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The University of Edinburgh Library only uses the personal data you have provided via our SignUp forms in order to deliver and improve the opportunities and services we provide in a personalised manner, to ensure each individual receives relevant information. To do so, we are using DotDigital as our mailing system. The information you provide will be used by the University to:
- Keep you up to date with news, activities, and projects regarding one of our teams or projects (including the Outwith/Binks Futures mailing list, or the Open Research team)
- Provide you with information on any services you have requested and the promotion of benefits and services
- Ensure we only communicate with you about events, opportunities, or services of interest to you
We are currently using information about you because you have previously indicated your interest to be added to one of our newsletter mailing lists. You can opt out of the mailing list at any time.
We do not use profiling or automated decision-making processes. A human decision maker will always be involved before any decision is reached in relation to you.
This Privacy Statement is continued at:
Continued privacy notice | Data Protection
Cookies
We use cookies and other technologies to improve our service, enable the use of third-party services (like YouTube videos).
Email links
Should you choose to contact us using an email link like those on the contact pages, none of the data that you supply will be stored by this website or passed to / be processed by any third party data processors.
This Website
The cookies we use
Some cookies we place on your browser ensure that the website delivers you information and services securely and optimally. These are strictly necessary and you must accept these essential cookies to be able to make use of our online systems.
We also use a number of tools that monitor visitor behaviour on our website to help us improve our information and services.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (‘Google’), to help us see how our website is used. In doing so information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States. The data collected by Google Analytics is used to analyse how frequently the same people revisit the University website, how the website is found (from advertising or referring websites), and which pages are most frequently viewed. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall picture of website use, and is never identified individually or personally and is not linked to any other information stored about you.
Google’s privacy policy is here.
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Who we are
The Open Research team is part of the University of Edinburgh’s wider “Library Research Support” team. Information on the Library Research Service and what we do can be found on the Library webpages: https://library.ed.ac.uk/research-support/
Cookies
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
We do not share your data with any third parties.
How long we retain your data
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.