Privacy Statement
The ASPIRING website is owned and maintained by the University of Edinburgh.
This website contains links to unrelated sites. We are not responsible for the content of these sites and this privacy statement does not apply to them.
What personal data do we collect and why?
1) Users’ IP address
Your IP address is automatically logged by our web server. IP addresses are used to observe and analyse users’ interest in this website (number of visits, etc). We collect this information on the basis of our legitimate interests and will only use it to improve our website. We will analyse the information using Google Analytics, but will not share it with any other third parties. We will delete it after five years.
2) Cookies
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping baskets, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.
Questions
If you have any questions about the data we hold please contact us via the following page:
Further information
This privacy statement is continued on the University of Edinburgh website at: Continued privacy notice.
ASPIRING study data protection/privacy
For data protection/privacy information regarding the ASPIRING study please read the following page: