Privacy and cookies

Website privacy

The following statement explains our policy regarding the personal information we collect about you when you visit the AMRC website (amrc.co.uk).

This information is used anonymously to improve the content of our web pages, or to allow you to access certain services. We never sell, rent or share any of the information we collect by this method with any third party, except when required to do so to comply with legal or statutory obligations.

Manual collection of information

For certain online services, you will be asked to provide your name, email address and other personal information. Unless you request otherwise, we may use these details to send you other information of interest. We will not share this information unless otherwise specified.

If you contact us by email to request information, report a problem or provide feedback on our services we will only use the information you provide (including your email address) to respond to your message. We do not share this information in any way.

Automated collection of information

Our web server automatically collects standard information, including your IP address, browser type, operating system and access times. We use cookies to monitor visitor traffic and to customise web page content based on your browser type, IP address or other anonymous information. Cookies are text files that identify your computer to our server; cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used. By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

For more information about cookies, including guidance on how to control and delete these files, see aboutcookies.org.

We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

This website uses Google Analytics to analyse how users use the site. For more information, see Google Analytics – Safeguarding your data.

Feedback

If you feel this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact the University of Sheffield Data Protection Officer at University Data Protection Officer, Corporate Information & Computing Services, 10-12 Brunswick Street, Sheffield, S10 2FN, email: dataprotection@sheffield.ac.uk

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