Our Privacy Policy

This privacy policy will explain how we use the personal data we collect from you when you use our website, contact us via email or take part in our activities. For the purposes of this policy, the University of Exeter (＂the University＂) is the data controller 

Topics:

• What data do we collect?
• How do we collect your data?
• How will we use your data?
• How do we store your data?
• What are your data protection rights?
• Changes to our privacy policy.
• How to contact us.

The University collects the following data:

• Your email address and/or your image(s) that you provide us with
• Information regarding our interactions with you, for example emails

We do not use cookies on our website for analytics. Cookies are used to remember login details to improve user experience.

You directly provide us with most of the data we collect. We may collect data and process data when you:

• Contact us via email.
• Work with us or take part in our activities.
• Voluntarily sign up to our newsletters or fill in our surveys/questionnaires.

We collect your data so that we can:

• Contact you via email regarding your samples and/or phages found in them.
• Get your permission to include you as a co-author on any scientific publications related to phages found in your samples
• Report on our activities, such as for funding bodies or our annual report. All data in this case is anonymised.

We will not share your data with any third parties except those which will process your data for our business purposes, e.g. for sending you an email.

We use appropriate safeguards to keep your personal information as secure as possible. We will ensure that any third parties we use for processing your personal information do the same.

If you contact us on social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram) you are agreeing to their privacy and data processing policies by contacting us through these methods.

The Citizen Phage Library would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

We will place any updates on this webpage. This privacy policy was last updated on 17 June 2024.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner's Office (www.ico.org.uk).