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As of October 20, 2006.
What we do—and don't do—with the information that we get from you.
This is the website of the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, at Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law. We can be reached at:
One Brookings Drive
CB 1120
St. Louis, MO 63108
Email: clearinghouse@wustl.edu
Web: http://clearinghouse.wustl.edu
The following describes the policies and practices of the Clearinghouse with regard to the collection and use of personal information from users of www.clearinghouse.wustl.edu, and Clearinghouse update subscribers. Throughout this page, the terms "we," "us," and "our" are meant to include Clearinghouse faculty, staff, and students.
We have the utmost respect for your privacy and will not trade, sell or exchange your personal information with anyone. We only share your information with third parties we have contracted with to provide you services on our behalf, as described below under "With whom we share the information."
When it comes to collection and use of personal information, our guiding questions are:
"Will having this information help us better understand our users and their needs?"
"Will having this information help us better help this individual?"
Information we collect about you:
When you register
In order to save searches or documents, you will need an account. The only required information to obtain an account is a username and password, both of which you pick We do not require an email address or any other identifying information (though if you want us to be able to remind you of your username and password, you need to provide us with an e-mail address).
In order to subscribe to our updates, you need to include an email address in your registration profile.
You may update and change any information about yourself by going to [].
When you browse the site
When you visit our website, we collect information about your session (e.g. session length, pages visited, files downloaded) based on the IP address of your computer. Our website uses cookies to facilitate this tracking. [RIGHT?] For an excellent description of cookies and how they work see Wikipedia on cookies.
This information is stored in log files. Log data is used in aggregate to analyze how people use our website.
How we use the information:
Aggregate information
Our goal is to create a resource that is useful and used. Therefore, the majority of the information we collect from website tracking has to do with what our users are interested in and how they use our work. We analyze this data in aggregate.
Email addresses
If you have given us an email address, we use it to communicate with you by sending you the updates you have requested, and your password if you request that. When you submit ideas, questions, or comments to the Clearinghouse faculty or staff, , we will use your email address to respond directly to you.
Information sharing
We may share aggregate information about our audience (e.g. demographics, interests, website usage) with donors, partners, website users or other interested parties. Please note that this is not personal information, only general summaries of the activities of our audience.
Third party service providers
We will not share individually-identifying personal information about you with third parties without your permission, with the exception of service providers or other organizations we contract with to fulfill services on our behalf (e.g. delivering email or mail), or under the circumstances described in Compliance with Legal Requirements below.
Compliance with Legal Requirements
We may disclose personal information if we are required to by law, or we believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law or with legal process, (b) protect and defend our rights and property, (c) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Clearinghouse's site or work, or (d) protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public.
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