A web site privacy notice (or privacy statement) is a public description of an organization's information management practices with respect to information collected by the organization's web site. Such notices serve two purposes:

• educating your visitors and users
• institutional accountability

Notification of privacy practices is a basic principle of good information management, and builds visitor confidence. Furthermore, the process of creating and maintaining a privacy notice requires web site content owners and site managers to understand their information-handling practices and may reveal potential issues to be addressed.

The policy outlines Indiana University's philosophy concerning web site privacy notices.

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