Privacy Policy

Mountain State University holds in high regard the privacy rights of our website visitors. To demonstrate our commitment to user privacy, we provide the following information describing what information we collect from site visitors and how that information is used.

1. Non-Personally Identifiable Information collected
   MSU collects a variety of information from its website visitors. Some of this data is not personally identifiable and is collected automatically via the use of cookies and other standard Web technology. Automatically-collected information might include: the operating system on your computer, the type of Web browser you are using, your IP address, and the links you followed to enter and leave our site.
   
   
2. Personally identifiable information collected
   Personally identifiable information is collected only on a voluntary basis, at the option of the website user. For example, you may choose to provide your name, address or telephone number in the "Program Contacts" section of our website.
   
   
3. Use of information
   Non-personally identifiable information is used to help us improve our site by enabling us to discover and address the needs of our site visitors. This includes making our website accessible to the variety of Web browsers and operating systems used to access our site.
   
   Personal information collected through the site by means of your voluntary submission, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address and other contact information, is used for the purpose of responding to your requests for information about MSU products and services or to contact you about future products and services. MSU does not share personal information with third parties, apart from vendors who must utilize the information to perform necessary duties (e.g. credit card authorization).
   
   
4. Security of information
   MSU uses best efforts to protect the security of personal information collected through its websites. Financial transactions submitted through the Web site are encrypted using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
   
   
5. User options regarding collection of information
   With regard to automatically collected information, it is standard practice for most websites to collect non-personally identifiable information about your Web browser, operating system, IP address and browsing history (i.e. what pages on the Mountain State University website you viewed). Website users are unable to opt out of providing this non-personally identifiable information but please be assured that this information is collected only for Mountain State University internal Web site development purposes and will not be used for MSU marketing solicitations.
   
   Any other non-personal information collected through the use of cookies, may be opted out of by disabling or rejecting cookies for our site. For more information on cookies, including how you can delete or reject cookies, refer to your Web browser help file. Cookies help us to customize and improve your Web browsing experience with us. Disabling or rejecting cookies may impact your user experience as they are necessary to provide you with the correct geographically targeted information.
   
   
6. 6) Opting out of future communications
   If you no longer wish to receive information from Mountain State University, please send an e-mail to webmaster@mountainstate.edu with “No Contact” in the subject line.
   
   
7. Limitation of Liability
   The Mountain State University websites may contain links to third party websites. Links to these websites are provided as a convenience only and should not be interpreted as an endorsement of the linked site, its operator or contents.
   
   
8. For more information
   For further information about this privacy policy or to correct or modify any information collected through our site, please contact us at:
   
   Mountain State University
   Dean of Students
   410 Neville Street
   Beckley, WV 25801