Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 13.01.2025
Introduction
Welcome to our official website for I-RAP (the "Website"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site. If you have any questions about our privacy policy or your data, you can contact us using the Contact Us page on the website.
The Type of Personal Information We Collect
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our site. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. We use the following types of cookies:
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Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the functionality of our website. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features. Without these cookies, some parts of our site just won’t work as they should.
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Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use this data to improve our site and provide a better user experience.
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Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
Survey Responses
We conduct surveys to gather feedback on your experience and other relevant topics. The responses are recorded and analyzed to improve our services. Importantly, we do not collect any identifying information such as IP addresses, names, or email addresses in these surveys.
Email Addresses
When you request to receive updates from us about our research, we will ask you to provide your email address to send you updates and information about our research findings. By providing your email address, you are considered to have accepted our privacy policy.
Information about your diagnosis or professional role
You have the option to complete the short survey on the "Tell us about yourself" button on the website. This survey asks you to anonymously let us know if you have a diagnosis of autism, personality disorder, both, or neither; if you are a friend or family member of someone with one of those diagnoses; and if you are a health professional. We will not ask you to provide any further information about yourself. The information you provide will be anonymous and will not be identifiable i.e. cannot be traced back to you.
However, if you provide this information alongside your email address when you sign up for research updates, we will be able to link this information to your email address and so it will not be anonymous. Providing this information is optional so you can choose not to provide it and still sign up for research updates.
We are collecting this information because we want the website to be used by people with these diagnoses and by health professionals, because we believe these are the people for whom the information on our website will be most helpful. By collecting this information, we can evaluate whether we have been successful in ensuring our website is accessed by people with these diagnoses and health professionals.
How We Get Your Personal Information and Why We Collect It
We use the information we collect in the following ways:
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To understand the characteristics of people who use our website
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To evaluate if our website is being accessed by the groups of people for whom we believe it will be most helpful (people with a diagnosis of autism or personality disorder, health professionals).
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To improve our website.
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To communicate with you to provide you with updates about our research.
Cookies
When you access the website, you will see a pop-up asking you to choose between collection of strictly necessary cookies, analytics cookies and functional cookies. What these are and why we collect this information is explained under the "the type of personal information" section of this Privacy Policy.
Survey Responses
On each page of the website, you have the option of using the "rate this page" button to provide a number of stars between 1 and 5 reflecting your assessment of the quality of the webpage. This information will allow us to evaluate the quality of our web content and identify areas for improvement.
Email addresses
On the homepage and the Our Research pages of the website, you have the option of using the "sign up to find out more" button to provide your email address. We will use your email address to send you updates about our research findings. We will not use your email address for any other purpose.
Sharing your information
We will not share the information you provide us with anyone outside of the I-RAP research team. You can find out who the I-RAP research team are on the About Us page of this website. Your anonymous information may need to be shared with trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, and when appropriate to comply with the law, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety.
The UK General Data Protection Act
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting us using the Contact Us page of this website.
(b) We have a legitimate interest in collecting this data. Namely, this data helps us to evaluate the quality of our website and make improvements, allows us to evaluate whether our website is being accessed by our target audiences, and allows us to send your updates on our research findings.
Your Consent
By using our site and providing your email address or other information, you consent to our website's privacy policy. This means you accept how we handle and use your information as described in this policy.
How We Store Your Personal Information
1. Storage on Wix servers. All data collected from website visitors will initially be stored on Wix servers. Wix stores user/ visitor data securely and in compliance with UKGDPR requirements. Wix stores data only on servers in countries or sectors of countries deemed by the EU to offer adequate data protection that meets the requirements of the GDPR Act. Full details can be found here https://support.wix.com/en/article/preparing-your-wix-site-for-the-gdpr Wix implements security measures to prevent a data breach, such as https secure access, and monitoring systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. Full
details can be found here https://www.wix.com/about/privacy
2. Storage on City St George's University of London (SGUoL) Onedrive servers. All data collected from website visitors will subsequently be transferred from Wix servers to SGUoL Onedrive servers. Onedrive protects data using transport layer security encryption, firewalls, and monitoring vulnerabilities. Each file is encrypted at rest with a unique AES256 key. Only the I-RAP research team will have access to the files on OneDrive. Access will be protected using passwords and two factor authentication.
Full details can be found here https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/how-onedrive-safeguards-your-data-in-the-cloud-
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Your Rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
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Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
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Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
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Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
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Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
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Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
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Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
How to Complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us by emailing dataprotection@city.ac.uk
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk