BiomedEdge ("we", "us" or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit biomededge.com (the "Website"), how we use it, and the choices available to you.
By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this policy.
1. Information we collect
Information you provide
- Newsletter: your email address and, if supplied, your name when you subscribe to our newsletter.
- Comments: your name, email address and comment when you post a comment. Your email address is never published.
- Correspondence: any information you include when you contact us by email.
Information collected automatically
- Usage information: pages visited, referring website, device type (desktop, mobile or tablet) and approximate country, used to compile aggregate readership statistics.
- Article reactions: when you react to an article, we record the reaction together with your session identifier and IP address to prevent duplicate or automated submissions.
- Server logs: our hosting provider automatically records standard technical information such as IP address, browser type and the time of each request, for security and operational purposes.
- Cookies and similar technologies: as described in section 3.
2. How we use your information
- To operate, maintain and secure the Website.
- To send our newsletter to subscribers who have requested it.
- To display and moderate reader comments.
- To respond to enquiries and correction requests.
- To understand how readers use the Website and improve our content.
- To display advertising, which funds our free content.
- To prevent spam, fraud and abuse, and to comply with legal obligations.
We do not sell your personal information.
3. Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use the following types:
- Essential cookies: a session cookie and a security token that keep the Website working and protect forms against misuse.
- Analytics cookies: we may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Website. Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited and time spent on the Website. Learn more at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
- Advertising cookies: used by our advertising partners, as described in section 4.
Our Website may also store a copy of pages on your device so that they load faster and remain available offline. You can clear this, and control or delete cookies, through your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may affect how the Website works.
4. Advertising and Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on the Website. In connection with this:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Website and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info or, in Europe, www.youronlinechoices.eu.
- Other third-party vendors or ad networks may also serve ads on the Website. Their use of cookies is governed by their own privacy policies.
For more information on how Google uses data, please see Google's advertising policies and Google's Privacy Policy.
Where required by law, including for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, we ask for your consent before personalised advertising cookies are used. You may change or withdraw your consent at any time through the privacy settings link displayed on the Website.
5. Sharing your information
We share information only as necessary with:
- Service providers who host the Website and deliver our emails, acting on our instructions.
- Advertising and analytics partners, such as Google, as described above.
- Authorities, where we are required to do so by law or to protect our rights, users or the public.
6. Data retention
We keep personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy. Newsletter details are kept until you unsubscribe. Comments remain published until removed. Aggregate statistics do not identify individual visitors.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal information, to object to or restrict its processing, to withdraw consent and to request a copy of your data. California residents may also request information about the categories of personal information we collect and may opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time using the link in each email.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@biomededge.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
8. Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures, including encrypted connections (HTTPS), to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Children's privacy
The Website is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
10. Third-party links
Our articles link to external websites, such as research publishers and regulators. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites and encourage you to review their policies.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes take effect when published on this page, and the "Last updated" date above will be revised accordingly.
12. Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@biomededge.com.