Privacy
The CSE Privacy Policy
Confidentiality
All information is confidential
Any personal information we collect online will remain confidential, unless disclosure is required by law. We do not sell any information gathered on our site to third parties.
Data Security
All personal information submitted on our site via the Internet is secured by an SSL encryption layer. All of our forms with personal information are protected by a self-signed certificate. Our digital certificate offers 128 bit Secure Socket Layer encryption. SSL comes in two strengths, 40-bit and 128-bit, which refer to the length of the "session key" generated by every encrypted transaction. The longer the key, the more difficult it is to break the encryption code.
The Center for Computational Science and Engineering is committed to data security. Once data has been submitted on our site, we take every reasonable precaution to protect the security, integrity and privacy of the personal information that is temporarily stored on our system. All of our databases are housed on systems that only authorized staff have access to. Many precautions have been taken to provide a robust architecture that will withstand the most direct attacks.
Research
We occasionally conduct online surveys. Your responses are confidential and will be used for statistical analysis only. We reserve the right to republish our findings without revealing personal or identifying information.
Log analysis
We collect IP addresses, browser details, and referrer information for the purpose of system administration and to report aggregate information. We monitor aggregate information such as the number of unique users who visit certain sections of our site. This information is not personally identifiable and is used to improve our site. We may use cookies to store session information such as your login name and the last page you visited.
Links
While on our site you may encounter links to other web sites. We may not control the information of these sites. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of each site that you visit.
Campus Privacy Policy
As a part of the UC Davis community the Center for Computational Science and Engineering adheres to the official UC Davis privacy policy also. Although the campus policy allows the collection of social security numbers in accordance with Section 320-22 we will not collect social security numbers from anyone.