The Centre for Genome Engineering and Maintenance (CenGEM) is based at Brunel University of London. This privacy policy explains how we handle personal information when you use the CenGEM website, contact us, or interact with our public communications.
Who We Are
CenGEM is a research centre at Brunel University of London. For general questions about this website or CenGEM communications, contact: alessandro.esposito@brunel.ac.uk.
Information We May Collect
Depending on how you use the site, we may receive:
- Information you provide when you contact us, such as your name, email address, organisation, and message.
- Technical information from normal web server logs, such as IP address, browser type, referring pages, and access times.
- Information from public interactions with CenGEM social media accounts, including LinkedIn, where you choose to follow, comment, react, or message us through those platforms.
How We Use Information
We use personal information only where relevant to CenGEM activities, including to:
- Respond to enquiries and collaboration requests.
- Maintain, secure, and improve the website.
- Share public research news, events, publications, and opportunities.
- Understand engagement with CenGEM public communications, including LinkedIn Page activity.
- Meet applicable legal, security, and institutional requirements.
LinkedIn Integration
CenGEM may use LinkedIn developer tools to manage or display public LinkedIn Page content, publish updates, and review engagement metrics for the CenGEM LinkedIn Page. Where LinkedIn is involved, LinkedIn also processes data under its own privacy terms. We do not use LinkedIn integration to collect sensitive personal data through this website.
Cookies and Third-Party Services
This website is a static informational site. It may include embedded or linked third-party services, such as maps, social media links, publication sources, or media platforms. These services may collect information in accordance with their own privacy policies when you open or interact with them.
Sharing Information
We do not sell personal information. We may share information with Brunel University of London systems and service providers where needed to operate the website, respond to enquiries, support CenGEM communications, or comply with legal obligations.
How Long We Keep Information
We keep information only for as long as needed for the purpose it was provided, for institutional record keeping, or where required by law. Enquiry emails may be retained as part of normal university correspondence records.
Your Rights
You may have rights under UK data protection law, including rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to some uses of your personal information. For formal data protection requests, please refer to Brunel University of London's published data protection and privacy information.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this page when the website, integrations, or legal requirements change. The updated date at the top of this page shows when the policy was last revised.