Overview
Your privacy is important to the MIT SCALE Network, and we are committed to respecting it. This privacy statement applies to the main SCALE Network website (scale.mit.edu).

Prospective students submitting information and supporting materials for SCALE master's programs through the apply.mit.edu online application system may review the MIT Graduate Admissions Privacy Statement.

In addition to the main SCALE Network website, MIT, the MIT Center for Transportation & logistics (CTL) and our other affiliated Centers of Excellence, as well as the many labs, departments, initiatives, and individual affiliates, publish many other websites and pages outside the scope of this privacy statement, which may post and adhere to their own privacy statements. Visitors are encouraged to review posted privacy statements for each website they visit.

Your personal information
You can visit the main SCALE Network website without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information about yourself.

Voluntarily provided information
In using specific features, such as web forms, on the main SCALE Network website, you may be asked to provide additional information, such as your name or email address, that may be needed to contact you or to subscribe you to updates. In such cases, it is our intent that your provided information will be used only to fulfill the request(s) you make of us, and to allow us to contact you if there are any problems with your request. We will not share, exchange, or sell your email address and other provided personal information to third parties.

Cookies
A cookie is a short identifier, stored on your computer, that may contain site-specific settings or identify you to a site when you make a return visit. The main SCALE Network website does not use cookies, with the exception of those used by Google, and by social media networks, described below. All features of the main SCALE Network website are designed to work without cookies. If you turn off cookies in your browser, you will still be able to fully experience the main SCALE Network website.

Google Analytics 
The main SCALE Network website uses the analytics service Google Analytics to gather data about the usage of the site. All statistics that are created are anonymous. The information gathered is used to improve the user experience for visitors. Google Analytics uses browser cookies for statistical analysis related to your browsing behavior on this website. 

If you choose, you can opt out by turning off cookies in the preferences settings in your browser. To be excluded from Google Analytics tracking, you can also install Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On. For more information, visit Google Analytics Solutions.

Google Adwords and Social Media Networks
We use Google AdWords Remarketing to advertise SCALE master's programs across the Internet, in particular on the Google Display Network. AdWords remarketing will display ads to you based on what parts of the SCALE Network website you have viewed, by placing a cookie on your web browser. This cookie does not in any way identify you or give access to your computer or mobile device. You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings, or opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

The main SCALE Network website may also use pixels and web beacons provided by social media networks - namely, LinkedIn and Facebook - to collect information about you when you visit the website. We use this information for legitimate purposes, all in support of the Network and its mission. Examples of information collected include time on page, your web browser, and what pages you viewed. We may use this information to improve your experience on the website and to show you content when you visit those social media sites. To opt out of this practice, visit an industry-standard website such as http://www.aboutads.info/choices and www.networkadvertising.org/choices and http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.

Basis for processing
We process your personal information collected on the main v website to facilitate our online interactions with you. We only collect and process your personal information in furtherance of the SCALE Network's legitimate interests and/or to fulfill any contractual obligations with you. If you have concerns about this privacy statement, any of these purposes, or how we communicate with you, please contact us at scale@mit.edu. We will always respect a request by you to stop processing your personal information (subject to our legal obligations).

How your information is stored and secured
MIT uses risk-assessed administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information. There are reasonable security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100 percent secure.

How long we keep your personal information
We consider our relationship with the MIT community to be lifelong. This means that we will maintain a record for you until such time as you tell us that you no longer wish us to keep in touch. After such time, we will retain a core set of information for MIT’s legitimate purposes, such as archival, scientific, and historical research and for the defense of potential legal claims.

Rights for Individuals in the European Economic Area
You have the right in certain circumstances to (1) access your personal information; (2) to correct or erase information; (3) restrict processing; and (4) object to communications, direct marketing, or profiling. To the extent applicable, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation provides further information about your rights. You also have the right to lodge complaints with your national or regional data protection authority.

If you are inclined to exercise these rights, we request an opportunity to discuss with you any concerns you may have. To protect the personal information we hold, we may also request further information to verify your identity when exercising these rights. Upon a request to erase information, we will maintain a core set of personal data to ensure we do not contact you inadvertently in the future, as well as any information necessary for MIT archival purposes. We may also need to retain some financial information for legal purposes, including US IRS compliance. In the event of an actual or threatened legal claim, we may retain your information for purposes of establishing, defending against or exercising our rights with respect to such claim.

By providing information directly to MIT, you consent to the transfer of your personal information outside of the European Economic Area to the United States. You understand that the current laws and regulations of the United States may not provide the same level of protection as the data and privacy laws and regulations of the EEA. You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide any personal data to us.

Additional Information
We may change this Privacy Statement from time to time. If we make any significant changes in the way we treat your personal information we will make this clear on our MIT websites.

The controller for your personal information is MIT. If you are in the EU and wish to assert any of your applicable GDPR rights, please contact dataprotection@mit.edu.