Privacy Policy

Thank you for choosing to be a part of our Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) community. We are committed to protecting users’ personal information and their right to privacy. This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our websites.

For specific questions or concerns about our policy, please contact us at webmaster@ini.usc.edu.

1. Information we collect
   We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us to create an account. If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account, you can log into your account settings and make changes. Some information is collected automatically when you visit our website. This information is provided to us by your browser when you visit a webpage and is passed to our third-party service provider Google Analytics. Data automatically collected about your visit to this website includes:
   • Type of device and unique device identifier
   • IP address
   • Browser type and version
   • Time zone
   • Browser plug-in types
   • Operating system
   • Mobile network information and platform
   • URLs (web addresses) of pages visited
   • Clicks around the website
   • Page response times
   • Download errors
   • Length of visit
   • Page interaction
2. How we use your information
   We process your information to facilitate account creation and login processes. We may use your personal information to send you information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our website safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
3. Information we share
   We may share your personal data with third parties if we are required to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or to protect the rights, property or safety of our site, our users, or others. Where your data is shared with third parties, we will seek to share the minimum amount necessary.
4. Retaining your data
   We will only retain your data for as long as we need it to fulfil our purposes, including any relating to legal or reporting requirements.
5. We use cookies
   Cookies are small data files placed on a device when a user visits a website. Cookies are widely used to make websites and services function more efficiently and to provide reporting information. We use the following cookies to ensure users have the best possible experience on our website:
   • Strictly necessary cookies, which are essential for the use of our website and its features.
   • Preferences cookies, which allow our website to retain choices users have made on previous visits to our website.
   • Statistics cookies, which collect information about how users experience and utilize our website. We use statistics cookies for analytics to improve website functionality.
   
   How to opt-out or disable cookies?
   If users do not wish to have cookies placed on their device, they can disable them using their web browser. Please note that disabling cookies will limit website functionality.
6. Is your information transferred internationally?
   Our servers are in the United States. If you are accessing our website from outside of the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information (see "Information we share " above), in the United States, and other countries.

updated February 2022