3341-6-49 BGSU Web Privacy Policy
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3341-6-49 BGSU Web Privacy Policy
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3341-6-49 BGSU Web Privacy Policy
Applicability
All University units
Responsible Office
Division of Finance and Administration
Responsible Administrator
Chief Information Officer
Policy Statement and Purpose
Bowling Green State University (BGSU) uses best industry practices for website user privacy. This policy shall guide developers and users regarding website privacy guidelines for BGSU.
Policy Scope
This policy applies to webpages that are developed and maintained by BGSU. The university is not responsible for unofficial pages (i.e. those belonging to individual faculty or other staff members).
In addition, some webpages maintained by BGSU contain links to external websites. BGSU is not responsible for any content, availability or privacy policies of such non-BGSU sites.
Policy
Personal Information
At times BGSU may require contact information (i.e. name, address, email address, ZIP code and country of residence) to be provided when requesting information about college programs and services. This contact information is used to provide you with the specific information you requested. Occasionally, you may receive subsequent notifications of important information regarding the programs or services for which you made your initial inquiry.
A user’s browser sends us a variety of information such as IP (Internet Protocol) address, browser session, SSL Encryption and URL (Uniform Resource Locator). This information lets us know how the user is finding our site and which pages they have visited most often. All of this is used to improve the navigation of the site and to make it more useful for our visitors.
In addition to the information provided by the browser, we also collect information that the user voluntarily provides when filling out any information request or an application for one of the programs featured on our site.
Online Advertising
Certain BGSU websites utilize the Google AdWords marketing service to advertise on third-party websites (including Google). Third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the BGSU website. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to them using the Google Ad Preferences page found here:
https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/authenticated
. In addition, you can opt out of interest-based advertising on this same webpage.
Consent
By using the official BGSU website, you consent to the collection and use of information discussed above as described in this policy.
Registered Date: September 8, 2016
Updated: 12/17/2025 08:39AM
Skip to main content
We use cookies to provide you with the best experience and to help improve our website.
View Privacy Statement
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3341-6-49 BGSU Web Privacy Policy
Applicability
All University units
Responsible Office
Division of Finance and Administration
Responsible Administrator
Chief Information Officer
Policy Statement and Purpose
Bowling Green State University (BGSU) uses best industry practices for website user privacy. This policy shall guide developers and users regarding website privacy guidelines for BGSU.
Policy Scope
This policy applies to webpages that are developed and maintained by BGSU. The university is not responsible for unofficial pages (i.e. those belonging to individual faculty or other staff members).
In addition, some webpages maintained by BGSU contain links to external websites. BGSU is not responsible for any content, availability or privacy policies of such non-BGSU sites.
Policy
Personal Information
At times BGSU may require contact information (i.e. name, address, email address, ZIP code and country of residence) to be provided when requesting information about college programs and services. This contact information is used to provide you with the specific information you requested. Occasionally, you may receive subsequent notifications of important information regarding the programs or services for which you made your initial inquiry.
A user’s browser sends us a variety of information such as IP (Internet Protocol) address, browser session, SSL Encryption and URL (Uniform Resource Locator). This information lets us know how the user is finding our site and which pages they have visited most often. All of this is used to improve the navigation of the site and to make it more useful for our visitors.
In addition to the information provided by the browser, we also collect information that the user voluntarily provides when filling out any information request or an application for one of the programs featured on our site.
Online Advertising
Certain BGSU websites utilize the Google AdWords marketing service to advertise on third-party websites (including Google). Third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the BGSU website. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to them using the Google Ad Preferences page found here:
https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/authenticated
. In addition, you can opt out of interest-based advertising on this same webpage.
Consent
By using the official BGSU website, you consent to the collection and use of information discussed above as described in this policy.
Registered Date: September 8, 2016
Updated: 12/17/2025 08:39AM