This Privacy Policy covers the Web site of the GLOBE_® Program ("Site"), operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). Use of this Site signifies your agreement to the Privacy Policy. Our Site collects no personal information about you unless you choose to provide that information to us.

1. What Personal Information is Collected? You can visit most of the Site without identifying who you are, or revealing information that can be used to identify you. However, some services require registration. In particular, to access and use the information, data, and materials on the Site does not require registration or providing any personal information; but to submit environmental data measurements, student project reports, and other information to the Site requires that a teacher at the school sign up for a GLOBE Teacher Training Workshop. For details about the information collected when a school signs up to participate in the GLOBE Program, see Section 6 of this Policy.

There may be some services on the Site which allow participation without having to be a registered GLOBE school, but do require some form of registration, such as participation in a Blog. Registration for such services may require that you complete certain fields, as well as choose a user name and password. In these situations, if you choose to withhold any personal information requested by us, it may not be possible for you to gain access to that service.

2. General Use Information. Our Web server computer systems automatically collect and store certain information to help us make our Web site perform better and be more useful to GLOBE teachers, students and other Web site visitors. Our server computer systems automatically collect and store the following information: the Internet domain name from which you are connected to the Internet, the Internet (IP) address of the user's computer at that time, the type of Web browser you are using, the address of the Web site you may have linked through to get to our site, the Web pages you visit, and the date and time of these accesses. The Internet (IP) address is usually assigned by the Internet Service Provider for the duration of each session on the Internet, but it can sometimes identify the computer you are using to access the Internet. GLOBE does not link this general use information to any personally identifiable information.

3. GLOBEMail. If you log in as a GLOBE school, the information listed above is collected along with the identification of the school. All GLOBEMail entered is accessible to the school or person you address it to as well as to anyone at your school who is able to access GLOBEMail.

4. Sharing of Information. If you send email to us or through our Site (for example to help@globe.gov), your email address and the information in your message are used to help us gather the information you request and to respond to your message. In an effort to respond to your request, information you submit may be viewed by some government employees, government contractor or grantee employees, GLOBE scientists, and/or a GLOBE U.S. Partner for your state or the GLOBE Country Coordinator for your country, so as to provide the best possible response to you. GLOBE informs these parties about safeguarding personal information, and requires them to use it only for an authorized purpose consistent with this privacy policy.

All environmental measurement data entered by a school is associated with the school and publicly available in the Data Access section of the Site.

5. Cookies. The GLOBE Web server computers do not enable "cookies," which are used by many Web sites to store information on a user's computer that provides for continuity of user support over multiple sessions.

6. Signing Up For Services. When you submit your name and information about your school to sign up for a GLOBE Teacher Training Workshop, that information is used for the purpose of responding to your request. The information is maintained in GLOBE computer systems for the purpose of assisting you and your school in your participation in the GLOBE Program. When you sign up for a GLOBE teacher training workshop sponsored by a GLOBE U.S. Partner, the information you provide is forwarded to that U.S. Partner for the purpose of assisting you and your school in your participation in the GLOBE Program, including arranging for you to attend the GLOBE Teacher Training Workshop. When you sign up for a GLOBE teacher training workshop sponsored by a GLOBE Country Coordinator, the information you provide is forwarded to that Country Coordinator for the purpose of assisting you and your school in your participation in the GLOBE Program, including arranging for you to attend the GLOBE Teacher Training Workshop.

7. Security. For Web site security purposes and to ensure that this Site remains available to all users, the computer systems used to support this Site may employ software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or that otherwise might cause damage. GLOBE maintains all personal data with technical, administrative, and physical safeguards intended to protect against loss, unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, modification, and improper use. No computer system or information can be completely protected against every possible hazard, but GLOBE provides reasonable and appropriate controls to protect personal information against foreseeable hazards.

8. Legal Requirements. In some limited circumstances, we may be required by U.S. law to disclose information in response to legal process, such as a court order or subpoena.

9. Children's Guidelines. Students are advised to consult with their parents before giving any personal information online.

10. Third Party Sites. Our Web site contains links to various other Web sites of Government agencies and private organizations. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the policies of the new site. GLOBE cannot and does not guarantee the standards of web sites it links to and cannot be held responsible for their contents. By entering such sites through the links provided, you accept all responsibility for use and agree that you will not hold GLOBE responsible for anything that happens as a result of your entering and using such sites.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of UCAR and/or GLOBE, please contact the Office of General Counsel or call 303-497-8874 or write UCAR at the address below.

Please include your name, address and email address when you contact us.

Privacy Preferences
Office of General Counsel
UCAR
PO Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307