Barnard College Website Cookie Notice

The Barnard College website family uses “cookies” to understand experiences of visitors to the website.

A “cookie” is a small piece of information sent by a web server to be stored on a web browser so that it can be later accessed and read from that browser. The Cookie is a text file that is saved in the browser’s directory and stored in memory while the browser is running. The cookie may be stored on the hard drive once the user logs off from that website or web server.

Barnard and authorized third-party service providers collect information about activities and experiences of website visitors. Data gathered about website activity of a user may include demographic data, browser type, IP address, pages visited and day and time of visit.  Such data may be used by Barnard to provide a better user experience by targeting specific types of content or matching users with email subscriber lists. Such data will help Barnard enhance the website as well as the visitors’ experience by recognizing return website users and new visitors and better understanding the interests of both.

Cookies can be managed through each of your browser settings. Disabling or deleting cookies can impact usage of certain website features but must be done for each browser and each computer used.  Consult the instructions for each browser used. Adobe Flash cookies cannot be managed through browser settings.

Barnard College treats all personally identifiable information in a secure manner and such information will not be sold or shared. See Barnard’s Data Privacy Policy for more information.