The Harvard University Housing website is owned and managed by Harvard University Housing (HUH), a department within Harvard Campus Services. It is externally hosted and administered by Yardi Systems, Inc. (Yardi) at one of a number of hosting facilities. Data collected via the website is stored on HUH servers located at Harvard University. User account data (email address and password) is stored on the Yardi hosted servers.

Information Gathering:

Viewing Available Properties and Units

We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our hosted servers and to administer our Web site by identifying (1) which parts of our site are most heavily used, and (2) which portion of our audience comes from within the Harvard network or elsewhere in the world. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that user sessions may be tracked or analyzed, but users will remain anonymous. This data may be collected and used to enhance or otherwise improve the services provided by Harvard University Housing.

Applying for Accomodation or using the Tenant Login

For those website users that apply for Harvard University Housing ("I want to Live In Harvard University Housing" tab), or who use the Tenant Login ("I Live in Harvard University Housing" tab), tracking cookies are utilized to ensure applicant data is properly captured and processed. This will include name and address data as well as other information required for application completion or service provision to a tenant. Data collected via website forms is stored in a secure database which is backed up daily. This data is not shared with any other entity unless required by federal or state law, or otherwise needed by Yardi as part of issue identification and resolution. User account data (email address and password) is stored on the Yardi hosted servers.