Privacy Policy
About this policy
This policy explains what types of personal information will be gathered when you visit the website of the Bacterial Biofilms Laboratory (bharat.path.ox.ac.uk), and how this information will be used. The University of Oxford website has a privacy policy here.
If you follow a link to any other website, please check their policies before you submit any personal information to those websites.
Information collected
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our webmasters. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns which does not identify any individual and allows us to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
How the information collected is used
Personal information will not be sold to third parties, or provided to direct marketing companies or other such organisations without your permission. Personal information collected and/or processed by the University is held in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Demographical and statistical information about user behaviour may be collected and used to analyse the popularity and effectiveness of the website. Any disclosure of this information will be in aggregate form and will not identify individual users.
How we use "cookies"
Most of our web pages use "cookies". A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we place on your computer or mobile device if you agree. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allow us to improve our website.
For more detailed information on the cookies used on this website (bharat.path.ox.ac.uk) and the University's main web pages (i.e. those in www.ox.ac.uk) and the purposes for which we use them, please see The University’s Cookie Statement. Please refer to individual web pages for further information about the use of cookies on other web pages on the ox.ac.uk domain.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
Any changes we may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email.
Contact
Any queries or concerns about privacy on this website should be sent by email to: tanmay.bharat@path.ox.ac.uk or addressed to Tanmay Bharat, Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford. OX1 3RE.