Registered Users to share information about themselves with others. THIS PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT PROTECT YOU WHEN YOU USE OUR PUBLIC FORUMS OR PROVIDE INFORMATION (INCLUDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION) ABOUT YOURSELF. You should be aware that any information shared in a public forum such as a message board, bulletin board or other forum is public information and may be seen by third parties that do not adhere to our Privacy Policy. You should think carefully before disclosing any information in any public forum, including the forums on our Site.
Security
The Site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. However, data transmission over the Internet or wireless networks cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure. Although we are committed to safeguarding your privacy and security, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Links to Other Sites
MyStudentBody.com may contain links to sites other than MyStudentBody.com and those sites may not follow the same privacy policies as MyStudentBody.com. For instance, if you click on a hyperlink on MyStudentBody.com, this may take you away from MyStudentBody.com and to an entirely different site. This can include links from advertisers, content providers, and others who may use the MyStudentBody.com logo, brand, and or style as a result of a co-branding agreement. These sites may send their own cookies to you, and may collect and use data in ways that MyStudentBody.com would not. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of third party websites. We encourage you to be aware of this when you leave our Site and to read the privacy policies of every website that collects personally identifiable information from you. The Privacy Policy applies only to this Site.
Children’s Privacy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. Our Site and online interactive features are not designed for or directed to children under the age of 17. Our registration process is intended to ensure that only Students, Parents and Administrators who are over the age of 17 gain access to the Site. CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13 ARE NOT PERMITTED TO USE THIS SITE. We strongly recommend that children between the ages of 13 and 18 ask for their parent's or guardian's permission before viewing our Website. Inflexxion shall not be liable for any unauthorized use of the website by minors. Institution, Administrators and/or Parents shall determine and bear sole responsibility for determining whether Students under the age of 18 shall be allowed to become Registered Users of the Web Site.
Use of Site
Your access to and use of the Site are subject to certain terms and conditions, which are contained in our Agreement for Registered Users or Terms of Use for Unregistered Users.
Contacting this Site
If you want to review or revise the personal information you provided during registration on the Site, or if you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, you can contact us by email at info@inflexxion.com or by post to:
Webmaster
Inflexxion, Inc.
320 Needham Street, Suite 100
Newton, Massachusetts 02464
Your California Privacy Rights
Beginning on January 1, 2005, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of Infexxion who are California residents to request certain information regarding its disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to mystudentbody@inflexxion.com or write us at:
Inflexxion, Inc.
320 Needham Street, Suite 100
Newton, MA 02464
Phone:
Fax:
Changes to this Policy
We retain the right to make changes, in our sole discretion, to this privacy policy. If we decide to make an important change to our privacy policy, we will post a notification and link on our homepage so that you can review the updated policy. If at any point we wish to use the personal information of Registered Users in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify such users by means of an email or notification at login and give you the opportunity to indicate whether you consent to the proposed use.
Effective Date
The effective date of this privacy policy is June 1, 2008.