Privacy Policy

Last modified: August 6, 2009

We recognize that privacy is important. This Privacy Policy applies to the Kalamazoo College Admission website (admisssion.kzoo.edu or www.kzoo.edu/admission)

Cookies—When you visit admission.kzoo.edu, we may send one or more cookies— a small file containing a string of characters—to your computer or other device that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our website and College Admission experience. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features on our website may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.

Google Analytics—Google Analytics is used to track traffic on this website. If your browser has javascript enabled, Google Analytics collects the following types of information from users:

• Type of user agent (web browser) used, software manufacture and version number.
• Type of operating system
• Screen colors (color processing ability of the users screen)
• Javascript support
• Flash version
• Screen resolution
• Network location and IP address
  • Can include country, city, state, region, county, or any other geographic data.
  • Hostname
  • Bandwidth (internet connection speed)
• Time of visit
• Pages visited
• Time spent on each page of the website
• Referring site statistics
  • The website (URI) the user came through in order to arrive at this website (example: clicking on a hyperlink from Yahoo.com that took the user to this website)
  • Search engine query used (example: typing in a phrase into a search engine like Google, and clicking on a link from that search engine)
• This data DOES NOT include any personalized identification information such as:
  • Names
  • Phone Numbers
  • Email Addresses
  • Mailing Addresses
  • Social Security Numbers
  • Bank Account Numbers
  • Credit Card Information

Log information— When you access our web site, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.

Registration Forms— When you sign up for an event that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information. We will not use this information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected.

Information sharing— Kalamazoo College will not share personal information with other companies or individuals unless we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (c) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Kalamazoo College or the public as required or permitted by law.

If you have any additional questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us any time through this web site or at