QMO Lab
Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to qmolab.ucr.edu and The Quantum Materials Optoelectronics Laboratory at UCR and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to The Quantum Materials Optoelectronics Laboratory at UCR include qmolab.ucr.edu and QMO Lab. The QMO Lab website is a UCR Department of Physics and Astronomy Physics Research Group site. By using the QMO Lab website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to provide better assistance on software or research related support, QMO Lab may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- First and Last Name
- E-mail Address
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) sending us an email message; (c) sending us a message through a contact form. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
QMO Lab collects your personal information for the sole purpose of technical and/or research support.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
QMO Lab does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
QMO Lab may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email, or provide technical support. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to QMO Lab, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information
QMO Lab may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on QMO Lab or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of QMO Lab; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of QMO Lab, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
QMO Lab may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within QMO Lab, in order to determine what QMO Lab services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within QMO Lab to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by QMO Lab. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the QMO Lab website.
Use of Cookies
The QMO Lab website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize QMO Lab pages, or register with QMO Lab site or services, a cookie helps QMO Lab to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same QMO Lab website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the QMO Lab features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the QMO Lab services or websites you visit
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
QMO Lab secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. QMO Lab uses the following methods for this purpose:
- SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a name or email address) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Children Under Thirteen
QMO Lab does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Changes to this Statement
QMO Lab reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
QMO Lab welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that QMO Lab has not adhered to this Statement, please contact QMO Lab:
The Quantum Materials Optoelectronics Laboratory at UCR
Material Science and Engineering Building Room 179
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Riverside
900 University Ave.
Riverside, California 92521
Effective as of May 19, 2020