Updated on: 3rd April 2013
Effective from: 3rd April 2013
Oxford University Press USA is committed to protecting your privacy online. This privacy policy explains how we will do this. By using our website, you are accepting the practices described in this statement.
What kind of information do we collect?
When you use our website (e.g. visit as a user on our website), we may collect and process the following information about you:
- If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
- We may ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our website.
- Details of your visits to our website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, and the resources that you access.
Use of cookies
We use “cookies” and other technologies on our website. The terms and conditions governing our use of “cookies” and such other technologies on our website are set out in our Cookie Policy.
By using our website, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of our Cookie Policy.
How do we use your information?
We use information held about you in the following ways:
- To ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
- To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you.
- To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
- To allow you to participate in the interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
- To notify you about changes to our service.
- To help us understand more about how our website is used and to improve our website.
Subject to applicable laws, we may also use your data, or permit our affiliates and/or partners to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you.
You may notify us either in writing or by telephone, fax or email that you object to being contacted or being contacted in a particular way. If you use more than one email address to communicate with us, please notify us of each email account you use.
When do we share information?
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
We share your information within Oxford University Press USA. We also share your information with Oxford Publishing Limited, our affiliates, our licensors, our agents, our distributors and our suppliers that assist us in making our website and/or the products and services on our website available to you (e.g. our hosting supplier).
We publish many journals on behalf of learned societies. Where you subscribe to a journal, we may share your subscription details with the society for whom we publish the journal, which they may use to invite you to join the society, or for other conferences and events organised by or for the society.
If you sign up for services that are managed or offered by other organisations, they will obtain your information.
A number of third party websites have links on our website. If you visit any of those websites, they may collect information. Such websites are not within our control and are not covered by this privacy policy. These websites may have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for those policies. Please check those policies before you submit any personal data to such third party websites.
If we believe that your use of our website is unlawful or damaging to others, we reserve the right to disclose the information we have obtained through our website about you to third parties to the extent that it is reasonably necessary in our opinion to prevent, remedy or take action in relation to such conduct.
We may also disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation; in order to enforce or apply any agreements or licences with you; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Oxford University Press USA, our employees, affiliates, agents, distributors, licensors, suppliers, and/or our customers.
If any part of our business (including those of our affiliates) is sold or integrated with another business, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and their advisers.
Updating your details and contacting us
If you have any questions or queries regarding this privacy policy or if any of the information that you have provided to Oxford University Press USA changes e.g. if you change your e-mail address, please contact us by sending an e-mail to oxfordarteditor@oup.com.
Governing Law
You agree that this Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of New York, U.S.A. without regard to the state’s principals of conflicts of law. All claims arising out of or relating to the Privacy Policy will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts of New York, NY, USA, and you and Oxford University Press USA consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Privacy Policy will preclude Oxford University Press USA from applying to any court to bring an action for the infringement of its intellectual property rights.