Privacy Statement

The University of California, Berkeley is committed to protecting the privacy and accuracy of confidential information to the extent possible, subject to provisions of state and federal law. Other than as required by laws that guarantee public access to certain types of information, or in response to subpoenas or other legal instruments that authorize access, personally-identifiable information is not actively shared. In particular, we do not re-distribute or sell personal information collected on our web servers.

Information collected:

cellscope.berkeley.edu servers collect the following analytics:

  • Internet Protocol (IP)
  • web pages requested
  • referring web page
  • browser used
  • date and time

cellscope.berkeley.edu does not associate this data to individual user identities. This information is used to improve web presentation and utilization. IP address information may also be used for troubleshooting purposes.

Webforms
cellscope.berkeley.edu uses webforms on this site. These forms require users to give contact information (Name, email address) to the purpose for which it was collected and will not be sold to another party.

Use of collected information:
cellscope.berkeley.edu will only use personal information collected from this site for the purpose of communication back to individuals who contact us via the site.

Distribution of collected information:

  • berkeley.edu will not disclose, without your consent, personal information collected about you, except for certain explicit circumstances in which disclosure is required by law.
  • berkeley.edu will not distribute or sell personal information to third-party organizations.

This Privacy Statement does not apply to the other UC Berkeley web sites. You should review the privacy statement posted on other UC Berkeley web sites when you visit them.

Privacy Statement Revisions:

This Privacy Statement was last revised on May 29, 2015. We may change this Privacy Statement at any time and for any reason. We encourage you to review this Privacy Statement each time you visit the web site.

If we make a significant change to our Privacy Statement, we will post a notice on the homepage of our web site for a period of time after the change is made.

Responsibility for External Sites:

While using this website, you may encounter hypertext links to the Web pages of other UC Berkeley websites or organizations not directly affiliated with UC Berkeley.

All UC Berkeley websites must comply with the Privacy Statement for UC Berkeley Websites, but may have refined the standard campus privacy statement to include additional or stronger privacy provisions. UC Berkeley does not control the content or information practices of external organizations.  We recommend you review the privacy statements of these organizations.

How to contact us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Statement, please use the Contact Form on this web site.