privacy Statement

The Council of Graduate Schools is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Project for Scholarly Integrity Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Project for Scholarly Integrity Web site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Automatically Collected Information
The Council of Graduate Schools collects and temporarily stores certain technical information about your visit for use in site management and security purposes. This information includes:
  • The internet domain from which you access the PSI Web site
  • The IP address from which you access the PSI Web site
  • The type of browser used to access the PSI site
  • The operating system used to access the PSI site
  • The date and time you accessed the PSI site
  • The URLs of the pages you visit
  • Your username if it was used to log into the PSI site
  • If you visited the PSI site from another site, the URL of the forwarding site
    • This information is used by Council of Graduate Schools for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Council of Graduate Schools Web site. The Council of Graduate Schools may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Council of Graduate Schools, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

    Linking Policy
    The Council of Graduate Schools encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from the Project for Scholarly Integrity so that you can understand how those sites collect, use, and share your information. We are not responsible for privacy statements or other content on websites beyond that of the Council of Graduate Schools and its family of websites.

    Changes to this Statement
    The Council of Graduate Schools will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourage you to periodically review this Statement.