What is the usage policy regarding personal information on the SSRN site?

SSRN highly values the personal information of its authors and users. No user of the SSRN website is allowed to use it to create email lists to send bulk emails. We block automated harvesting of email addresses by "spider" programs. The email addresses posted on SSRN have never and will never be given or sold as a list. We will aggressively pursue all legal avenues to protect the privacy of our authors and users against unauthorized uses. For more details, see our Privacy Policy.