Privacy Policy

Who we are:

Our website address is: https://www.ub.edu/gehc

Comments:

When visitors leave comments on the web, we collect the data displayed in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymous string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The privacy policy for the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media:

If you upload images to the web, you should avoid uploading images with location data (GPS EXIF) included. Visitors to the web can download and extract any location data from images on the web.

Cookies:

If you leave a comment on our site you can choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and connect to this site, we will install a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and is deleted when you close the browser.

When you log in, we will also install several cookies to save your login information and your screen display options. Access cookies last two days, and display options cookies last one year. If you select “Remember me”, your access will last for two weeks. If you exit your account, access cookies will be deleted.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not include personal data and simply indicates the YEAR of the article you have just edited. Expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites:

Articles on this site may include embedded content (eg videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly the same as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with this embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are connected to this website.

With whom we share your data:

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long do we keep your data:

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so that we can automatically recognize and approve successive comments, rather than keeping them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except that they cannot change their username). Web administrators can also view and edit this information.

What rights do you have over your data:

If you have an account or have left comments on this website, you can request to receive an export archive of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data that we are required to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.

Where we send your data:

Visitor comments may be reviewed by an automatic spam detection service.