Introduction
This page explains what personal information we gather when you visit the Cambridge Institute of Public Health website (www.iph.cam.ac.uk) and details how that information is used.
Who will process my personal information?
The information published here applies to the use of your personal information (also known as ‘personal data’) by Cambridge Institute of Public Health through the viewing or use of its main website (www.iph.cam.ac.uk) or any website within the iph.cam.ac.uk domain which has pointed you to this page. The information published here is limited to the use of personal information by Cambridge Institute of Public Health website; various other notices are published in relation to our use of the personal information of service applicants, students, staff, research participants, and others.
Personal information collected
When you visit a website in the iph.cam.ac.uk domain we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. For information about how Google Analytics uses your personal information, please see http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
We also collect the request made by your browser to the server hosting the website which includes the IP address, the date and time of connection and the page you ask for. We use this information to ensure the security of our websites and we delete it after a maximum of 3 months. We may use and disclose it as necessary in the event of a security concern or incident.
For information about how we use cookies on our websites, please see below.
The use of your personal information in the above ways is necessary for the legitimate interests of the University of Cambridge in operating and improving its websites, analysing their use, and ensuring their security. Our websites collect very little personal information and we use it in ways that are compatible with your individual rights and freedoms. Where you enter your personal information into an online form on any of our websites for any specified purpose, you will be told about the use we will make of that information (e.g. to send you newsletters or to enable your attendance at an event).
Cookies
Cookies are small files which sit on your computer and record specific interactions between you and this website, and in some cases, other websites. This information is sometimes shared with the University of Cambridge, and in other cases, third parties. Below is more detail about the cookies we use, what they record and who the information is shared with. You are of course free to disable cookies.
Cookies set by us
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Cookies set by third party websites
| Name | Used by | Description | More information |
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Google Analytics | We use Google Analytics to see how people use our website. This helps us improve it. The data we have is anonymised. | Google’s Privacy Policy |
| PHPSESSID | Funding Call Pages | This cookie contains information that identifies the user and is destroyed when the session expires. |
How to disable cookies
Your web browser will have an option you select which will block cookies. Below are links to popular web browsers, and how to block cookies using them.
Further information
For more information about how we handle your personal information, and your rights under data protection legislation, please see https://www.information-compliance.admin.cam.ac.uk/data-protection/general-data.
