University of Franche-Comté is collecting information on this website as outlined in this privacy statement.

• The visitor's domain name, but not the e-mail address;
• The visitor's IP address
• The name and release number of web browser software used
• The operating system used
• Date and time you access our site
• The address of the website that linked to us (referrer URL)
• Demographic information (age, gender and overview of traffic by age and gender)
• Overview of traffic by affinity, in-Market and other categories

In our database, you will be asked to volunteer personal information such as your name, email, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and professional information such as the chemicals, sites, species you work on/with. People that have agreed to voluntarily provide such information are hereafter named “Registered users”.

• To improve the Wildlife Toxicology Interest Group Database
• To propose, to everybody, to search for and to download as a map file or as a list file, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and professional information of registered users
• To propose, to registered users only, to search for and to download as a map file or as a list file, name, email, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, and professional information of registered users

The personally identifiable information gathered during your visit to this website is not shared with any organization for any purpose.

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to:

• Unique identifier information (e.g., Customer number or password) that we maintain about them
• Communications that the consumer/visitor has directed to our site (e.g., E-mails, customer inquiries)
• Contact information (e.g., Name, address, phone number) that we maintain about them
• A description of information that we maintain about them

Consumers can access and request correction to this information by sending us e-mail to that effect at: webmaster@univ-fcomte.fr

Many websites now use cookies to provide useful features to their visitors by providing customizable and personalized services. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. For example, a website may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you, your preferences, or the pages you last visited. Your browser software can be set to reject all cookies, or to ask you if you would like to accept or decline a cookie from a particular site before it is set. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the Help section of the toolbar. You should know, however, that if you reject a cookie, certain functions and conveniences of a site may not work properly. We use cookies on our website for the following purposes:

• Store and sometimes track visitor preferences
• Record session information, such as items that consumers add to their shopping cart
• Customize web page content on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends
• Analysis and evaluation of our advertising campaigns
• We will never link the cookie to your personal information

For certain advertising campaigns and general web traffic analysis, we will make use of 3rd party tracking solutions. Data collected by these 3rd parties on behalf of the University will not be used, either by us or the 3rd party, for any purposes other than those stated above.

Some websites require you to provide some personal information through a registration process in order to take advantage of certain website features and to access content areas. For example, a registration form might request your name, telephone number and e-mail address. You might also be asked to voluntarily provide a list of topics that you are interested in so your website experience can be customised to your specific interests and needs.

Access to some of the features on this website requires registration, and the disclosure of some personal information, which may include: Your name.

Interactive services and tools provide website users with a richer and more valuable experience. The tools can provide you with information that is customized according to your personal background and needs.

Some interactive tools may request identifying personal information in order to function. It is important for you to know how your information will be used when it is requested, for what purposes it may also be used, and if it will be shared with any other party. This site does not use interactive tools that ask you for identifying personal information.

We recognize that many people are concerned about the privacy and protection of information as it is transmitted over the Internet. You should keep in mind that the possibility exists for unauthorized individuals to intercept any email message you send over the Internet. In some cases, information can be encrypted (scrambled or encoded) to make it very difficult to read if it is intercepted during communication. Certain technology and practices allow websites to provide an increased level of security for your personal information when appropriate.

We use the following practices on our website to enhance the level of security for communication and the transmission of personal information:

• We have taken reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable information that you may provide
• We use e-mail forms to allow our customers to ask questions about our services and programs. These are not hosted on a secure server. The possibility exists that unauthorized individuals may intercept email messages
• We are not responsible for the privacy of e-mail messages except those stored in our system
• When we transfer and receive certain types of sensitive information such as financial or health information, we redirect visitors to a secure server and will notify visitors through a pop-up screen on our site
• We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site

Websites often provide a number of links that offer direct access to other useful or interesting websites holding potential value to site visitors. Inclusion of the other sites by links does not imply any endorsement of the material or information on the other sites. Users are encouraged to review the privacy statement of each linked site before sharing personal information. This site includes links to non-affiliated external websites. We have the following practices:

• We encourage users to review the privacy statement of each linked site, as we cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of other sites.