Oregon State University Terms Scorecard

Grade B+ — Fair terms (score 80/100)

Oregon State University engages in interest-based advertising and cross-device tracking, though it provides links to opt-out mechanisms for users.

Engages in interest-based advertising and cross-device tracking.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
YES
Forced arbitration
UNCLEAR
Trains AI on your content
UNCLEAR
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
UNCLEAR
Easy to cancel
UNCLEAR
Tells you before changes
UNCLEAR
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING

Oregon State may use third-party technology for data collection, provide third-party service providers with the cookies it has obtained or provide third-party services with contact information voluntarily provided to OSU in order for such service provider to inform, optimize and serve advertisements on other websites a user visits.

The university shares your contact information and cookies with third-party advertisers to track you across the web and serve targeted ads.

INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING

Some third-party technologies may use cross-device tracking to serve relevant advertisements.

The university allows third parties to track your identity and behavior across multiple devices.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We adhere to Google's data processing methods for this service, which prohibit the collection or association of personal information with web analytics.

The university limits how Google Analytics uses your data by prohibiting the collection of personally identifiable information.

INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING

You can opt out of certain service providers' use of cookies.

The university provides links to industry-standard opt-out tools for interest-based advertising.

Last reviewed 2026-08-04 under rubric v3.5.

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