Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 2020

https://www.risc.cy (the "Site") is operated by the RISC - Research & Innovation Center for Social and Educational Sciences. This page offers information on our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from the Sites’ users, which comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (the “Regulation”).

We use Personal Information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in the present policy.

Information Collection and Use

While using our Site, we may ask certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify the user. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to the name, email address, age, occupation ("Personal Information").

Log Data

Like many site operators, we collect information that browsers send whenever a user visits our Site ("Log Data").

This Log Data may include information such as the computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that have been visited, the time and date of the visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze this type of information in order to optimize our Service’s functionality. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

Communications

We may use Personal Information to send newsletters, marketing or promotional material and other information that concerns our field of operation.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to a browser from a website and are stored on the computer's hard drive.

Like many sites, we use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate which cookies are accepted. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

Right to be forgotten

All personal information collected as part of the operations of RISC, and its site, are subject to deletion upon receiving a written request from the user.

For any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through one of the methods mentioned in the “Connect” section of the website.

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Terms and conditions

These Terms and Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and RISC - Research & Innovation Center for Social and Educational Sciences (“we,” “us” or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the www.risc.cy website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”).

You agree that by accessing the Site, you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all of these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with all of these Terms and Conditions, then you are expressly prohibited from using the Site and you must discontinue use immediately.

Supplemental terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Site from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to these Terms and Conditions at any time and for any reason.

We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of these Terms and Conditions, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change.

It is your responsibility to periodically review these Terms and Conditions to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Terms and Conditions by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Terms and Conditions are posted.

Third-party Websites and Content

The Site may contain (or you may be sent via the Site) links to other websites ("Third-Party Websites") as well as articles, photographs, text, graphics, pictures, designs, music, sound, video, information, applications, software, and other content or items belonging to or originating from third parties ("Third-Party Content").

Such Third-Party Websites and Third-Party Content are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, appropriateness, or completeness by us, and we are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Site or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Site, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content.

Inclusion of, linking to, or permitting the use or installation of any Third-Party Websites or any Third-Party Content does not imply approval or endorsement thereof by us. If you decide to leave the Site and access the Third-Party Websites or to use or install any Third-Party Content, you do so at your own risk, and you should be aware these Terms and Conditions no longer govern.

Site Management

We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to:

monitor the Site for violations of these Terms and Conditions;
take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates the law or these Terms and Conditions, including without limitation, reporting such user to law enforcement authorities;
in our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to, limit the availability of, or disable (to the extent technologically feasible) any of your Contributions or any portion thereof;
in our sole discretion and without limitation, notice, or liability, to remove from the Site or otherwise disable all files and content that are excessive in size or are in any way burdensome to our systems;
otherwise manage the Site in a manner designed to protect our rights and property and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Site.

Last updated: November 2020

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Copyright Notice

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The content of this Site is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This means that you are free to share and adapt the content provided that you give appropriate credit to us or to the Site and that you indicate any changes.

In order to use or reproduce any content which is not owned by us, you are required to seek permission from the right holders. Software or documents covered by industrial Property Rights, such as patents, trademarks, registered designs, logos and names, are excluded from the reuse policy and are not licensed to you.

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