SSRN's Privacy Policy

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General Description
Welcome to the Social Science Research Network ("SSRN"). SSRN is produced and owned by Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. together with its various affiliates or subsidiaries (collectively referred to as "SSEP" or "We"). The mission of the SSRN is to encourage readers to communicate directly with other subscribers concerning their own and other's research via the SSRN eLibrary and other services (collectively the "Services"). The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for SSRN. We reserve the right to modify the information contained herein at anytime without prior notice. If we do make changes to our privacy policies, we will modify this page accordingly. Check this page periodically for amendments. This site and all information and materials on it are provided to you "as is" without warranty of any kind.

Normal Browsing
As with many websites, we collect certain information, even when you are not logged in. When you browse, read, or download information from SSRN, data is collected by SSRN, including but not limited to your IP address, URL request, browser type, and date and time of your request.

We collect the IP addresses of visitors, time of access, browser type, and web pages visited. We also download information on which papers an individual user downloads. We do not collect any other information without your knowledge and permission.

Information You Provide
SSRN requests personally identifiable information when you register for a SSRN account and is subject to the Terms of Use. Such information may be used or requested to perform research, improve usability of the site, administer mailing lists or online communities, or other activities related to SSRN services. This information may include, but is not limited to, personal names, email addresses, location, title, and affiliation.

Disclosure of Information
Available log records, account information, and all data stored on our servers may be accessed by our system administrators. In the event that we are required by law (including a court order) to disclose the information you submit, we will provide you with notice (unless we are prohibited) that a request for your information has been made so that you may object to the disclosure. We will send this notice by email to the address you have given us. We prefer to independently object to overly broad requests for access to information about users of our site, but we cannot assure you that we will be able to do this in all cases. If you do not challenge the disclosure request yourself, we may be legally required to turn over your information.

Cookies
As set forth above under "Normal Browsing" anonymous users may receive session cookies while visiting our website while their browser is open. "Registered Users" have user accounts and are subject to the SSRN Terms of Use. Registered Users receive session cookies when they are signed into our site. To facilitate our registration and sign-in functions, we may use cookies to recognize when you return to our website. If you do not delete them, these cookies allow us to keep track of your username and password so that you do not have to resubmit the information to sign into your account. If others will be using your computer, you should sign out of your account and delete any cookies so that your sign-in information is cleared.

Children's Privacy
This website's content is intended for adults and we will not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a child under age 13 who you believe has submitted personal information to this site, please contact us immediately.
 

Posting
Posting or updating content is a public action undertaken by Registered Users who are subject to the SSRN Terms of Use. For the avoidance of doubt, identification of all contributed content may include, but is not limited to, display of your account name. All content may be retained for restorative, archival, or research purposes by SSEP. Editing or deleting content may alter the displayed state of the content, but will not permanently delete the content from the website.
 

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. However, your confidential use of this site cannot be guaranteed by SSEP. SSEP shall not be responsible for any harm that you or any person may suffer as a result of a breach of confidentiality in respect to your use of SSRN.

Other Websites
Material on this website may link to independently run websites outside of the www.ssrn.com domain. SSEP is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any websites you visit from this website.