Privacy Policy:
BERDS Privacy Statement
The BERDS System is committed to respecting the privacy of those who visit the BERDS website and those who contribute materials to the system or participate in discussions administrated by BERDS or its Participants. Please review the BERDS Privacy Policy as set forth below so that you can understand your options in using BERDS and its services.
BERDS is a not-for-profit project and does not engage in e-commerce. BERDS does not sell or rent any information about its visitors or contributors to third parties, and we do not contact visitors or contributors to promote or sell any product.
What This Privacy Policy Covers
This privacy policy covers our treatment of personally identifiable information (e.g., first and last names, email address, a home or physical address, a telephone number, institution or affiliation) that BERDS may hold. You can visit the BERDS website without identifying who you are, or revealing personally identifiable information.
Any personally identifiable information that BERDS obtains about a contributor or visitor is information supplied voluntarily as part of using the website or signing up for a particular service or activity, or in requesting information from BERDS.
IF you find your information is being publically displayed as part of BERDS and you wish it to be deleted or changed, please contact BERDS and we will make every attempt to resolve your complaint.
BERDS is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites, services or organizations to which a BERDS webpage or service may link or refer.
Sharing of Information
BERDS only uses the personal information that you provide in order to record and support your activities within the BERDS system and web-based services and to provide you information about BERDS and related activities. Personal information about BERDS contributors and visitors may be shared only with BERDS contractors, auditors, consultants, and collaborators. BERDS informs recipients of information about safeguarding personal information and requires them to use it only for an authorized purpose consistent with this privacy policy, and to return it or destroy it upon completion of the activity.
BERDS will disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal processes served to you or BERDS.
General Use of the BERDS Website and Services
The BERDS website and related search and discovery systems maintain raw log files of documents retrieved and search queries entered. Information extracted from these log files (e.g. the pages requested, referral URLs, estimation of time spent on a page, estimation of a user session, result sets from search queries) is processed in aggregate to help BERDS gauge the effectiveness and improve the performance and structure of its website and services, and for generating general use statistics. BERDS may share this type of information with its collaborators, sponsors, consultants, and contractors to evaluate and improve the site.
Persistent Identifiers
In order to use some BERDS services, a user may be required to have a persistent identifier (e.g., a login identifier.) These identifiers may link to personally identifiable information the user supplies as part of registering or signing up for a service. These identifiers will not be linked to general use information except where the user has explicitly agreed to this action when signing up for the service (and where it may be a requirement to use the service).
IP Numbers and Domain Names
IP numbers and domain names are included in the raw log files and are used in helping to compute aggregate statistics (e.g. as a basis for defining a use session.) These IP numbers are not used to link BERDS use to any other personally identifiable information that the BERDS may hold.
Cookies
The BERDS website or service may use cookies to improve a visitor's interaction with the site or service. BERDS does not use cookies to track visitors except in conjunction with a service that requires keeping track of a user's sessions, or actions, for example, a service allowing a user to keep certain features (such as conformance with the DSA, maintaining login, etc.) turned on or off while moving from page to page on the BERDS website.
BERDS Discussion Forums and Email Lists
BERDS will host and maintain a number of public email lists and forums for use by interested individuals. Some will be open for subscription and use; others will be moderated (i.e., a list or forum moderator may limit subscription and posting access). In each case, users can subscribe and unsubscribe from these areas at any time.
Please note that any information that you post to a public bulletin board is available to all visitors accessing that site. Unsubscribing from a list or forum will not remove any name, email address or information that was part of any previous posting from any archive of these lists or forums. In cases where this information came from information submitted in any registration process, the information in the public forum will not be removed when the registration is terminated and the registration information removed.
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