Privacy Policy # Privacy Policy #

Last updated 8 April, 2024.

Who we Are #

Our website addresses are https://links.rodneylab.com, https://rodneylab.com, https://newsletter.rodneylab.com, https://plus.rodneylab.com and https://profile.rodneylab.com.

What Personal Data do we Collect and why we Collect it #

We may collect the following information:

Contact information including email address.
Demographic information such as location, technology, preferences and interests.
Other information relevant to customer surveys and/offers.
Other information listed below.

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 anonymised 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.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed . We pass your message, name, email, IP address and browser user agent to Akismet for spam detection.

This site is protected by hCaptcha and its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

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.

The information input in contact forms is sent as email messages that only a select few are allowed to access. The information is also stored in the database on our hosting server for backup and later reference purposes. Additionally, we collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Contact Forms #

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed . We pass your message, name, email, IP address and browser user agent to Akismet for spam detection.

This site is protected by hCaptcha and its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

Communications #

Emails received are reviewed by one staff member, sent onwards when necessary to other staff members, and deleted as quickly as possible. We do not disclose the names of senders to others outside of Rodney Lab, i.e. third parties, without your permission. We use email service providers in the UK. As a result our emails are susceptible to lawful access in the UK, and possibly through unlawful means by the UK Government and by other governments and entities. We select our service providers on the basis of their privacy awareness. We administer a mailing service for notifications by email based on interest in topics that you have explicitly indicated to us. Outgoing messages are processed by our mail service and internet providers.

Analytics #

We may partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Google Analytics and others, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site through the use of first party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyse and track users’ use of the Site, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., 1600 Ampitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94943, USA. You can learn about Google’s privacy practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners . By accessing the Site, you consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, if you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, you can visit the third-party vendor or the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool . There is also the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on .

Marketing #

We use cookies from third-party partners such as Google, Inc and Facebook Inc. for marketing purposes. These third-parties may use cookies, web beacons and other storage technologies to collect or receive infromation from this website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. These technologies allow us to display promotional material to you on other sites you visit across the Internet. We may also share information about your behaviour on this Site with third parties (including operators of third-party websites and/or social networking sites) in order to show you targeted advertisements and other content that has been customised for you. We also use cookies to facilitate the Targeted Ads Program. In this Program, we use cookies to determine which ads users have seen, and how many times users have seen a particular ad. You are able to opt out of the collection and use of information for ad targetting by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices and www.youronlinechoices.eu .

Payment #

For credit and debit card payments we use Stripe. You can expect Stripe to log payment details. As a customer of their services, this entity would allow us to request this information if we chose to do so. Some data must be kept for the statutory retention period described in applicable laws. If not required by law, the data will be stored for no longer than necessary for the purpose. After the periods, the data will be permanently deleted.

How Long we Retain your Data #

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise 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 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.

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 and information input in contact forms may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:

We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: (a) you asking us to delete the information, (b) our decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) we decide that the value in retaining data is outweighed by the costs of retaining it.

You have the right to request access to your data that we store and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.

You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.

You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.

Additional Information #

How we Protect your Data #

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to any of our websites; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.