Privacy

How Wayfinder Protects Your Privacy

The Wayfinder offers users the greatest possible privacy while navigating the site. If you are using the Wayfinder in a public place, you may use the “Exit Quickly” button to switch to the UNM home page.

The Wayfinder site produces a temporary record of your visit, just so you can navigate the application. This record is never reviewed by a UNM employee and will be destroyed within one week.

UNM websites you may link to from Wayfinder have different privacy settings. For more information, see UNM’s Information Privacy website.

How You Can  Protect Your Privacy on the Web

  • Turn on the “incognito” setting on your browser. This prevents your browser from recording your visit to the site.
  • Adjust your browser settings to turn off sync, which prevents your browser from recording the history of sites you have visited.
  • Don’t use public Wi-Fi: When you are using Wi-Fi in public places, you are using the same network as many other people. Even if the Wi-Fi is password protected, a hacker could be watching your web traffic.
  • Use a privacy-enhancing web browser: Firefox, Tor and Brave are browsers that have protected their users’ rights.
  • Manually delete your browser history:
  • Add an extension to your browserThese extensions can make your online activity safer from outside interference. Add them via your browser's settings under "Extensions."
    • Privacy Badger: Stops advertisers and other third-parties from tracking the pages you browse. Available for Firefox and Chrome.
    • uBlock Origin: An ad blocker that hides ads that can introduce malware or viruses. Available for Firefox and Chrome.
    • HTTPS Everywhere: This extension encrypts pages, making browsing and purchasing private whenever possible.