Who we are

The Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology centre (WISB) is part of the University of Warwick and is a BBSRC/EPSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SBRC).

Our physical address is

Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre (WISB),
MB016, Gibbet Hill Campus,
The University of Warwick,
Coventry, CV4 7AL

Our contact phone number is: +44 (0)24 765 22807

Our website address is: https://www.wisb-uow.co.uk.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Comments can currently only be made by logged in users.

Media

If 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.

Contact forms

Our contact form collects the following information

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Email Address
  • Phone Number
  • Message contents

This data is retained until the last action on the enquiry + 1 year. The information will not be used for marketing purposes unless you make a specific request in the message to be added to the WISB mailing list.

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.

Additional information about other cookies used on this website can be found here.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics to create reports on how users interact with our website. The information collected is anonymised and from 25th May 2018 non-aggregated data will automatically be deleted from Google Analytic servers after a period of 14 months.

If you wish to opt out of analytics tracking we suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.

Visit the Google Analytics site for more details about their data privacy policies.

Who we share your data with

We share no personal data with others. Aggregated anonymised data may be submitted in reports to our funders.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise 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 that 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.

Contact information

Our contact form

Our physical address is

Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre (WISB),
MB016, Gibbet Hill Campus,
The University of Warwick,
Coventry, CV4 7AL

Our contact phone number is: +44 (0)24 765 22807

The University of Warwick Data Protection Officer can be contacted at the following email.

WISB has been funded by the above bodies