Privacy Notice
Introduction
This page explains what personal information we gather when you visit this web site.
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
Specific personal information collected on this website
This site asks you to provide information about yourself, via specific forms.
We gather this information so that we can process applications, send newsletters, or answer specific requests for information or services.
We use the personal data gathered via the forms to fulfil our ‘contractual’ relationship with you, and/or we use this personal information, with your consent, which you can withdraw at any time, in order to keep in touch with you via e-newsletters, emails or by telephone.
We do not share your personal information with any third parties outside the University of Cambridge, other than those who are responsible for delivering all or part of the group, initiative, or event, except with your explicit permission. At times, personal data may be sent, including internationally, via email and other platforms for the purposes of efficiency.
For information on how University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership job applicant data is shared, processed and retained, see https://www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/hr-staff/hr-data/applicant-data.
For information on the use of your personal data during the application process for one of our programmes, please see https://www.information-compliance.admin.cam.ac.uk/data-protection/applicant-data.
For information on the use of your personal data if you are a student who is a member of the University of Cambridge (for example Master’s students), see https://www.information-compliance.admin.cam.ac.uk/data-protection/student-data.
For information on formal records retention, see https://www.information-compliance.admin.cam.ac.uk/records-management.
We will hold data about people who have neither applied to nor attended a CISL programme/course/event but have consented to us keeping in touch with them via a newsletter request, brochure download, or general contact for two years. After this time, we will contact you via email to allow you to update your personal information and ask whether you are happy for us to continue to hold your data so that we can keep you informed about our activities/invite you to future programmes and events. You may opt out at any time by contacting info@cisl.cam.ac.uk or automatically unsubscribing to emails.
For members of our Network, including our alumni, Senior Associates and Fellows, we will hold a limited amount of personal information indefinitely as a record of your completion of a programme or involvement with our work, unless you request otherwise. Every two years we will contact you via email to allow you to update your personal information and ask whether you are happy for us to keep you informed about our activities/invite you to future programmes and events. You may opt out at any time by contacting info@cisl.cam.ac.uk or automatically unsubscribing to emails.
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
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Strictly Necessary cookies
| Name | Domain | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
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| li_gc | .linkedin.com | Third-party | 6 months | Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | .youtube.com | Third-party | 6 months | This cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor's consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honored in future sessions. |
| X-Mapping-biljmpjc | www.cisl.cam.ac.uk | First-party | Session | Website server load balancing |
Performance cookies
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| _ga_09RZC7QZ6S | .cam.ac.uk | Third-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
| _pk_ses.2.1287 | www.cisl.cam.ac.uk | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is a pattern type cookie, where the prefix _pk_ses is followed by a short series of numbers and letters, which is believed to be a reference code for the domain setting the cookie. |
| cusid | .cisl.cam.ac.uk | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with the site. Each time a user visits a different page on the site, the cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on the site for longer than 30 minutes. |
| cuvid | .cisl.cam.ac.uk | First-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is used to identify unique visitors by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for the site's analytics reports. |
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| cuvon | .cisl.cam.ac.uk | First-party | 30 minutes | Used to signal the last time a visitor viewed a page. |
| _pk_id.2.1287 | www.cisl.cam.ac.uk | First-party | 1 year | This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is a pattern type cookie, where the prefix _pk_id is followed by a short series of numbers and letters, which is believed to be a reference code for the domain setting the cookie. |
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Targeting cookies
| Name | Domain | Cookie type | Expiration | Description |
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| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | Third-party | 6 months | This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface. |
| YSC | .youtube.com | Third-party | Session | This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_2980598_6 | .cam.ac.uk | Third-party | 53 seconds | This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to limit requests (throttle request rate). |
| bcookie | .linkedin.com | Third-party | 1 year | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media. |
| lidc | .linkedin.com | Third-party | 1 day | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website. |
