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Thank you for visiting the website of the Ϲ, Inc. ("Ϲ"). Ϲ is a private, independent academic institution located at 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., P.O. Box 26509, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226-0509. By using the information and services on this website ("Site"), you agree to and/or acknowledge our General Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, European Economic Area Privacy Disclosures, Proprietary Rights, Video and Other Rich Media Disclaimer, Technical Information and Mobile App Disclaimer.

The Ϲ strives to comply with copyright and intellectual property laws and regulations. If you have a question or comment concerning this Site or any materials included in this Site, please notify us at the following address:

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Office of Communications
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509
webmaster@mcw.edu

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General Terms of Use

By using the information and services on this website ("Site"), you agree to these General Terms of Use ("Terms") and all applicable laws and regulations.

Ϲ has the right to change the terms of this policy at any time and without prior notice.

Some departments, programs, institutes and centers of Ϲ maintain Web pages that may contain specific disclaimers and copyright notices that apply directly to the information contained on those pages. Those disclaimers and copyright notices do not restrict or limit these Terms, but rather emphasize and amplify applicable laws and regulations pertaining to information on those Web pages.

Material on this Site is provided for informational, educational and research purposes only. Scientific information on this Site is provided to enhance knowledge and encourage progress in the scientific community.

Use of material on this Site for commercial purposes represents an infringement of Ϲ's copyright and intellectual property rights. (See General Copyright Notice below.)

The intended audiences of this Site include the general public, patients, prospective and current medical and graduate students, medical residents, researchers, health professionals, financial contributors and grantors, faculty members, alumni and Ϲ employees. Some Web pages serve specific audiences and may be password-protected. Access to some pages may be otherwise restricted.

This Site, its services and materials, including text, graphics, images, logos and links, programming code, and software, are provided on an "as is" basis, and Ϲ makes no claims or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied with respect to any Web page, service or material.

Ϲ does not maintain that information contained herein is, in every respect, accurate, adequate or complete. While Ϲ makes reasonable efforts to provide accurate and up-to-date information, Ϲ is not responsible for any errors, omissions, and/or outcomes resulting from the use of this information. You are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with the originating sources.

Where appropriate, information contained on this Site is supported by clear references to source data in the peer-reviewed literature. Ϲ seeks to provide unbiased, balanced information. Please consult your own physician regarding the applicability of any opinions or recommendations with respect to your symptoms or medical condition or the applicability of research information. Scientific or research data should be verified with the originating sources.

This Site contains links and references to other sites, products and services offered by third parties. These are provided for your convenience and reference only and do not constitute an endorsement or approval by Ϲ. Ϲ does not assume any liability for your use of those sites, their products, services or information. If you access documents on other websites, you are subject to the privacy policies, terms and conditions of those websites.

Ϲ's physicians and employees provide patient care services at hospitals, clinics and community agencies, which may have their own websites. While these institutions and agencies have affiliations or working arrangements with Ϲ, Ϲ does not operate or sponsor their sites, or have any jurisdiction over their privacy or operational policies. References or links to those sites are provided for your convenience. Ϲ does not assume any responsibility for information provided on those sites. Should the Ϲ Site be down for any length of time, Ϲ does not assume any responsibility for lost information.

All information about the users of this Site – including their email addresses – is confidential. Ϲ does not – and will not – sell or redistribute the list of users or subscribers to anyone.

Indemnity
By using this Site, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Ϲ, its individual departments, programs, institutes and centers, its administrators, faculty, staff, employees, agents and Trustees from any and all claims and damages relating to any charges or demands arising from your use of this Site.

General Copyright Notice
The Ϲ Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other information owned by Ϲ and protected under the United States copyright and trademark laws. Ϲ requires all users of this Site to comply with all state and federal laws, including copyright laws.

You may download, print, reproduce, or use materials displayed on this Site for noncommercial, educational, personal or research purposes only, provided that you do not alter the content or any trademark, logo, copyright, author's name or author's identity. The posting date of the material on the Site must accompany such copied material. Reprinted materials (for educational, research or personal use) must contain the following attribution: "Reprinted by permission of Ϲ, (with Site publication date.)"

Note that this Site contains copyrighted work created under contract with government agencies, foundations, funding organizations and commercial companies, etc. If a particular author places further restrictions on the material, you must honor those restrictions regardless of whether such restrictions are described on this Site.

By using any of this material, you assume all risks of copyright infringement and related liability.

The contents of this Site may not be used for commercial purposes, without prior written permission of Ϲ. To obtain permission to reproduce information on this Site, submit the specifics of your request in writing to:

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Office of Communications
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
webmaster@mcw.edu

The Ϲ strives to comply with copyright and intellectual property laws and regulations. If you have a question or comment concerning this Site or any materials included in this Site, please notify the Office of Communications, Ϲ, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for www.mcw.edu, the main Ϲ (Ϲ) website. Please note that Ϲ Schools, Centers, Departments and other Ϲ units and affiliates may have separate privacy policies. By using this website, you are consenting to our collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

What information do we gather about you?
We and our third-party vendors collect certain information regarding your use of www.mcw.edu  such as your IP address and browser type. Your session and the pages you visit on www.mcw.edu will be tracked, but you will remain anonymous. We may use your IP address to identify the general geographic area from which you are accessing www.mcw.edu. We connect data from different systems but do not link IP addresses to any personal information. We may also collect other information as described in this policy.

What do we use your information for?
We use the information we gather from you for systems administration purposes, systems or data abuse prevention, to track user trends, and for the other purposes described in this policy. If you send us an email, the email address you provide may be used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions. We will not share, sell, rent, swap, or authorize any third party to use your email address for commercial purposes without your permission.

User information may be shared with third-party vendors to the extent necessary to provide and improve web services or other communications to users. For example, we use third parties such as Google Analytics and other tools to generate reports on site usage, web traffic, user behavior, and user interests in order to optimize our website for our visitors. We also use geographic, demographic, and interest-based reports of our website visitors to create custom audience lists. We prohibit any third parties who receive user information for this purpose from using or sharing user information for any purpose other than providing services for the benefit of our users.

We may also provide your information to third parties in circumstances where we believe that doing so is necessary or appropriate to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; or protect our rights and safety and the rights and safety of our users or others.

How is this information collected and how can you opt out?
Google and other third parties may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect or receive information from this website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. For more information on Google Analytics, consult their , , and . You can opt out of the collection and use of this information through tools like the .

Cookies
Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer (unless you block them). We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. You may disable cookies through your individual browser options or you can opt out of the collection and use of this information through tools like the .

Other Websites and Cookies
This website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

Cookies may be set by parties other than us. These “third-party cookies” may, for example, originate from websites such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Soundcloud, or other social media services for which www.mcw.edu has implemented “plug-ins.” Since the cookie policies of these sites change over time, you should determine their policies by visiting the privacy policy pages of these sites directly.

Information Protection
This site has 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% secure.

Users Located in the European Economic Area
If you are located in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway (the “European Economic Area”), please see the next section of this web page for additional information about ways that certain Ϲ and its Schools, Centers, Departments, units and controlled entities, including this website, may collect, use, and share information about you.

Changes to this Policy
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. Any such changes will be posted on this page.

Effective Date
The effective date of this policy is December 15, 2018.


European Economic Area Privacy Disclosures

The following EEA privacy disclosures (the “Disclosures”) provide information about the collection, use, processing and sharing of data about individuals located in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway (the “European Economic Area” or “EEA”). In these Disclosures, 

  • GDPR” means the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation;
  • Personal Data” means information that relates to an individual who is directly or indirectly identified or identifiable;
  • EEA Processing Activities” means the collection, use, processing or sharing of Personal Data when those activities are within the scope of the GDPR.

These Disclosures apply only to the use of Personal Data in EEA Processing Activities. Further, these Disclosures apply only to the Ϲ, Inc. and its Schools, Centers, Departments and other Ϲ units and controlled entities (collectively, “Ϲ Entities”) that link to these Disclosures or expressly adopt them in writing. In these Disclosures the words “we” or “our” refer to each such Ϲ Entity. In some cases a Ϲ Entity may provide other information about its EEA Processing Activities in its own supplemental or separate disclosures.

These Disclosures apply to EEA Processing Activities by any means, including hardcopy (such as paper applications or forms) and electronic means (such as websites and mobile applications).

A. How We Collect and Use Personal Data
We collect several categories of Personal Data in circumstances that may involve EEA Processing Activities, including data you provide, data collected automatically (potentially including location data), and data we obtain from third party sources.

We use the Personal Data that we collect to carry on various institutional, administrative, educational or research activities. As described in more detail below, we rely on a number of legal bases to lawfully process your Personal Data.

The ways in which we collect and use your Personal Data vary depending on the relationship between you and us, as well as the Ϲ Entity with which you interact. The following sections of these Disclosures describe in more detail how we collect and use Personal Data in various circumstances that may involve EEA Processing Activities. Please note that, depending on the situation, some of the processing of Personal Data we do in the various circumstances described below may not fall within the scope of the GDPR.

1. Personal Data We Obtain from You

Websites and Mobile Applications
As is true of most digital platforms, we gather certain data automatically when you use one of our websites or mobile applications, such as your IP address, browser type and device type. Certain web-forms also collect Personal Data you provide, for example when you enter the data into form fields on a feedback page. If we also process data through our websites or mobile applications for one of the activities described further below, those sections will provide additional information about how data are collected and used. We and our third-party vendors collect Personal Data for the primary purposes or conducting analytics, responding to your requests and providing you with relevant information. 

Admissions and Financial Aid
We collect and use various kinds of Personal Data when you apply for admission to a School, program or course offered by us, and when you seek financial aid, if available. The primary source of these data is your application. We may solicit additional data, for example, from interviewers as part of the admissions process, if applicable, or from other available sources when identifying potential candidates for admission in connection with recruiting activities. The Personal Data collected by us, or on our behalf, during the admissions process is collected for the primary purposes of considering your candidacy for admission to the relevant School, program or course, evaluating your eligibility for financial aid, if applicable, and, if you are admitted and enroll, facilitating your education (such as by sharing Personal Data with registrars and others in order to enable your enrollment and participation in the School, program or course to which you have been admitted).

Alumni and Donors
We collect and use various kinds of Personal Data about alumni, donors and prospective donors from a number of sources, including data you provide to us, for example, when you update your alumni or donor profile, connect with us on social media, complete a donation form or register to attend Ϲ events. If you were a student or studied at Ϲ, some of your Personal Data are transferred from your student record into our alumni databases. We may also collect Personal Data from publicly available sources or third-party sources that support our operations. The Personal Data collected by us, or on our behalf, is collected for the primary purpose of providing you opportunities to engage with Ϲ, alumni, donors, prospective donors and students through interactions, events and your gifts or donations. We may disclose your data to other Ϲ affiliated entities and individuals such as alumni clubs and special interest groups (SIGS) or volunteers when their work meets one of the purposes described below.

Online Education
We and our third-party vendors collect your Personal Data when you apply or register for online education offerings. Further Personal Data collection occurs upon enrollment for courses or programs and throughout your online education interactions. In some cases, our collection of Personal Data from you in connection with online education activities takes place as part of a “hybrid” program in which you also may participate in person.

The Personal Data collected by us, or on our behalf, are collected for the primary purpose of providing online education courses and programs, and, if applicable, evaluating qualification for online education certificates or credit.

Employees and Job Applicants
We collect your Personal Data when you apply to work for us. Further Personal Data collection occurs at hiring and throughout your employment relationship with us.

The Personal Data collected by us, or on our behalf, are collected for the primary purpose of providing employment or enabling authorized persons to utilize our services and facilities.

Research
Our researchers and affiliates may collect, use and share your Personal Data as part of a research study in which you have agreed to participate as a research subject or researcher, or in which your existing data are used. Most often, before any Personal Data are collected for research purposes, you will be provided a consent and/or authorization form relating to the specific research project that explains the types of data collected and the purposes for which such data are processed and shared. In such a case, the description of the collection and use of your Personal Data provided in the consent and/or authorization form will replace the information provided here. The Personal Data collected by our researchers and affiliates, or on their behalf, is collected for the primary purpose of furthering research and understanding in fields of academic study.

In certain research studies, we may ask to collect on-line information from you to help us determine your eligibility for the study. Additional information on how we collect and use this information may be found at “Information for Potential Research Volunteers Who Complete Ϲ (“Ϲ”) On-Line Web Forms (PDF).”

Examples of Personal Data that may be collected for research purposes are contact and demographic information, data revealing racial or ethnic origin, data concerning your health, sex, or sexual orientation, genetic data, and biometric data. Not every research study will collect each of these types of data. If you have questions about the processing of your data in connection with a research study, you should contact the Ϲ personnel who are conducting the research or the contact persons named in any consent form you signed when you joined the study.

2. Personal Data We Obtain from Third Party Sources

As part of our EEA Processing Activities, we may obtain certain Personal Data about you from third party sources, which we may use for the purposes and in the ways described in “How We Collect and Use Personal Data” above and in “Additional Uses of Personal Data” below. In some cases, we may obtain your consent for additional uses.

Partners and Service Providers
We use partners and service providers, such as application facilitators including the Common Application, the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) ® and the Pharmacy College Application Service (PharmCAS). We also use payment processors (for example, CyberSource) and analytics providers (for example, Qualtrics), to perform services on our behalf. Some of these partners have access to Personal Data about you that we may not otherwise have (for example, when you sign up directly with that provider) and may share some or all of these data with us.

Single Sign-On
Some of our online services or research activities may allow you to register and login to those services through a third-party platform. When you login to our service through a third-party platform, you allow us to access and collect any Personal Data from your third-party platform account permitted under the settings and privacy statement of that platform.

Supplemental Personal Data
We may receive additional Personal Data from third-party sources, such as public or private databases (for example, compilations of email or postal addresses), or companies or institutions that may sponsor or facilitate your participation in one of our programs, which we may also append to existing Personal Data.

3. Additional Uses of Personal Data

In addition to the uses described above, including under “Personal Data We Obtain from You” and “Personal Data We Obtain from Third Party Sources,” we may use your Personal Data for the following purposes. These additional uses may under certain circumstances be based on your consent, may be necessary to fulfill our contractual commitments to you, may be necessary for legal compliance, or are necessary to serve our legitimate interest in the following operations:

  • Conducting our operations and administering our educational offerings;
  • Administering fellowships, grants and other programs in support of individual study and research projects;
  • Contacting you to respond to your requests or inquiries;
  • Providing you with newsletters, articles, service alerts or announcements, event invitations, and other information that we believe may be of interest to you;
  • Requesting gifts and donations;
  • At your request, processing and fulfilling transactions for merchandise or other Ϲ products;
  • Alerting you about a safety or security announcement;
  • Conducting research, surveys and similar inquiries to help us understand trends and needs of our applicants, students and others using our websites or other services;
  • Meeting the requirements of our accreditors;
  • Disclosing directory information as described in Ϲ’s Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Policy;
  • Performing marketing, promotions and advertising, either directly or through third-parties. These activities may include interest-based advertising, targeted advertising and online behavioral advertising in order to increase the likelihood that the content would be of interest to you;
  • Preventing, investigating, taking action regarding or providing notice of fraud, unlawful or criminal activity, other misconduct, security or technical issues, or unauthorized access to or use of Personal Data, our website or data systems; or
  • Responding to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; enforcing our agreements; protecting the health, safety, rights or property of you, us or others; and meeting legal obligations.

4. Legitimate Interests

We rely on several legitimate interests in using and sharing your Personal Data. These interests include:

  • Providing, improving and customizing our educational offerings;
  • Administration of our operations;
  • Promoting the success of our current and former students;
  • Furthering research and understanding in fields of academic study;
  • Maintaining an ongoing relationship with alumni, donors and prospective donors, and helping to connect them with others;
  • Requesting gifts or donations;
  • Offering attendance to events and opportunities to volunteer;
  • Conducting admissions research;
  • Understanding how our online platforms are being used;
  • Exploring ways to develop and grow our operations;
  • Ensuring the safety and security of our students, faculty, fellows, employees and others; 
  • Cybersecurity;
  • Enhancing protection against fraud, spam, harassment, intellectual property infringement, crime and security risks; and
  • Meeting our obligations and enforcing our legal rights. 

5. Data Retention

We will retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in these Disclosures unless a longer period is required under applicable law, or is needed to resolve disputes or protect our legal rights or otherwise to comply with legal obligations.

Where we are processing Personal Data based on our legitimate interests, we generally will retain the data for a reasonable period of time based on the particular interest, taking into account the fundamental interests and the rights and freedoms of the data subjects.

Where we are processing Personal Data based on your consent, we generally will retain the information for the period of time necessary to carry out the processing activities to which you consented, subject to your right, under certain circumstances, to have certain of your Personal Data erased (see “Your Rights” below).

Where we are processing Personal Data based on contract, we generally will retain the information for the duration of the contract plus some additional limited period of time that is necessary to comply with law or that represents the statute of limitations for legal claims that could arise from the contractual relationship.

Where we are processing Personal Data based on the public interest, we generally retain the information for the period of time that continues to serve that underlying interest.

B. How We Share and Disclose Personal Data

We share your Personal Data with third parties in the ways described in these Disclosures. We may share your Personal Data with third parties as described in the “How We Collect and Use Personal Data” section above, as well as between Ϲ Entities. Additionally, we may share information as described below:

Service Providers
We share your Personal Data with third-party service providers that complete transactions or perform services on our behalf or for your benefit, such as:

  • Payment and contribution processing;
  • Customer relationship management services;
  • Marketing and analytics;
  • Processing admissions applications;
  • Alumni and donor outreach and engagement;
  • Event registration and coordination;
  • Providing course platforms or tools that enable or enhance our offerings;
  • Course registration and administration;
  • Course evaluations and assessments;
  • Enrollment verification;
  • Research insights and analytics;
  • Research collaboration;
  • Educational operations and collaborations;
  • Performing human resources administration; and
  • System maintenance and security.

Partners
We may share your Personal Data with other institutions for the purposes of administering programs and services, such as:

  • Cross-registration for courses and events with other universities;
  • Course registration and administration;
  • Course evaluations and assessments;
  • Study at other universities including study abroad at foreign universities;
  • Online education offerings through online platforms;
  • Research arrangements with other universities or partners; and
  • Events and activities of Ϲ-affiliated clubs and special interest groups.

Third-Party Mobile App Providers
With your knowledge and consent, our services on your mobile device may gather and transfer your Personal Data, including location information, from and to other applications, functions and tools within your mobile device if you use our mobile applications.

Social Media Platforms
We may also use services provided by third parties (such as social media platforms) to serve targeted ads or sponsored content on third-party platforms. For more information regarding our use of cookies and similar technologies, see the “Cookies and Similar Technologies” section below.

Legal Process, Safety and Terms Enforcement
We may disclose your Personal Data to legal or government regulatory authorities as required by applicable law. We also disclose your Personal Data to third parties as required by applicable law in connection with claims, disputes or litigation, when otherwise required by applicable law, or if we determine its disclosure is necessary to protect the health, safety, rights or property of you, us or others, or to enforce our legal rights or contractual commitments that you have made.

C. International Data Transfers

Ϲ may transfer your Personal Data between Ϲ Entities and/or to the third parties discussed above. We may transfer your Personal Data outside the EEA relying on appropriate or suitable safeguards or specific derogations recognized under data protection laws, including the GDPR.

The European Commission has adopted standard data protection clauses, which provide safeguards for Personal Data transferred outside of the EEA. We may use Standard Contractual Clauses when transferring Personal Data from a country in the EEA to a country outside the EEA. If your Personal Data are affected, you can request a copy of our Standard Contractual Clauses by contacting us as set forth in the Contact Us section below.

D. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We may collect Personal Data about you, or information that becomes Personal Data if combined with other information, when you visit or use our websites and online services. This information may be collected through the use of cookies, which are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device that allow us to collect certain information whenever you visit or interact with our websites or online services. Some of these cookies are managed by us (first-party cookies), while others are managed by third parties that we do not control (third-party cookies). This information may also be collected through the use of other data collection technologies (such as web beacons, pixels or tags) that embed graphic files in our websites and online services. These graphic files contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our website or online services, or in the case of web beacons, opened an email that we have sent them.

These small data files or graphic files serve various functions:

  • Strictly Necessary: Necessary to deliver our services;
  • Performance and Functionality: Enhance the performance and functionality of our services but are non-essential to their use;
  • Analytics and Customization: Allow us to understand the effectiveness of our services and marketing campaigns, as well as to customize our services based on this information; or
  • Advertising: Make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests.

You can control the use of certain cookies and similar technologies by:

  • Opting out of targeted online advertising through advertising networks (please visit ,  or  for more information);
  • Setting or amending your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies (please visit your browser’s help menu for more information).

If you choose to reject certain cookies and similar technologies, you may still use our websites and online services though your access to some functionality and features may be restricted. If you have any questions regarding our use of cookies and other similar technologies, please contact us as set forth in the “Contact Us” section below.

E. Your Rights

We will provide you upon your reasonable, good faith request with