Privacy policy

This policy is effective as of 12 April 2020. Latest update: April 12, 2020

 

Your privacy is important to us. It is Selva lab's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, www.selvalab.org, and other sites we own and operate.

Owner and Data Controller

Selva lab,
School of Biological Sciences
University of Bristol
24 Tyndall Avenue
Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK

Owner contact email: t.jucker@bristol.ac.uk

Personal Data collected

We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.

This website collects some Personal Data from its users for the following purposes and using the following services:

  • Platform services and hosting through Squarespace
    Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Retention time and Methods of processing

We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Platform services and hosting. For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

  • Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

    Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services: Platform services and hosting. These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this website, therefore allowing the provision of this website from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

    Squarespace (Squarespace, Inc)
    Squarespace is a platform provided by Squarespace, Inc. that allows the Owner to build, run and host this Application. Squarespace is highly customizable and can host websites from simple blogs to complex e-commerce platforms.
    – Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
    – Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
    – Category of personal data collected according to CCPA: internet information.

The rights of Users

You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.

Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.

Additional information

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.