Privacy Policy Statement

Our postal address is
University of Washington Box 352100
Seattle, WA 98195-2100

We can be reached via e-mail at rti@u.washington.edu
or you can reach us by telephone at (206) 616-3218

For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes only the consumer's domain name, but not the e-mail address.

We collect the e-mail addresses of those who post messages to our bulletin board, the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, user-specific information on what pages consumers access or visit, information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.

The information we collect is used for internal review and is then discarded, used to improve the content of our Web page, used to customize the content and/or layout of our page for each individual visitor, and is not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.

With respect to cookies: We use cookies to assist in site navigation. As soon as the visitor closes his/her browser the cookies are destroyed. The cookies do not store personal information..

If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by calling us at the number provided above, e-mailing us at the above address, or writing to us at the above address. When you provide us with your exact name and address, we will be sure your name is removed from the list.

Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line will only receive telephone contact from us. We currently have no plan to use your telephone as a contact source. If you want your phone number removed from our records, provide us with your name and phone number and we will be sure your name is removed from the list.

With respect to Ad Servers: We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will contact you before we use your data for these new purposes to notify you of the policy change and to provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses.

Customers may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by calling us at the number provided above, e-mailing us at the above address, or writing us at the above address.

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to unique identifier information (e.g., customer number or password) that we maintain about them, contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that we maintain about them , and/or a description of information that we maintain about them.

Customers can access this information by e-mailing us at the above address, or writing to us at the above address. Customers can have this information corrected by sending us e-mail at the above address, calling us at the above telephone number, or writing to us at the above address.

With respect to security: We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above addresses or phone number, state or local chapters of the Better Business Bureau, state or local consumer protection office, The Federal Trade Commission by phone at 202.FTC-HELP (202.382.4357) or electronically at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm.