Privacy Policy

The following policy applies to all web pages of The University of Chicago Press, including but not limited to www.press.uchicago.edu and www.chicagomanualofstyle.org unless otherwise noted.

Visitor Information

Our web server log automatically collects and stores information from each site visitor. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store only the following information about your visit:

We use this information to manage and improve our website. Some data may be traceable to an individual, but we do not normally seek to identify visitors to the website unless we believe that someone is using our site improperly.

Use of Cookies

We sometimes create a special file called a cookie to store log-in or other information on a user’s computer. A cookie is a small amount of information that a website transfers to the hard drive of a user’s computer. We use cookies to simplify users’ access or to tailor our services to users’ needs and interests. In some cases, we offer users the choice of having their user name or password stored in a cookie. However, we do not store credit card numbers in cookies.

Communication with Users

Through our website, we solicit comments and questions and offer users the opportunity to receive informational or promotional materials, including information about books and services of interest to them. A user who communicates with us for any of these purposes may be asked to provide standard contact information (e.g., name, mailing and email addresses, and telephone numbers). We do not disclose this information except as described herein. In some instances we may ask registered users to choose whether to receive email updates about our products and services, and we will honor the choices made. However, notwithstanding a user’s choice, we reserve the right to email customers on occasions when we think it is important.

Customer Information

We collect individually identifiable information from persons who wish to purchase products or subscribe to services via this website, for the following purposes: to complete business transactions, deliver products and services, administer individual accounts, provide customer support, and meet government regulatory requirements. Unless you instruct us otherwise when you submit an order using our secure online server, we will add some or all of your contact information to our customer lists. From time to time, you may receive catalogs or email notices from us describing publications we think may be of interest to you. We may also from time to time sell mailing lists (which would include your name and mailing address but not your email address or telephone number) to others or exchange such lists with others, which may result in you receiving promotional materials from them. If you do not want to receive mailings from us or from those who use our mailing lists, please let us know by writing to the email address or the postal address provided at the end of this notice.

Disclosure of Information

Information may be shared with contractors who directly support the internet services we provide and who use the information only in accordance with this policy. In the normal course of business, we may share information with auditors, lawyers, or contractors, but we require that recipients use the information only for the purpose of the disclosure. When necessary or appropriate, we may disclose information in response to a court order or subpoena or when otherwise legally required. We may also disclose information if appropriate to protect our website or our legal rights, including but not limited to our right to enforce the Terms and Conditions of Use of this website.

Disclaimers

1. The transmission of data or information over the Internet is not secure and is subject to possible loss, interception, or alteration while in transit. The University of Chicago Press does not assume any liability for any damage you may experience or costs you may incur as a result of any email between you and us, or any transmissions between you and this website, including those that may contain your personal information.

2. While we will take commercially reasonable efforts to safeguard the privacy of personal information you provide us and to treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, in no event will your provision of such information be deemed to be in confidence, create any fiduciary duty to you on our part, or result in any liability to you on our part in the event that such information is inadvertently released by us or accessed by third parties without our consent.

3. This website may contain links to other sites, but The University of Chicago Press is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those sites.

4. We will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of thirteen without prior verifiable parental consent. If we become aware that a site visitor under the age of thirteen has provided personal information without prior verifiable parental consent, we will remove their personally identifiable information from our files. Please note that we may maintain a record of that person’s name and address in a “do not register” file to prevent subsequent registration of that minor.

Updates to This Privacy Policy

The University of Chicago Press may from time to time review and revise this Privacy Policy. We will update the version number and effective date (see below) when we do. If we make a major change in the way that we use, disclose, or protect customer information, we will highlight the change in the policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about anything in this Privacy Policy, please feel free to email us at privacy@press.uchicago.edu, or write to us at The University of Chicago Press, Attn: IS Department, 1427 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.