Your privacy is important to us. It is the policy of the Society for Computers and Law trading as “SCL Student Bytes” (this “Website”) to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, http://bytes.scl.org, and other sites we own and operate.
We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.
We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. This data can and will be removed at the request of the original owner.
We don’t share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law.
Personal data (i.e., name, approximate location) of contributors may be displayed on the Student Bytes Website, post submission. It is possible for this to be removed upon request.
Users and authors will be offered the option to create a personal profile that may be displayed on the Website, this user profile may contain identifying information and may be edited at any time by the user. Student Bytes reserves the right to edit or delete user profiles in relevant and reasonable circumstances.
Student Bytes reserves the right to share personal data with relevant third parties upon obtaining consent from original owners.
Student Bytes will always obtain consent (written OR verbal) from users when passing identifying information OR personal data to third parties.
Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.
You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.
Your continued use of our website will be regarded as universal acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.
When does this Website collect personal information?
Normal functionality of this website does not require the collection of any personal data.
The only time this website collects data is during the optional mailing list sign up process. Users who sign up to this mailing list are asked to provide their name and email address. Ghost, the platform we host this website on, automatically records your location so we are able to understand the geographical breakdown of our audience.
If you no longer want to receive these emails, please contact editors@bytes.scl.org and we will promptly delete your account and associated personal information.
Cookies required by this Website
- ghost-members-ssr.sig; ghost-members-ssr; and express:sess - required to store a user’s login session
This policy is effective as of 29 July 2024.