MIT Sloan Privacy Statement

Overview

MIT Sloan is committed to respecting and being transparent about your privacy while you are visiting our website. MIT Sloan programs, centers, labs, and offices collect and use data to optimize the user experience of our website and to send updates, marketing communications, or newsletters if you opt in. We do not sell your personal information.

This privacy statement applies to the main MIT Sloan website, mitsloan.mit.edu, including the MIT Sloan homepage and the following top-level pages:  Expert Insights,  Events,  Alumni, Faculty, About MIT Sloan, Academic Programs, Privacy, Licensing, and Press. The MIT Sloan Admissions Office has its own privacy statement, which you can read here.

Some MIT and MIT Sloan departments, labs, centers, and individuals publish other websites and pages outside the scope of this privacy statement. They may post and adhere to their own privacy statements. Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy statements posted on any MIT website they visit.

Your personal information

You can visit the main MIT Sloan website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information.

How we collect information for visitor and traffic analytics and remarketing

Cookies

A cookie is a short identifier stored on your computer that may contain site-specific settings or identify you to a site on a return visit. Cookies are used by Google Analytics, the analytics tool Contentsquare, and by social media networks, as described below. All features of the main MIT Sloan website, mitsloan.mit.edu, are designed to work without cookies. If you turn off cookies in your browser, you will still be able to fully experience the main MIT Sloan website.

Google Analytics and Contentsquare

The main MIT Sloan website uses the analytics services Google Analytics and Contentsquare to gather data on site usage. This information is collected via cookies and similar tracking technologies. It does not include your name, email address, or other directly identifying information unless you provide it to us separately. The information gathered is used to improve the user experience for visitors. 

If you choose, you can opt out by turning off cookies in your browser's preferences. For more information, visit Google Analytics Solutions or Contentsquare Privacy Center.

Google Campaign Manager 360

We use Google Campaign Manager 360, an advertising and conversion tracking service provided by Google LLC, to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. When you click on one of our ads and visit our site, Campaign Manager may collect information about the ad you clicked (like what campaign it was part of, where it appeared, and what the ad looked like), whether you completed a specific action on our site (e.g., a form submission), your approximate geographic location (country/city), the device, browser, and operating system you're using, and/or a unique identifier stored in a cookie or similar technology. This data is used solely to measure ad performance. It does not include your name, email address, or other personally identifiable information unless you have provided that to us separately.

Social Media Networks

The MIT Sloan website, mitsloan.mit.edu, uses tracking pixels provided by social media networks - namely LinkedIn, X,  Facebook, Meta, and YouTube - to collect information about you when you visit the website. We use this information to understand how users engage with our content and what topics or programs they are interested in. Examples of information collected include time spent on a page, your web browser type, and the pages you viewed. We may use this information to improve your experience on the website and to show you editorial content when you visit those social media sites. To opt out of this practice, visit an industry-standard website such as http://www.aboutads.info/choices, www.networkadvertising.org/choices, or http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.

We encourage our social media followers to learn, share ideas, and engage in respectful conversations about the issues facing global business leaders. Learn more about our social media comments policy. 

Basis for processing

We process the personal information you provide on the mitsloan.mit.edu website to facilitate our online interactions with you. We only collect and process your personal information in furtherance of MIT’s legitimate interests and/or to fulfill any contractual obligations with you. In such cases, it is our intent that your provided information will be used only to fulfill the request(s) you make of us and to allow us to contact you in response to your request. If you have concerns about this privacy statement, any of these purposes, or how we communicate with you, please contact us at privacymitsloan@mit.edu. We will always respect your request to stop processing your personal information (subject to our legal obligations).

How your information is stored and secured

MIT Sloan uses risk-assessed administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information. There are reasonable security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100 percent secure.

How long we keep your personal information

We consider our relationship with the MIT community to be lifelong. This means we will maintain a record for you until you tell us you no longer wish to keep in touch. After such time, we will retain a core set of information for MIT’s legitimate purposes, such as archival, scientific, and historical research, and to defend potential legal claims. Data collected through Google Campaign Manager 360 for advertising measurement purposes is retained for up to 24 months.

Rights for Individuals in the European Economic Area

You have the right in certain circumstances to (1) access your personal information; (2) to correct or erase information; (3) restrict processing; and (4) object to communications, direct marketing, or profiling. To the extent applicable, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation provides further information about your rights. You also have the right to lodge complaints with your national or regional data protection authority.

If you are inclined to exercise these rights, we request the opportunity to discuss any concerns you may have with you. To protect the personal information we hold, we may also request additional information to verify your identity when you exercise these rights. Upon a request to erase information, we will retain a core set of personal data to ensure we do not inadvertently contact you in the future, as well as any information necessary for MIT archival purposes. We may also need to retain certain financial information for legal purposes, including compliance with U.S. IRS requirements. In the event of an actual or threatened legal claim, we may retain your information for purposes of establishing, defending against, or exercising our rights with respect to such claim.

By providing information directly to MIT, you consent to the transfer of your personal information outside of the European Economic Area to the United States. You understand that the current laws and regulations of the United States may not provide the same level of protection for data and privacy as those of the EEA. You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide any personal data to us.

Additional Information

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Statement at any time. If we make any significant changes to how we handle your personal information, we will make this clear on our MIT websites or by contacting you directly.

The controller for your personal information is MIT. If you are in the EU and wish to assert any of your applicable GDPR rights, please contact dataprotection@mit.edu.