Privacy Policy

IP (Internet Protocol) addresses are used to help diagnose problems with our servers and to administer the website.

Cookies are used to gather session information such as demographic information, time spent on site, keywords searched, and entry/exit pages.

We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information. This means that user sessions will be tracked, but users will remain anonymous.

Our team uses the above information to generate aggregate site reports that help improve site architecture and content to better meet user needs.

The copyright and material on this website (including without limitation the text, computer code, artwork, photographs, images, music, audio material, video material and audio-visual material on this website) is owned by Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs grants to you a worldwide non-exclusive royalty-free revocable license to:

• View this website and the material on this website on a computer or mobile device via a web browser;
• Copy and store this website and the material on this website in your web browser cache memory; and
• Print pages from this website for your own [personal and non-commercial] use.

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs does not grant you any other rights in relation to this website or the material on this website.

All other rights are reserved.

For the avoidance of doubt, you must not adapt, edit, change, transform, publish, republish, distribute, redistribute, broadcast, rebroadcast or show or play in public this website or the material on this website (in any form or media) without prior written permission.

You can request permission to use the copyright materials on this website by writing to us at belfer_center@hks.harvard.edu. 

We allow you to subscribe online to receive updates via email. If you no longer wish to receive our communications, follow the "unsubscribe" instructions located near the bottom of each email.

If you send us email messages, you should be aware that information disclosed in email may not be secure or encrypted and thus may be available to others. We suggest that you exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal or confidential information in email. We will use your email address to respond directly to your questions or comments.

We will not share, sell, rent, swap or authorize any third party to use your email address for commercial purposes without your permission.

We encourage visitors of our website to interact with each other in a respectful and meaningful manner, including when submitting comments and replies.

Any information you disclose in your submission of comments, including name, email, website, and the comment itself is property of the Belfer Center and visible on internal servers. Additionally, information regarding name and comments shall be public on the Belfer Center website once a comment or reply is approved for submission on the website. Comments are up to the discretion and approval of Belfer Center moderators.

If you choose to use the Belfer Center website, including but not limited to RSS, API, software and other downloads, you will be agreeing to abide by all of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service between you and the Belfer Center.

The Belfer Center reserves the right to reject or remove thereafter any content from appearing on its site that does not meet its user generated content policy.

You shall not upload to, or distribute or otherwise publish onto the Belfer Center website any libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or otherwise illegal material; or any comment deemed to contain any of the above. You agree that you will not deliberately disrupt discussions with repetitive messages, meaningless messages or "spam.” You agree not to use language that abuses or discriminates on the basis of race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual preference, age, region, disability, etc. You may not impersonate another user or a Harvard University or Belfer Center staff member by choosing a similar screen name. Any comments deemed containing the above will not be approved for distribution or, if approved, will be removed thereafter.

You acknowledge that any submissions you make to the Belfer Center website may be edited, removed, modified, published, and displayed publicly on the Belfer Center website and you waive any rights you may have in having the material altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you. Submissions made to the Belfer Center website may also be included in our RSS feeds, APIs and made available for republishing through other formats.

The Belfer Center reserves the right to delete, move, or edit Submissions that it deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable.

By making a Submission, you are consenting to its display and publication on the Site and in the Services and for related online uses.

When you share or recommend (with or without adding your own comments) any publications or other content from the Belfer Center website to your Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or other social media profile, that action is governed by their respective Privacy Policies.

The Belfer Center’s website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.

If you are located in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway (the “European Economic Area”), please click here for additional information about ways that certain Harvard University Schools, Centers, units and controlled entities, including this one, may collect, use, and share information about you.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your interactions with this site, contact the Belfer Center's Communication staff at belfer_center@hks.harvard.edu.

For additional information, please see Harvard University’s enterprise security policy regarding the use of information collected on web sites at http://www.security.harvard.edu.