Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.laboratorynotes.com.
Please read this Privacy Policy before accessing the website. As a result of your access and use of the website, you hereby consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, we request and advise you not use the website.
We reserve the right to revise the terms of this Privacy Policy from time to time. Please check back to this Privacy Policy periodically to review any changes. Your continued access to and use of the website will indicate your acceptance of any such changes.
What personal data we collect and why we collect?
Information Collected
Website collects non-personal information from visitors to the website as well as personal information from registered persons who voluntarily comment on website.
Non-Personal Information
When visitors access website, website may collect the following non-personal information: internet protocol (or IP) address, browser type or domain name of the visitor, the viewing patterns of the visitor (collected via Google Analytics) and whether he or she purchases products or services from laboratorynotes.com’s marketing partners and if so the nature of such purchases. This non-personal information is collected by website when a visitor accesses the various web pages comprising the website and follows links to and from third party websites. Website may disclose non-personal information about its visitors’ online presence and activity to its marketing partners and advertisers so that forum and such third parties may learn the requirements and preferences of each visitor and, accordingly, serve each visitor with customized content including user-targeted advertisements. To the extent website discloses such non-personal information to third parties, it will only do so on the express condition that the third party will not retain this information or use it for any purpose other than that stated.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string 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 profile picture 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 any location data from 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.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to evaluate the performance of our website. Google analytics collect several data from the visiters of this web site including Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type or domain name of the visitor.
Who we share your data with/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 any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. 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.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Google Analytics also collects your data.