Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our "About Us" page and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
What information does Projection Point gather?
When you visit our Web Sites, you may provide us with two types of information: (1) personally identifiable information that you knowingly choose to disclose, which is collected on an individual basis, and (2) general user information that does not contain personally identifiable information, which is collected on an aggregate basis as you browse the Web Sites. In some cases, if you choose not to provide us with requested information, you may not be able to access all of our Web Sites' content or services.
Personally Identifiable Data
Projection Point will not collect any personal data about you unless you voluntarily choose to provide us with it (e.g. by consenting to becoming a Projection Point research participant). Respectively, all data collected is stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act. When required by national or international law, the records of this research may be reviewed by government agencies, but otherwise the data will only be accessible by named investigators of ProjectionPoint.com. No data will be disclosed to the general public. All data is anonymized prior to research analysis.
Visit www.dataprotection.ie for further information on your rights under the Data Protection Act.
General User Information
Projection Point may collect general user information (such as your IP address or your browser type) as you browse projectionpoint.com. If collected, this data is solely used for the purpose of determining and analyzing overall user statistics, the effectiveness of our Site and/or to help us identify ways to improve the general image and portrayal of Projection Point. No personally identifiable data is collected automatically.
Accessing your Personal Data
You are entitled to know whether we hold information about you and, if we do, to have access to that information and require it to be corrected if it is inaccurate. You can do so by sending an email to info@projectionpoint.com (please note that all requests must be made in English), containing your personal access URL and/or your registered Projection Point username. Please understand that any personal data used as part of a Projection Point research study will have been anonymized and will therefore be unidentifiable.
Visit www.dataprotection.ie for further information on your rights under the Data Protection Act.
Purpose of Use
Projection Point was established to further research on risk intelligence. All work carried out is purely non-profit. All personally identifiable data collected is solely used for the purpose of research. General User Information is solely used for the purpose of determining and analyzing overall user statistics, the effectiveness of our Site and/or to help us identify ways to improve the general image and portrayal of Projection Point.
Purpose Limitation and Ethical Approval
Projection Point aims to conduct all research in a professional and independent manner that is consistent with public interest. Under no circumstances will Projection Point sell personally identifiable information to any third party.
Both founders of Projection Point were/are affiliated with University College Cork (Ireland). Projection Point is an independent organisation which is in no way affiliated with University College Cork (Ireland). All research is performed in an independent manner. University College Cork's ethical approval of the research carried out by Projection Point can be downloaded here.
"Cookies" - Information Stored Automatically on Your Computer
Projection Point may store some data on your computer in the form of a "cookie". Cookies can help us in many ways, for example, by allowing us to implement a private members area and help us identify whether or not you are a registered Projection Point user. The user may at any time configure his/her Internet browser to erase all cookies from the computer's hard drive, block all cookies or to receive a warning before a cookie is stored. However please note that certain sections of projectionpoint.com require cookies to be enabled in order to function properly.
Security
To protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration and against unauthorized disclosure or access, Projection Point uses technical and organizational security measures.
Links to Other Web Sites
Projection Point may contain links to other Web sites. Projection Point is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Web sites.
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