Privacy and T&Cs

The UKRI National CE-hub understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of all of our community and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law

Who we are

Our website address is: https://ce-hub.org/. This site is a securely hosted by Eightwire. The CE-Hub is an open access, read only website with a closed members area. The site is managed and moderated by the CE-Hub Core Team, University of Exeter Business School.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

When you register to the members area of the site through the Join form, we collect your full name, email address, location and research interests. We also give you the choice for your details to be used for research purposes. You can delete your membership at any time.

Comments

Visitors are not permitted to leave comments on the site. Members can access certain documents, comment on other members’ posts and media. We collect data from visitors for the purpose of events and applications for partnership opportunities. We collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Media

If, as a member, 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 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.

Analytics

We use google Analytics to monitor visits to the website and specific pages. This does not collect any personal information.

We analyse the following membership data:

Username, first name, last name, email address, date registered, posts created, comments, last logged in, sessions, country. We also analyse the number of hubs created, number of members, friend connections and research interests.

Who we share your data with

We do not share your data with any third party organisations.

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 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 the above 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.

How we protect your data

Your data is held securely on the CE-Hub website. The database is accessible to a limited number of administrators and University staff.

What data breach procedures we have in place

This website is operated according to the standards and requirements of the University of Exeter Data Breach Policy

Terms & Conditions

By continuing to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern CE-Hub’s relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.

The term ‘CE-Hub’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is University of Exeter, Business School. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:
• The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
• This website uses cookies to monitor browsing preferences. If you do allow cookies to be used, the following personal information may be stored by us for use by third parties: [insert list of information].
• Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
• Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
• This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
• All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.
• Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
• From time to time, this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
• Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.