Privacy Policy
Updated: November 4, 2024
University of Southern California (“USC”) is committed to delivering information services that recognize and respect users’ privacy concerns. This Privacy Notice is intended to inform you of our general policies and practices regarding our collection, use, and disclosure of the information that you submit to us and that we collect from you during your use of the www.usc.edu website and other USC hosted websites.
The types of information we collect may vary depending on the specific USC site you visit or application you use. Accordingly, this Privacy Notice is intended to be a general statement and may be supplemented by more specific privacy notices that pertain to personal information exclusively associated with a specific department, unit or function or privacy laws that pertain to certain protected categories of data or to individuals in certain jurisdictions.
On This Page
- Our Information Collection and Use Practices
- Cookies and Website Analytics
- Access and Choice
- GDPR Information
- Information Security
- Updates to Privacy Notice
- Contact Us
Our Information Collection and Use Practices
Information you submit voluntarily through our websites, such as your name, email, or other contact information, may be collected by USC to respond to your inquiries, as well as for internal marketing and development purposes.
USC websites may use online data entry forms to collect personally identifiable information, including your name and contact information (email, address, telephone number) and other identifiers in order to allow you to provide website feedback, register for events, or use USC’s online applications and services.
- If you request or authorize it;
- If the information is provided to help complete a transaction for you;
- If the information is provided to comply with the law, applicable regulations, governmental and quasi-governmental requests, court orders or subpoenas, to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements, or to protect our rights, property or safety or the rights, property or safety of our users or others;
- If the information is provided to our agents, outside vendors or service providers to perform functions on our behalf; or
- As otherwise described in this Privacy Notice or in a more specific privacy notice associated with a particular department, unit or function.
We may share information that does not personally identify you without restriction.
Cookies and Website Analytics
We (and our authorized third parties) use cookies and similar technologies, such as pixels, web beacons, tags, and session replay tools to collect information about you, your device, and how you interact with our websites…
You can use the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on to disable tracking by Google Analytics…
Access and Choice
USC students can manage privacy settings for their directory information by following the instructions in the Request to Restrict Directory Information form. Faculty and staff can manage their directory information in Workday.
GDPR Information
If you are located in the European Union, you may also have additional rights with respect to your information…
Information Security
USC is committed to safeguarding the personal information we collect…
Updates to Privacy Notice
USC reserves the right to modify this privacy notice at any time…
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Notice, please contact us at compliance@usc.edu.