The Big River project is committed to preserving the privacy of the users of this site. Big River does not seek to collect personal data from you, it is a non-commercial project and is operated within the legal framework defined by GDPR.
We only use personal information that we collect through this website for the purposes for which it was given to us or for related purposes, such as the maintenance, upgrade or improvements of this website or any policy development associated with this website.
We will not share personal information about any individual which we collect through this website with any third party, with the following exceptions:
• the individual has consented;
• the individual would reasonably expect, or has been told that information of that kind is usually passed to those other individuals, agencies, organisations;
• is required or authorised by law;
• the disclosure is reasonably necessary for the enforcement of the criminal law or of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty.
We do not collect personal information about you if you only browse this website.
When you browse this website, our server logs the following information:
• the type of browser and operating system you are using;
• the address of the referring site (for example, the previous site that you visited); and
• your IP (Internet Protocol) address, which is a number unique to the machine on which you connect to the internet.
Our server also logs the following information:
• the date and time of your visit; and
• the address of the pages accessed and the documents downloaded.
We use the information we collect from your browsing of this website only for analysis of visits to the site, system administration, monitoring of this website’s security, customisation of this website to meet user needs, and for evaluation, research and development of this website.
No attempt is made to identify users due to their browsing activities on this website, except in the unlikely event of an investigation, for example, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant or subpoena. No additional analytics tools are being used to collect further information on users.
A cookie is an electronic token that is passed to your browser and your browser passes it back to the server whenever a page is sent to you.
No additional cookies have been installed by the developers of Big River.
When using this website (for example, the online forms or contact function), you may provide us with some personal information, for example, your name and email address. When you do this, you agree to provide us with your consent to disclose your personal information to the developers of the software in cases where they may need such information to deal with investigation of bugs or unexpected behaviour, and solely for the purposes of responding appropriately to your request or query. Personal information provided for the purposes of general communication or for submission of datasets to the site will not be used for any other purpose beyond the scope of the communication, no use of such data will be made for marketing purposes.
You have the right not to identify yourself or to use an alias (pseudonym) when you contact us or use online forms in relation to this website. However, where it is impractical for us to deal with your request in that way, or the law requires or authorise us to collect your personal information, then we may require you to identify yourself.
The search terms that you enter when using this website’s search engine are collected so that we can find out what users are looking for on this website.
This website contains links to other websites for the attribution of the data source or may use social media sites to make it easy to share information. These other sites may use web measurement tools, customisation technologies and persistent cookies to inform the services that they provide to their users. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other sites. This website does not use, maintain or share information provided through the other websites.