Privacy Policy
Scope
American University of Iraq, Baghdad (“AUIB”) is committed to protecting individuals’ privacy rights while also balancing its legal, policy, and administrative duties in the management of AUIB data.
- This Policy outlines what types of information AUIB collects, how and why AUIB collects the information.
- AUIB intends for this Policy to be a general statement and may be subject to more specific policy that related to personal information solely.
- This Privacy Policy applies to the information AUIB collects when you visit any AUIB.edu website.
Aggregate Information:
Aggregate Information is non-personal information collected from a user visiting a website. Examples of aggregate information collected from AUIB’s website may include:
- IP address and internet domain name used
- Date and time of access
- Web pages requested
- Web browser and operating system
Cookies
Cookies are files stored on a user’s computer containing small numbers of user and website information.
- Accepting cookies enables a personalized web experience.
- Rejecting or disabling cookies may limit a user’s experience on a website.
- Websites often use cookies to document information about user preferences and pages visited.
- Users can accept, disable, and remove cookies from a computer’s hard drive as desired.
Personal Information:
Personal Information is any information that AUIB can use to identify its website visitors. Websites can collect information from users, either passively or actively:
- AUIB gathers Aggregate Information passively through cookies, and third-party analytics.
- AUIB collects Information actively when users provide the information via forms, surveys, or transactions.
AUIB collects personal information when users choose to share that information on the website via an online form, survey, transaction, or application. Personal information collected by AUIB may include:
- Name.
- Email address.
- Phone number.
- Mailing address.
- Race/ethnicity.
- Educational history.
- Relevant application materials.
- Payment information.
AUIB only collects and processes personal information in furtherance of AUIB’s legitimate interests, with consent, and/or to fulfill any contractual obligations.
Disclosures:
- AUIB does not share personal information with third parties except under the following conditions:
- With prior written consent.
- With trusted third parties who contractually agree to keep personal information confidential.
- As necessary to protect AUIB’s legitimate interests.
- As required by law.
2. Your email address will not be shared, sold, rented, exchanged, or allowed for commercial use by any third parties.
Data Security:
AUIB has taken reasonable steps to keep your information safe from unauthorized access and is used correctly, considering that no method of sending or storing data via the internet is fully guaranteed safe.
Updates and Changes:
AUIB reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy without prior Policy by implementing changes to the Privacy Policy on this webpage. The website will reflect the effective date of such revisions by displaying the Last Updated date on this page. The continued use of AUIB website after the effective date will constitute acceptance of the change in the Policy.
Effective Date: December 31, 2023