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Identities of users of this Site are not anonymous, but names of users and personal identifying information about users will not be provided to any third parties.

Columbia University uses IP addresses, domain information and other access statistics to analyze trends, administer the Site, track users’ movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. This information is not linked to personally identifiable information. Columbia University may share aggregated demographic information with third parties. Aggregate information is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

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Exceptions

In certain circumstances, and as exceptions to this Privacy Policy, we will, without notice to you, release specific information about you or your account to comply with any valid legal process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order, or in other special cases, such as, for example, an attempted breach of the security of the Site, or a physical threat to you or others.

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