Privacy Policy
Introduction
At Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries Lab (“us”, “we”, “our” or the “Lab”) we value your privacy and the importance of safeguarding your data. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes our privacy practices for the activities set out below. As per your rights, we inform you how we collect, store, access, and otherwise process information relating to individuals. In this Policy, “Personal Data” refers to any information that on its own, or in combination with other available information, can distinguish an individual. We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the highest level of privacy regulation. As such, we follow the obligations under the EU’s General Protection Data Regulation (GDPR).
Scope: This policy applies to the Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries Lab website. This Policy does not apply to third-party applications, websites, products, services or platforms that may be accessed through (non Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries Lab ) links that we may provide to you. These sites are owned and operated independently from us, and they have their own separate privacy and data collection practices. Any personal data that you provide to these websites will be governed by the third-party’s own privacy policy. We cannot accept liability for the actions or policies of these independent sites, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such sites.
Personal Data We Collect
Device and Usage Data: When you visit the Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries Lab website, we automatically collect and store information about your visit using browser cookies (files which are sent by us to your computer), or similar technology. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The Help Feature on most browsers will provide information on how to accept cookies, disable cookies or to notify you when receiving a new cookie. We also process information when you use our website. This information may include web terms or searches that led you to the site and time zone.
General: Our website may contain links to other websites, applications and services maintained by third parties. The information practices of such other services, or of social media networks that host our branded social media pages, are governed by third parties’ privacy statements, which you should review to better understand those third parties’ privacy practices.
Sharing and Disclosure: We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our visitors use the site.
You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Cookie Policy
What are cookies: A cookie is a small file with information that your browser stores on your device. Information in this file is typically shared with the owner of the site. The collection of this information may be used in the function of the site and/or to improve your experience.
How we use cookies: To give you the best experience possible, we use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary: As a web application, we require certain necessary cookies to run our website.
- Analytics: We collect analytics about the types of people who visit our site to improve our website.
Changes
We may modify this Policy at any time. If we make changes to this Policy then we will post an updated version of this Policy on this website. When using our services, you will be asked to review and accept our Privacy Policy. In this manner, we may record your acceptance and notify you of any future changes to this Policy.
Last Updated: 18/04/2022