Privacy
is an important concern for internet users, and is something that Faculty of 1000
Limited ("F1000 Biology") takes very seriously. What follows is an explanation
of F1000 Biology's policy for protecting users' personal information.
What personal information does F1000 Biology ask users to supply, and why?
Registration on F1000 Biology is optional and voluntary. Browsing and
viewing material on F1000 Biology does not require any personal information to
be submitted from users. Nor do these functions require the user's browser to
be set to accept cookies. Some other aspects of F1000 Biology's service
do require the use of cookies, and the supply of information such as name, e-mail
etc. This is necessary for security reasons and to be able to provide such services.
Users may submit further personal information (e.g. details of research areas
of interest) in order to take advantage of present and future personalization
facilities on F1000 Biology. In accordance with European Union guidelines,
registrants may decline to provide the information requested. They should be advised,
however, that F1000 Biology may be unable to deliver its services unless at least
the information necessary for to enable fulfilment of the service, security and
identification purposes is provided.
What further information does
F1000 Biology track, and why? In order to offer the best possible
service to users, F1000 Biology tracks the patterns of usage of pages on the site.
This enables us to identify the most popular material and services. Where users
have provided details of their research areas of interest, this information can
be correlated, helping F1000 Biology to provide a useful service for scientists,
offering them the most relevant information based on their areas of interest.
What is F1000 Biology's policy on sharing e-mail addresses with third
parties? User information will only be shared with third parties
with the explicit consent of the user. If the user has explicitly opted to receive
special offer and product information e-mails from F1000 Biology partners, then
F1000 Biology may from time to time e-mail the user on behalf of these partner
companies. However, these companies will not be given the user's details without
that user's explicit consent. What is F1000 Biology's policy on e-mailing
its registered users? F1000 Biology may contact registered users
from time to time to draw the registered users attention to information that may
be of interest. Registered Users may opt out from receiving such e-mail when registering,
or at any time thereafter by responding to such an e-mail or contacting customer
services. What is F1000 Biology's policy on using demographic information
about users for online advertising purposes? Statistical demographic
information about F1000 Biology usage may be supplied to advertisers. F1000 Biology
may target online advertising to specific users on the basis of this demographic
information, or on the basis of their past behaviour on the site, but information
about an individual user will not be passed on to an advertiser without the users'
express consent. Use of cookies F1000 Biology uses
cookies to track usage. For auto login a cookie is sent from our server and is
stored on your computer's hard drive. Session cookies are also sent
from our server to your computer and used for session management. However these
cookies do not remain on your hard drive on completion of your session.
Cookies are used by F1000 Biology to: a) Enable
us to identify you without having to ask you for username and password. b)
Measure usage. c) Track movement within F1000 Biology.
If you do not wish to accept any of these cookies or wish to be notified when
a cookie is sent you can modify your browser preferences. If you refuse to accept
the permanent cookie that is saved on your computer's hard drive then you will
not be able to use the Auto login facility. If you choose not to accept session
cookies then you may not be able to use all of the facilities offered on F1000
Biology. More
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F1000 Biology reserves the right to disclose users personal information if required
to do so by law, or in the good faith and belief that such action is reasonably
necessary to comply with legal process, respond to claims, or protect the rights,
property or safety of F1000 Biology, employees or members. Who should
I contact if I have any questions or concerns about my privacy? If
you have any questions or concerns about your privacy and F1000 Biology please
contact our customer service team <info@f1000biology.com>.
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