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Privacy notice for [www.forestplots.net]
This privacy notice has been updated in line with the General Data Protection Regulation.
1. Purpose of this Notice
This Notice tells you how the University of Leeds (University) will collect and use your personal data when you access this website. The University is a “controller” of this personal data for the purposes of the data protection legislation.
Note that additional information will be provided where you are requested to enter personal information and this will vary between our various websites. (Information will be provided through the relevant privacy notice for that website).
It is important that you read this Notice together with any other privacy notice we provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This Notice supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.
2. Changes to this Notice
We keep the information provided in this Notice under review. This Notice may be updated from time to time. If we make any substantial updates, we will draw these to your attention.
We will not use your personal data in any manner that is incompatible with the purpose for which the data were collected originally, unless we have obtained your consent to that additional use.
3. Anything you are not clear about
If there is anything you are unclear about, please contact our Data Protection Officer, who shall be happy to answer any queries you may have concerning this Notice or the way in which we process your personal data.
The Data Protection Officer's contact details are provided at the end of this Notice.
4. Purpose of processing your data
Where we request personal data from you on our website you will be informed at that time of the purpose for which the data will be processed and how it will be processed, its legal basis for processing as well as any transfers to third parties.
5. Purpose of processing - automated collection of personal information
When you access our web pages certain information your browser provides, including your IP address at the time, browser type, and potentially the address of the page you last visited, will be automatically recorded by the University. This data may be used to aid detection in the event of a security breach. The legal basis for this processing is necessity to pursue our legitimate interests to keep our website secure. The University retains this data in a form from which you may be identifiable for a period of up to one month.
6. Third-party access
Your personal data that you have provided will not routinely be sent to third parties (unless notified - see 4. above).
7. Data retention
The University’s policies on retaining data for prospective and current students, staff and job applicants are detailed in our data retention policy. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/secretariat/documents/retention_policies.pdf
In other cases, for example, if you subscribe to news or events, any retention of data will be made clear at the point of collection.
8. Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites that you visit.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
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Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about our website visitors. Google Analytics is used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use this information to understand how our website is used, and therefore how to improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
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ASP.NET cookies are used to determine whether a user is logged in when they load a web page, and to maintain information specific to each session on a website. The cookies do not contain any personal information. |
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Vimeo |
We use Vimeo to embed videos onto our website. These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information. More information: https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy |
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Google Analytics |
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Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about our website visitors. Google Analytics is used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use this information to understand how our website is used, and therefore how to improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. More information Google privacy policy [link to https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB&gl=uk] Google analytics [link to https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245] Google analytics terms of service [link to https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html] Google tag manager terms of service [link to https://www.google.com/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/] Universal Analytics opt-out browser add-on [link to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout] |
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We use Microsoft Forms to produce the ForestPlots data request form. Microsoft Forms is HIPAA and BAA compliant. Microsoft Forms data follows the standard Office 365 Compliance Framework (.pdf download) and belongs to compliance category C, as outlined in the Framework. In addition, all FERPA and BAA protections are in place. More information Microsoft Privacy Statement https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/privacystatement |
Third party cookies and tracking
If you share content from our website through other websites, for example Facebook or Twitter, cookies or a form of tracking may be used by these services and you need to manage your privacy via your account (and not through our site).
Manage your cookies and privacy
You can opt out of non-essential cookies - manage your cookie settings here.
You can also manage your privacy settings, including cookies, through your browser settings.
Further information about cookies can be found on the Information Commissioner's Office website.
9. Your duty to inform us of changes
It is important that the personal data the University holds about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if the personal data you have provided to us needs to be updated.
Contact us [link to http://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/5000/about/196/contact_us] or admin@forestplots.net
10. Your rights as a data subject
Under the GDPR, in certain circumstances, you have the right to:
11. Queries and complaints
If you have any queries or concerns relating to this privacy notice or the way your data is being processed through this website then please contact the University’s Data Protection Officer, David Wardle on d.wardle@adm.leeds.ac.uk or by post to University of Leeds, 11.72 EC Stoner Building, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
The University’s main telephone number is +44 (0) 113 2431751.
The UK’s regulator for the DPA and GDPR is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The University is registered as a Data Controller with the ICO
Should you be dissatisfied with our handling of your concerns you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. In the case of the UK this is the Information Commissioner’s Office and details can be found at https://ico.org.uk.
Copyright Notice
Except where otherwise stated, copyright of all materials resides with the University of Leeds. No material may be altered to any degree without the University's written consent.
The information made available by the University of Leeds over the World Wide Web does not form part of any contract. Changing circumstances may cause the University to have to change its provisions at any time. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, the University cannot accept responsibility for errors.
No email addresses obtained from this site may be used for unsolicited mailings (junk mail).
