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Last updated: March 4, 2026

At Stanford Social Innovation Review, (“we,” “us,” or “our”), we want you to use our websites and services with confidence that your privacy is protected by fair information practices. This privacy notice describes the information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have regarding collection and use of your Personal Information.

Please read this privacy notice carefully. Your use of and/or registration on any aspect of our websites will constitute your agreement to this notice. If you cannot agree with the terms and conditions, please do not use the website.

In addition to reviewing this privacy notice, please read our Terms of Use. Your use of the website constitutes agreement to its terms and conditions as well.
 

Sections

  1. Information We Collect
  2. How We Use Your Information
  3. Legal Basis for Processing
  4. Cookies
  5. Your Data Protection Rights
  6. International Transfer of Personal Information
  7. Information Retention
  8. Third-Party Links
  9. Information Security
  10. Children
  11. Changes to our Privacy Notice
  12. Contact

 

1. Information We Collect

“Personal Information” is any information that we can reasonably use to directly or indirectly identify you. If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom (UK), Personal Information includes all Personal Data as defined under EEA and UK data protection laws.

a. Information Collected Automatically

Our site may automatically collect your domain name, IP address, browser version, operating system, the website you passed through to reach us, the time of visit, and the page(s) that were visited.

Cookies and other tracking technologies are also used when you visit our website(s). Please see section 3 for more details on our cookie collection and use.

Pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, or other similar technologies may be used on some webpages you visit and emails that we send to you. These track the actions of users and email recipients, and compile statistics about website usage and response rates.

b. Information You Provide

We collect Personal Information that you provide, such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number, job title, organization, and other identifying information. We collect it when you register for an account, place an order, complete a survey, sign up for an event, and contact us. As described in greater detail below, this information will only be used to provide you with products or services you have requested, or additional information about the sites or its affiliates.

We may also store financial and banking information in connection with a donation, purchase, or subscription.

c. Information Received from 3rd Parties

We may collect Personal Information from third parties, including from other organizations, public databases, social media platforms, or marketing partners, in accordance with applicable law.

 

2. How We Use Your Information

a. Deliver our Services

We use your Personal Information to process your order, manage your online account, as well as to respond to your inquiry, complete a transaction for you, or fulfill other forms of customer service.

b. Marketing

Personal Information, such as your name, address, and other contact information, may be used for marketing and development purposes. Where required by applicable data protection laws, we will obtain your consent prior to sending you marketing communications. You can choose not to receive marketing emails from us by unsubscribing in any marketing email you receive from us.

c. Sharing Your Information

We may share your Personal Information with third parties whom we engage to process your Personal Information on our behalf for the purposes stated above. They help operate our website, deliver communications, process payments, and conduct analytics.

We will not sell any Personal Information that we have collected From time to time we allow reputable companies, whose products or services we feel may interest our email newsletter subscribers, to contact these subscribers using the addresses provided to us during the process of subscribing to Stanford Social Innovation Review’s print edition.

We may provide statistical usage data in the aggregate to our partners about how visitors use the sites. We may analyze our users’ demographics, interests, and behavior based on the information you provide to us upon registration, on order forms, as well as from our server log files or from surveys. We do this to better understand and serve our users. This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis, and we may share this aggregated data with advertisers or other businesses.

We may disclose information about you to the government, law enforcement agencies, regulators, lawyers, or other third party if we are required to do so by law or if we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law or legal process, to protect and defend our rights or to prevent misuse of our sites, or to protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public.

In the event of a corporate change in control resulting from, for example, a sale to, or merger with, another entity, or in the event of a sale of assets or a bankruptcy, we reserve the right to transfer your personally identifiable information to the new party in control or the party acquiring assets.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

All processing and use of your Personal Information is justified by a “legal basis” for processing. In most cases, processing will rely on one of the following legal bases:

  • Contract performance: The processing is necessary to perform a contract with you or take steps prior to entering into a contract at your request, such as to fulfill a specific request, or to provide information about our services you have requested. This is applicable when you create and manage your online account, request our services, attend our events, or manage any payment or donation.
  • Legal obligation: The processing is necessary for us to comply with legal and jurisdictional obligations to which we are subject.
  • Legitimate interests: The processing is in our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, which are not overridden by your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. This is applicable to administer our website, distribute relevant information, personalize your experience, and improve our website(s) and services.
  • Consent: You have consented to the processing for marketing, such as email communication that might interest you where your consent is required.

4. Cookies and Analytics

Cookies are tiny data files that web sites commonly write to your hard drive when you visit them so that they can remember you when you visit. A cookie file contains information that can identify you anonymously and maintain your account's privacy. More information about cookies can be found at allaboutcookies.org.

a. How We Use Cookies

Our service uses cookies to improve your experience. We use them for:

  • Essential: Required for the website to function properly, such as for security. They authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized parties.
  • Functionality: Keeping you signed in and remembering your preferences or history.
  • Advertising: We use cookies to deliver advertising from services such as Google AdSense and DoubleClick, Some common uses of these cookies are to select advertising based on what’s relevant to a user; to improve reporting on campaign performance; and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen.
  • Analytics: We use analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help analyze how users use the services. These analytics services use cookies to collect and store information such as how often users visit the Services, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the services. We also use the information to improve our services and to provide reporting to our partners regarding site activity and usage. For information on how Google uses data from sites that share information with Google, see https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

You will be asked to provide consent for non-essential cookies when visiting our website. You may withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your cookie preferences through your browser or our cookie management tool. If you choose not to accept cookies from our website, all or parts of our Sites may not be functional or accessible to you.

5. Your Data Protection Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under the data protection laws that apply to you in relation to your Personal Information. To exercise any of the following rights, you may contact us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address):

  1. Access: You may have the right to know what Personal Information we have collected about you. You may also request a copy of your Personal Information. If permitted by law, we will provide access, subject to verification of your identity and any applicable legal limitations.
  2. Update or Correct Your Information: You may have the right to request that we correct any information about yourself that you believe is incorrect or incomplete. We will use reasonable efforts to revise it and, if required by the data protection laws that apply to you, to use reasonable efforts to inform other third parties if applicable. We reserve the right not to change any Personal Information we consider accurate or if it is necessary for us to comply with the law.
  3. Erasure: You may have the right to ask that we delete or remove your Personal Information when we are not bound by law or legal obligations to continue to store it.
  4. Restrict or Object Processing: You may have the right to ask that we restrict or stop processing your Personal Information under certain conditions. This right applies when we are processing your Personal Information based on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party), which you may challenge if you feel it impacts your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes. However, in some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your Personal Information or legal obligations which override your rights and freedoms.
  5. Data Portability: You may have the right to transfer your Personal Information to you, an organization, or a third party under certain conditions.
  6. Withdraw Consent: You have the right to withdraw any consent you may have previously given. Withdrawing your consent does not affect the legality of any collection, use, or sharing of your Personal Information that occurred before your withdrawal. We may also continue to use information that has been fully anonymized and no longer identifies you.
  7. File a Complaint: You have the right to file a complaint related to our Personal Information practices or file a complaint to your country’s supervisory authority if you believe we have not processed your Personal Information in compliance with the data protection laws and principles that apply in your home country. You can also contact us first at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

6. International Transfer of Personal Information

Personal information that you provide to us may be transferred and stored in countries other than your home country, such as the United States, where applicable data protection laws may differ from those of your home country. By providing us with your information, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to the U.S. and processed and stored on servers in the U.S. Your Personal Information may also be processed by employees, other third parties who work for us, or representatives located outside your home country.

If we transfer your Personal Information to third parties located in other countries, we will only do so if the third party offers an adequate level of protection under the data protection laws that apply to you and by implementing the appropriate safeguards where required. We only share your Personal Information with third parties who adequately implement appropriate technical and organizational measures and who guarantee the protection of your rights as required under the laws that apply to you. If you live in the EEA, UK, Australia, Brazil, or China, we will ensure the appropriate safeguards are implemented such as using standard contractual clauses or contracts approved by the data protection laws or the relevant authorities which gives Personal Information the same protection it has in your home country or ensure there is some other protections in place which has been approved by the law giving Personal Information the same protection it has in your home country.

In addition, we take all reasonable steps to protect your privacy in accordance with the applicable data protection laws.

7. Information Retention

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we keep your Personal Information for as long as needed to fulfill the particular purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Notice. We may also retain your Personal Information if legally required or to fulfill a legitimate interest or another lawful basis for retaining the information beyond the period which is necessary, including a legal action. If the legal basis is based solely on consent, we will delete the Personal Information once consent is withdrawn.

8. Third-Party Links

Our website and services contain links to other third-party sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third-party sites. A link to a third-party website or service does not mean we endorse that third party or the quality or accuracy of the information presented on its website or service. We recommend you read the Third Party's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use listed on its website.

9. Information Security

We take the security of your Personal Information seriously. While we will take reasonable steps to protect it, no method of transmission over the Internet or storage system is completely secure.By using our website(s), you acknowledge and accept all risks in connection with use. In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your information in our possession may have been compromised, we will notify you by email if we have it.

10. Children

This website is not intended for use by children, especially those under age 13. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any Personal Information or use our public discussion areas, forums, and chats. Minors between the ages of 13 and 17 must get the permission of their legal guardian(s) before making purchases on this site.

11. Changes to our Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time; it was last updated on March 4, 2026. Your continued use of the website by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the notice.

12. Contact

If you have any concerns or questions about any aspect of this notice, or to be removed from all email lists, contact us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or at the postal address below.

Stanford Social Innovation Review
Stanford University
PO Box 20441
Stanford, CA. 94309-0441