Privacy Notice

Introduction

This page explains what personal information we gather when you visit this web site.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://hhss.hist.cam.ac.uk.

Who will process my personal information?

The information published here applies to the use of your personal information (also known as ‘personal data’) by the University of Cambridge through the viewing or use of this site.

General personal information collected on our websites

When you visit any of the websites within the Cambridge domain we hold certain information about you for service and security reasons. For more information on this, please see https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-this-site/privacy-policy

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.

Further information

For more information about how we handle your personal information, and your rights under data protection legislation, please see https://www.information-compliance.admin.cam.ac.uk/data-protection/general-data

Cookies

  • Users who visit this site may receive some or all of the Google Analytics cookies if the site administrator has enabled them (whether or not they authenticate).
  • The site may embed third-party material (e.g. YouTube videos) and these may carry their own cookies. You must refer to the site’s local cookie policy to determine what cookies are being set and for what purpose.
  • The site may include ‘ShareThis’ social media buttons, which will carry cookies if the user has a ‘ShareThis’ account enabled.