Privacy and Cookie Policy

Who is using your personal data?
Global Change Data Lab is the “data controller” for the information that we collect when you visit our websites. This means that we decide how to use it and are responsible for looking after it in accordance with the GDPR.

Access to your personal data within Global Change Data Lab will be provided to those staff who need to view it as part of their work in connection with the operation of the website. It will also be shared with the third parties described in Section 6.

Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. We may update this policy at any time.

Glossary
Where we refer in this policy to your ‘personal data’, we mean any recorded information that is about you and from which you can be identified. It does not include data where your identity has been removed (anonymous data).

Where we refer in this policy to your ‘technical data’, we mean any recorded information that is being generated automatically by your visit and actions on our site. This data is anonymous and is not linked with your personal data.

Where we refer to the ‘processing’ of your personal data, we mean anything that we do with that information, including collection, use, storage, disclosure, deletion or retention.

Types of data we collect about you
Personal data that you provide about yourself
We collect your personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us. For example, you may give us: your email address if you choose to receive newsletters, updates, or other information from us; your contact information, and any other personal data you choose to include, if you email, text, or instant message us, or contact us through our websites; and any personal data contained in, or included with feedback, comments, photos, videos, or other information you submit via online portals, forms, surveys, or interactive portions of our websites.

Technical data that we collect automatically, including cookies and similar technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our websites. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our websites.

We will automatically collect, store, and use the following categories of data when you browse and search our site:

technical information, for example, the type of device (and its unique device identifier) you use to access our site, the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your device to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, mobile network information and platform; and
information about your visit to our site including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from the website (including date and time), pages you viewed, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

How we use your data
Global Change Data Lab (GCDL) uses the collected data for various purposes:

to provide and maintain our websites;
to notify you about changes to our websites;
to allow you to participate in interactive features of our websites when you choose to do so;
to provide customer support;
to gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our websites;
to monitor the usage of our websites;
to detect, prevent and address technical issues;
to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
to provide you with notices about your account and/or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices, email-instructions, etc.;
to provide you with news and general information about our websites;
in any other way we may describe when you provide the information;
for any other purpose with your consent.
Where we store or use your data
We may store your data manually or electronically. Any data stored electronically will be stored in secure servers, and any data stored manually will be stored in our premises within the UK.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our websites and any transmission is at your own risk.

Sharing your data with third parties