Biomaker Privacy Policy
This privacy policy will explain how Biomaker uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
What data do we collect?
This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address (anonymised)
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
Clicks
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
This information is shared with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
If you chose to sign up to the OpenPlant or SynBio IRC newsletters via Mailchimp we will collect the following information:
Email address
Name (First name, Last name)
This allows us to send you monthly newsletters with news and updates about the Open Plant SBRC, SynBio IRC and other relevant information. You can unsubscribe from this newsletter at any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ button found in every newsletter.
If you chose to complete the Biomaker Training Programme Registration form we will collect the following information:
Name (First Name, Last Name)
Email address
University/School/Other Affiliation
Department/Institute/College
Whether or not you have any previous experience with programming or using microcontrollers
Whether or not you participated in any Biomaker or No-Code programming events or activities before
A description of your subject or research interests
Address
This allows us to send you hardware and training materials and to contact you about the training programme. We use the information on your previous participation and engagement to better understand the needs of participants and to tailor our programmes accordingly. If you would like to stop receiving information about the training programme, please email coordinator@synbio.cam.ac.uk.
What data do our partners collect?
This website is hosted by Squarespace and uses Google Analytics. Squarespace and Google collect personal data when you visit this website, including:
· Information about your browser, network and device
· Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
· Your IP address
Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalized form. For more information see the Squarespace privacy policy.
Google uses this data to provide us with the analytics data described above, as well as for it’s own purposes. For more information see the Google privacy policy.
This website uses font files from Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, servers where the font files are stored may receive personal information about you, including:
· Information about your browser, network, or device
· Your IP address (anonymised)
For more information see the Google privacy policy and Adobe Fonts privacy policy.
If you sign up to the OpenPlant or SynBio IRC newsletters you will be redirected to Mailchimp. Mailchimp will collect any data that you provide in the sign up form (in this case your email address, first name, last name and contact preferences) as well as information about your device and usage.
For more information see the Mailchimp privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
We collect data and process data when you:
· Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
· Voluntarily complete a newsletter sign-up form on Mailchimp.
How will we use your data?
We collect your data so that we can better understand how visitors are using our website and improve our service. We will retain and evaluate information on your recent visits to our website and how you move around different sections of our website for analytics purposes to understand how people use our website so that we can make it more intuitive.
If you chose to sign up to the OpenPlant or SynBio IRC newsletters we will use the details you provide to send monthly newsletters with news and updates about the Open Plant SBRC, SynBio IRC and other relevant information. You can unsubscribe from these newsletters at any time.
If you chose to complete the Biomaker Training Programme Registration form we will use the details you provide to send you hardware and training materials and to contact you about the training programme. We use the information on your previous participation and engagement to better understand the needs of participants and to tailor our programmes accordingly. If you would like to stop receiving information about the training programme, please email coordinator@synbio.cam.ac.uk.
How do we store your data?
Your data is collected and stored for us by our partners Squarespace, Google, Adobe Fonts and Mailchimp. Your information is stored on their servers. Please note that this may require information to be transferred to countries that do not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. For more information about how these companies handle and store your data, please see their privacy policies below.
If you chose to complete the Biomaker Training Programme Registration form your contact details will be stored in a secure Google Drive file accessible only by members of the SynBio IRC leadership team.
What are your data protection rights?
Under data privacy laws you are entitled to rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing and data portability. To learn more about your data protection rights in the UK and EU please visit https://gdpr-info.eu/chapter-3/
Cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses and How Google uses cookies.
Squarespace uses the following types of cookies:
Functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
Analytics and performance cookies are used on this site, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. We use analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
For information about the cookies dropped on your device by Squarespace see The cookies Squarespace uses
Google uses cookies for preferences, security, processes, advertising, session state and analytics. For information about the cookies dropped on your device by Google see How Google uses cookies and Types of cookies used by Google.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies. You can find out how to remove cookies from your browser at http://allaboutcookies.org/. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
To prevent the use of analytics and performance cookies by Squarespace you can chose not to click ‘OK’ in our cookie banner. The banner will remain in place and analytics and performance cookies will not be used by Squarespace.
For more information about how to manage Google’s cookies see Managing cookies in your browser.
Privacy policies of other websites
Our website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
Biomaker keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 12 April 2021.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
Dr. Stephanie Norwood
Coordinator of OpenPlant and Cambridge Synthetic Biology SRI
Department of Plant Sciences
Downing St
Cambridge, CB2 3EA
United Kingdom