Privacy Policy

Summary:

  • We, the operators of IGoR, collect the minimum user information necessary to maintain this site.
  • We keep a record of members usernames and communications with users.
  • We will use Google Analytics to keep track of web traffic.
  • We will not share identifying information with others.
  • Be aware that comments and pages you create will be visible to the public at large. This information may include your username. Use all reasonable caution when sharing information on this site, or with other members.
  • Children under 18 must get written permission from a parent or guardian before becoming members of this site.
  • Be aware that the privacy policy is subject to change.
  • If you have questions or comments regarding this privacy policy, please contact us.

Details:

We, the Operators of this Website (igor.wikidot.com), provide it as a public service to our users.

Your privacy is important to the us. Our goal is to provide you with the resources and services that are helpful to you, while minimizing the amount of information you share with us.

By using this web site, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not accept the terms of the Privacy Policy, you are directed to discontinue accessing or otherwise using the web site or any materials obtained from it. If you are dissatisfied with the website, by all means contact us; otherwise, your only recourse is to disconnect from this site and refrain from visiting the site in the future.

This is an evolving website, and the Operators may decide at some point in the future, without advance notice, to modify the terms of this Privacy Policy. Your use of the web site, or materials obtained from the web site, indicates your assent to the Privacy Policy at the time of such use. The effective Privacy Policy will be posted on the web site, and you should check for any changes.

Sites Covered by this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to igor.wikidot.com and all pages that are part of with igor.wikidot.com ("IGoR").

Children’s Privacy

To insure children's privacy, children under 18 may not become members of IGoR without written consent from a parent or guardian who agrees to monitor their use of the site.

Links to Non-Operators Web Sites

IGoR pages may provide links to third-party web sites. If you access those links, you will leave the Operators’s web site. the Operators do not control these third-party websites and cannot represent that their policies and practices will be consistent with this Privacy Policy. For example, other web sites may collect or use personal information about you in a manner different from that described in this document. Therefore, you should use other web sites with caution, and you do so at your own risk. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any web site before submitting personal information.

Types of Information We May Collect

A wikidot account is necessary to become a member of IGoR, therefore we collect your wikidot username and any other information you supply to us when you apply to become a member. Your wikidot username, contact link, and profile may be visible to others if you create, comment on, or contribute to, pages or forums, or participate in discussions.

Information you provide to the Operators may be shared with the Operators’s representatives (including site moderators) and organizations if, and only if, necessary to administer the site. The site's members may be added to the Operators’s mailing lists. From time to time, member information may be shared with event organizers and/or other organizations that provide additional benefits to the Operators’s members. If you provide us with your personal information on the membership application, you expressly consent to our storing, processing, and distributing your information for these purposes.

We will use Google Analytics, which uses cookies, to collect anonymous traffic data for this site (such as the number of site visitors).

If you wish to join as a scientist adviser, we require information to verify that you are qualified to advise, and we will post information so that users may contact you and decide whether to ask for your advice. Displayed information may include your name, professional degrees and institutional affiliations, publication lists, and research areas, as well as your preferred means for users to contact you.

How We Use Your Information

The Operators may use information you provide to us to provide services that support the activities of the Operators’s members and their collaboration on projects and articles. Web traffic information from Google Analytics will be used to assess site usage and visibility.

Information Sharing

The Operators do not sell, rent, or lease any individual’s personal information or lists of email addresses to anyone for marketing purposes, and we take commercially reasonable steps to maintain the security of any information you provide. However, the Operators reserve the right to supply any such information to any organization into which the Operators may merge in the future or to which it may make any transfer in order to enable a third party to continue part or all of its mission. We also reserve the right to release personal information to protect our systems or organization, when we reasonably believe you to be in violation of our Terms of Use or if we reasonably believe you to have initiated or participated in any illegal activity. In addition, please be aware that in certain circumstances, the Operators may be obligated to release your personal information pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants, or other orders.

Please remember that any information (including personal information) that you disclose in public areas of our web site, such as forums, comment pages, project pages, and article pages, becomes public information that others may collect, circulate, and use. Therefore you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose information about yourself or others in public forums such as these.

Information you provide on this site may be visible to persons outside your country of residence, including to persons in countries that your own country’s privacy laws and regulations deem deficient in ensuring an adequate level of protection for such information.

Security

No system is 100% secure, and you should take this into account when submitting personal or confidential information about yourself on any web site, including this one. The Operators assume no liability for the interception, alteration, or misuse of the information you provide. You alone are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personal information. Please use care when you access this web site and provide personal information.

Your wikidot username, contact link, and profile may be visible to others if you create, comment on, or contribute to, pages or forums, or participate in discussions.

Opting Out

From time to time the Operators may email you electronic newsletters, announcements, surveys or other information. If you prefer not to receive any or all of these communications, you may opt out by following the directions provided within the electronic newsletters and announcements.

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