Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar does not read any of your private online communications.

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar and Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar collects and uses your personal information to operate the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar and its affiliates. Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, in order to determine what Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar pages, or register with Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar site or services, a cookie helps Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar at bibliothek@hbksaar.de. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.