Privacy Policy

Who we are

The Futures & Analytics Research hub. Our website address is: farhub.org. We are part of The Business School at Edinburgh Napier University, located at 219 Colinton Rd, Edinburgh EH14 1DJ.

Policy for visitors to this site

This policy covers the information we collect about you, our security agreement and your rights.

Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) is committed to preserving your privacy. Please read the following privacy policy to understand how we use and protect the information obtained from those visiting the Futures & Analytics Research hub (FAR) website (farhub.org).

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form and any affiliated metadata to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your avatar is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract select location data from specifically designated images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

ENU and FAR are not responsible for the behaviours or content of other websites, regardless of whether their content is embedded in farhub.org.

Who we share your data with

The website, www.farhub.org, complies with all GDPR (UK) guidance. More information can be found at https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve all comments. Comments will be held in a moderation queue until approved.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

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