Protecting your privacy

This privacy statement was last modified on: 15 November 2010

This privacy statement covers the website http://mimas.ac.uk, and this page explains how we gather and use your information. Please be aware that your use of this website constitutes your acceptance of this policy.

Collection of information

Mimas is the sole owner of the information collected on http://mimas.ac.uk. When you use the Mimas website, we collect and track personal information, either by asking you about yourself (e.g. your name, institution, email address) or by using data-tracing software that records your Internet Protocol (IP) address.

Personally identifiable data you choose to provide

If you submit a form or email us with a query, comment or suggestion, we will use the personal data that you provide to reply to your message.

We may retain a record of users who have contacted us in order to respond properly to questions or concerns and for the purposes of future communications. We will not share this information with any third party unless you have consented to this.

Log files

As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. Continuous log files are maintained for Mimas web server activity and the information collected includes details of:

• IP addresses
• browser types
• Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
• referring/exit pages
• platform types
• operating systems
• date/time stamps
• number of clicks
• clickstream data

We may use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyse trends, administer the website, track users' movements around the website, improve users' experiences with the website, and gather broad demographic information about our user base as a whole.

Please note that we do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information. However, the data may be kept in an anonymised form for historical records.

Cookies

Web cookies consist of information or text sent by a web server to a web browser. Cookies are normally stored by a user's web browser. Information is retrieved each time the browser requests a page from the server so that the web server can identify and track the activity of the web browser.

We use Google Analytics to analyse how our visitors use this website (http://mimas.ac.uk). Google Analytics generates statistics and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers.

From time to time, we may use information (gathered via Google Analytics) that relates to the Mimas website to create reports about the use of this website. Please refer to Google's Privacy Policy as well as further information on privacy and Google Analytics, including details on Google's use of Analytics Data and the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

You can also find out more about cookies from the following links:

• All About Cookies
• 'HTTP cookie' on Wikipedia

Use of information

The Mimas website (http://mimas.ac.uk) aims to provide visitors with accurate information about Mimas. Any information we collect from users/visitors is used to improve our service to you.

We may use statistical information to create a better website for users of the Mimas website. Also, we may use the information you provide to send you additional information about activity at Mimas (relating to our portfolio, research or news).

Note: Usage statistics are kept for services covered by a Service Level Agreement, and may be made available to support staff, the suppliers of the resource, and our sponsors/funders.

Communication

Based on the personally identifiable information you provide, we will communicate with you in response to your enquiries to provide the information or help you request the relevant information.

We will communicate with you by email or telephone, in accordance with your wishes.

Notification of changes

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently.

If we decide to change our policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the home page, and other places we deem appropriate so our visitors are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Any changes made will be effective when posted.

Links to other websites

This website contains links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by Mimas. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content and/or privacy practices of such other websites. Therefore, we encourage our users to be aware of when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.

This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website (http://mimas.ac.uk).

Contact information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy statement, please contact us.

Email and telephone

E: info@mimas.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)161 275 6109

Postal address

Mimas
Roscoe Building (5th Floor)
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Website URL

http://mimas.ac.uk