Privacy Statement
This statement outlines the information gathered during your visit to the Glasgow Clinical Research Facilities central web servers and explains how this information is treated. If you choose to request information from this site you will need to pass personal data to the Facility through this site. Where you actively provide personal data to the Facility (for example, by completing a web form) this data will be used only for the service you have requested unless you consent otherwise at the time of submitting the data.
Data Protection Act
The gathering, storage, use, release and disposal of personal information is regulated by the Data Protection Act 1998.
The information collected
Log files
The Glasgow CRF's website does not automatically capture or store personal data from visitors to the site, other than to log your IP address and session information. Session information includes the time and duration of your visit to the site, the files requested, and the browser used. This information will only be accessed by authorised persons of the Glasgow Clinical Research Facility or its agents. The information will be retained by the Glasgow CRF and will only be used for the purpose of (a) managing the site system, (b) the identification of broken links, and (c) for statistical and audit purposes.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files passed to your computer by the web server via your browser, and may be used to collect information to help identify you and prepare customised pages for you. Cookies may remain on your computer either for the duration of the session or indefinitely. You can configure most standard web browsers to refuse cookies.
Information on Cookies can be obtained from www.allaboutcookies.org
Web Forms
You may occasionally be asked to provide personal information to gain access to specific services. By supplying such information the client consents to the Glasgow CRF storing the information for the stated purpose. The information is held by the Glasgow CRF in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.
This Privacy Policy does not cover the content of external internet sites.
