Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 16, 2021
University of Chicago (“we,” “us”) operates the upinscience.org website.
Personal Information We Collect
When you visit the website, we collect your IP address and user activity data (such as pages visited and length of visit, browser used, number of sign-ins, time and date, etc.). We also collect your username, password, first name, last name, and email address if you create a login to the website. We will also, from time to time, include optional surveys on the website to get feedback.
In addition, we use external services such as Google Analytics that collect, analyze, and summarize this kind of information to help us understand our website’s use and make improvements. These external service providers have their own privacy policies that may differ from ours.
How We Use Your Personal Information
- We will primarily use data to make the website functional for your use.
- As this website were created as part of a research project, we will use aggregate, non-identifiable data on website use to report on the website and to make improvements to the website.
- We may use your data to improve or personalize your website experience, such as sending emails or notifications about website updates.
- If you choose to respond to optional website surveys, your answers may be used in research reports on website use or shared with our development team to plan website improvements.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. Reasons we may share your information may be to comply with a legal or regulatory request. We will use appropriate security methods to protect your personal information when you use the website and when destroying it. While we will take all appropriate steps to protect your information, we stress that no method of electronic communication or Internet service are 100% secure, and we can thus not guarantee your security.
Personal Information Access and Control
You can access and update your personal information here.
If you like your personal information to be deleted, please send us an email at upinscience@uchicago.edu.
Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies to monitor performance and provide customized content based on users’ preferences and activities. We may also use other similar technologies to deliver personalized content and evaluate the performance of our website. Users can use browser configuration settings and other methods to identify, block, or delete cookies and other similar technologies.
Links To Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the content of these websites. These websites have their own privacy policies for which we are not responsible.
Children's Privacy
Our website are not designed for use by minors, and we do not knowingly collect information from minors. If you have concerns that a minor in your care has provided personal information to our website, please contact us at upinscience@uchicago.edu so that the minor’s information can be removed.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy and may use your personal information for new purposes. Changes to the privacy policy go into effect when posted on the website.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at upinscience@uchicago.edu.