Privacy Policy

JSTOR is committed to protecting the privacy of the users of its website, including the privacy of users who encounter JSTOR in connection with our facilitating your purchase of articles from publishers (the "Publisher Sales Service"). To better inform you of our policy concerning user privacy, we have adopted the following guidelines. Please note that these guidelines are subject to change, and any such changes will be included on this page and shall become effective 30 days following their posting on our website.

The Information JSTOR Collects

The information JSTOR collects will depend on how you are using the JSTOR website. To enable your access to the JSTOR website through your library or institution, we may collect information concerning the institution's internet protocol address as well as collect certain non-personally identifiable information, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows 2000 or Mac OS), and the domain name of your Internet service provider. To facilitate your order through the Publisher Sales Service, we collect your name, postal address, email address, credit card details, and transactional information. In addition, we may collect personally identifiable information through correspondence you send to us and through optional surveys we may post on our website. However, unless you provide us with personally identifiable information, you remain anonymous to us other than by association with an internet protocol address.

Use of the Information

We use the information collected to enable your use of the JSTOR archive; to facilitate the Publisher Sales Service; to respond to your inquiries; for system administration, customer support, and troubleshooting purposes; for targeted marketing and product service announcements (directed at institutional participation in JSTOR or services of our related organizations); for sending newsletters (also directed at institutional participation in JSTOR); to improve the design of our website; to enable us to enforce our Terms and Conditions of Use; and in aggregate form, to track and analyze site usage.

Use of Cookies

JSTOR employs "cookie" technology, although not in connection with the Publisher Sales Service. Cookies are small pieces of text that are stored on your computer and act as a tool for controlling certain system variables and storing system configuration information in the WWW environment. JSTOR uses cookies to store user preferences for viewing and printing and to store authentication information. No personal information is extracted in the cookie setting process, and we do not use cookies to identify what other sites or pages you have visited. We do not involve advertisers, who may place a cookie on your browser, in the operation of our site. For further information, please see JSTOR's Use of Cookies.

Security

Your information is stored on servers located in the United States and United Kingdom. We protect your personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure through the use of passwords, physical security measures, managerial measures, and (in connection with credit card information for order sales through the Publisher Sales Service) encryption. We nonetheless recognize that third parties may obtain access to information through unlawful actions, and thus do not promise that your information always will remain private, despite our efforts and the importance we place on maintaining your privacy. In addition, we do not claim any responsibility for information collected by or from websites linking to or from JSTOR.

Disclosure of Information

Except in the following special circumstances, JSTOR does not sell or share personal information about or the purchasing history of individual users:

• if required to do so by law or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to comply with the law or a legal proceeding, to protect against violations of our Terms and Conditions of Use, or to protect and defend our rights and property or the rights and property of publishers selling content through the service;
• with service providers with whom we have entered into agreements to assist us with our business operations;
• other third parties, such as an institution with which you are affiliated or with one of our related organization whose services you may be interested in, where you explicitly consent to our sharing your information.

In addition, JSTOR shares general usage data in aggregated form so that no personal information is identifiable to participating libraries, publishers, and the general public. JSTOR will provide you all of your retained personal information provided at registration (where applicable) on request.

Your Consent; Opting Out

By using our website, you consent to the collection and use, in accordance with this policy, of the information you provide to us. We will remove you and your personal information from our database on request. Please note that this may prevent you from accessing the JSTOR archive or using the Publisher Sales Service.

Contact Us

If you have any inquiries about this privacy policy or its implementation, you may contact us at support@jstor.org.

Last updated on December 5, 2006