Our Privacy Policy
Who we are
The National Humanities Center is an independent, nonprofit center for advanced study dedicated to supporting humanities research, teaching, and public understanding. Our website address is https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org.
Types of personal data we collect
We collect two types of information on our sites: 1) personal information that you voluntarily submit to us that may be used to contact or identify you 2) information that is automatically collected as you navigate and interact with our sites and services.
Contact forms
To allow visitors to interact with us, register for events, participate in various programs, sign up to learn more about the National Humanities Center and its programs, and other purposes, we use a variety of form plug-ins to collect personal contact information and other necessary details. This information is retained by us for the duration of this purpose and, in some cases, users who have provided this information may be added to the Center’s contact lists for sharing information about similar, future programs and activities from the Center. This information is never sold or shared with third parties.
Comments
In general, the NHC does not collect comments on our site. However, in any instance where visitors are offered the ability to leave comments, we will collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of information that a web server may place on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are commonly used by websites to improve the user experience and have not been known to transmit computer viruses or otherwise harm your computer. Many cookies last only through a single website session, or visit. Others may have an expiration date, or may remain on your computer until you delete them.
Cookies are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movements around the site, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We use cookies to maintain continuity during a user session, and to gather data about the usage of our website for research and other purposes.
Our cookies will track only your activity relating to your online activity on this website, and will not track your other Internet activity. Our cookies do not gather personally identifiable information. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some features or areas of our site may be limited.
As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve site functionality. An IP address is a unique identifier that certain electronic devices use to identify and communicate with each other on the Internet. When you visit our website, we may view the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet. We use this information to determine the general physical location of the device and understand from what regions of the world our website visitors come. We also may use this information to enhance our website.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
The National Humanities Center does not sell or rent your personal information to others. We may provide aggregated statistical data to third-party vendors or business partners, but this data will not include personally identifying information.
How long we retain your data
For users who register for events or programs on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Website administrators can see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact information
To inquire further about this policy or to express data privacy concerns, contact us at info@nationalhumanitiescenter.org.