Site Security

At the Brown University Bookstore, we are committed to a secure shopping on-line environment. Every transaction that takes place in our online Gift Catalog is protected using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, which encrypts information so it is safe. Every page with SSL protection is clearly marked as an https:// page instead of an http:// page. Also look for a padlock image on your browser showing you if you are on a secure page. SSL technology is a proven safeguard to protect your personal information from unauthorized use.

We hope that you are confident in using the Internet with us to and purchase books and Brown merchandise. If you have any questions regarding our security policy, please contact us.

User Privacy

Our website privacy policy is straightforward. We will not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose any personally identifiable information to third parties.

The Brown University Bookstore (referred to in short as 'Brown Bookstore') is fully committed to protecting your privacy. Brown Bookstore is the sole owner of the data collected on this site and we do not sell or rent this information to third parties. Brown Bookstore collects such information from our users at two different points of our website. Placing an Order in our Online Brown Gifts Catalog and signing up for our e-Newsletter/Mail catalog services. We collect pertinent information in these two areas that are relevant to the service requested.

Any e-Newsletter or promotional e-mail sent to our customers will have instructions on how to "opt-out" of receiving any additional emails. You can also contact us to opt-out, as well.

Personally identifiable information

We DO NOT Share Personally Identifiable Information with Third Parties, with the exception of outside credit card processing companies that we facilitiate to bill you for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purposes.

We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.

Log Files

As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files on our server. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser information, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and pages viewed.

This information does not identify individual users and is used for statistical purposes, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users? movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically-collected data to any personally identifiable information.

Links to Other Sites

This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned, controlled or operated by Brown Bookstore. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices and policies of sites not under our operation.

This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site (bookstore.brown.edu, shopbrown.com).

Site Security

The security of your personal information is very important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send an email to us at Bookstore_Web@brown.edu.

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here or by means of a notice on our home page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at the following address:

Brown University Bookstore
244 Thayer St
Providence, RI 02912
800-695-2050
401-863-3168
Bookstore_Web@brown.edu