Privacy policy

Information We Collect and How We Use It

  • Summary: This website may collect Personal Information that either directly identifies you or could be used in combination with other information to identify you. Examples of Personal Information that directly identify you include your name, contact information, email address, and other information in combination with identifiers. Our website may also collect Personal Information that does not directly identify you by name or contact information but which may be used to identify that a specific computer or device has accessed our website.

 

Through this website we may collect the following information about you: 

  • Contact information: Our website features an email address which is linked to a Google Mail account. Sending emails to this address would mean that your contact information would be stored in this Google Mail account. This account is managed and visible by several companies who make up the (PSA) Proud Science Alliance network for legitimate needs of communication. Personal information collected through event sign ups are processed in this way also.

  • Website Usage: We use this information to manage and secure our website. This may include information about your IP (“Internet Protocol”) address, the date and time of your website session, geographic location, and how you have navigated the website, and other information collected through our weblogs, cookies or in other ways. This may also include information that does not directly identify you but which corresponds to your device. It is possible that your IP Address, or a cookie that we use, may contain information that may be considered Personal Information. This information is also used to provide analytics for visitors to our site as part of Squarespace Analytics.

 

Reasons Your Information is Shared

Your information will not be shared to third parties, but could be reviewed by the (PSA) Proud Science Alliance for discussion in order to help best respond to your requests.

 

Social Media Plugins

Our website may use Social Media Plugins to enable you to easily share information with others. When you visit our website, the operator of the social media plugin that is on our website can place a cookie on your computer that lets that operator to recognize individuals on their website who have previously visited our sites. If you have previously logged into the social media website while browsing on our website, social media plugins may allow that social media website to receive directly identifiable information about you that shows you have visited our website. The social media plugin may collect this information for visitors who have logged into social networks, whether or not they specifically interact with the plugin on our website. Social media plugins also allow the social media website to share information about your activities on our website with other users of their social media website. PSA (Proud Science Alliance) does not control any of the content from social media plugins. For more information about social plugins from social media website you should refer to those sites’ privacy and data sharing statements.

 

How Long We Keep Your Information

Your Information will be saved for a period of time needed to fulfil legitimate requests

 

How We Secure Your Information

Your data will be secured following Squarespace and Googles security processes.Please be aware, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.

 

How to Contact Us or Submit a Complaint

You may make any of the above requests by contacting us at:

admin@proudsciencealliance.com

You may also contact us at the above if you have questions about this Privacy Statement or wish to make a complaint.

If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal information not in accordance with the law you can register a complaint with a Data Protection Authority (DPA).

 

Links to Third Party Websites

As a convenience to our visitors, this Website may contain links to other sites owned and operated by third parties that we believe may offer useful information. The policies and procedures we describe here do not apply to those sites. 

 

 

Last Updated:  28-Jun-2019