No personal information is gathered by the web site without the visitor’s prior consent.
HEC Montréal’s web site uses the Google Analytics service. As part of Google’s privacy policy, HEC Montréal must provide users with the following information:
“This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.”
This information must be exchanged in order for the server to provide the web site’s user with an electronic file compatible with the user’s computer equipment. Information is also stored by HEC Montréal in order to allow it to track the number of visitors, the most frequently visited pages, the technology used by visitors to the www.hec.ca site, the referring sites, and visitors’ country of origin.
HEC Montréal’s web sites place permanent or session cookies on the user’s hard disk. Whereas some cookies serve to speed up browsing, others track the number of times a user visits a particular HEC Montréal site within a given period. In order for certain HEC Montréal sites or sections to work properly, the browser being used must be set to accept cookies.
Write to us at communications.electroniques@hec.ca.
