This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for citizenscientist.org.uk the website of THe Citizen Scientist Project. It applies solely to this website; links within this site to other websites are not covered by this privacy statement.
Information collection and use
Citizen Scientist does not store or collect any personal information about site users. The system will record your email address and other information only if volunteered to us by you. This information shall be treated as confidential. It may only be used for internal review and to contact you as you have indicated to us that you wish to be contacted.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
In general, we use cookies and our records of the pages users have visited to gather information about all of our users collectively, such as what areas users visit most frequently and what services are accessed most. We only use such data in the aggregate. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall experience for our users and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
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Session
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As visitors browse and interact with the site a token is recorded on the web server which allows us to refer to the user session between pages.
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Tabbed container
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Stores the ID of the Active Tab as selected by the user. The held tab states will be lost between visits to the page.
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Log in / Authentication
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As a visitor logs in to the site a token is recorded on the web server which allows us to identify you and allow you to access and edit the website according to the permissions you’ve been granted.
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Remember me
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Used for Logins, this is an optional cookie activated by the site owner. This option allows user’s login details to be remembered by using cookies, if they close their browser while logged in (if they log out purposely the function will not log them back in automatically). EasySite stores the User ID, a GUID Token and expires the cookie after 5 days. This cookie contains no personal data.
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. 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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Click here for an overview of privacy at Google
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You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
You can easily remove any cookies that have been created in the cookie folder of your browser. For example, if you are on Windows machine, here are the steps on how to use Windows Explorer to erase cookie files:
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Click on 'Windows Explorer'
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Click on 'Tools'
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Click on 'Internet Options'
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Click on the 'General' tab
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Click on the 'Delete' button in the 'Browsing History' section
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Click on the 'Delete Cookies' button next to the 'Cookies' section
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Close when finished
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Click on the 'Ok' button to close
Useful Links
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Information Commissioners Office - As the independent arbiter of information rights, the Information Commissioner has been charged with regulating the new rules for websites aimed at UK consumers.
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AboutCookies.org - More information about cookies, including how to manage or delete them.
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Google Analytics - How and how to .
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Directgov - Manage cookies yourself and learn more about them with this advice from Directgov
Notification of changes
The Citizen Scientist Project reserves the right to change the privacy statement without notice. It is the responsibility of users to check this privacy statement regularly.
