Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use the service and informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We use Your personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Who we are

Libris Ignis is a science and medical news information website and publisher of academic research. Our goal is to make the latest science and medical news available and accessible to the public.

Submissions and other personal data

All articles and related information generated by researchers or other individuals that are submitted to the Libris Ignis editors, remain the sole copyright of said researchers/individuals. All articles written and graphics or photos generated by Libris Ignis staff are the property of Libris Ignis, but the graphics or photos produced by the researchers, as well as all findings and original research belongs to the researchers.

While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Usage data

The users data

User data is collected automatically when using the website and related services.

Usage data may include information such as your device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access the service by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our service or when you access the service by or through a mobile device.

This information is collected and used only to create a better user experience of the website. No information is made available to anyone else.

Use of your personal data

Libris Ignis may use personal data for the following purposes:

a) To provide and maintain our service, including to monitor the usage of our service.
b) To manage your account: to manage your registration as a user of the service. The personal data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the service that are available to you as a registered user.
c) For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with us through the service.
d) To contact you: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
e) To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
f) To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.
g) For business transfers: We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal data held by us about our service users is among the assets transferred.
h) For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With service providers: We may share your personal information with service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • With affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
  • With business partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: When you share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

The company, Libris Ignis, will take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. No transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Deletion of personal data

You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the personal data that we have collected about you. Our service may give you the ability to delete certain information about you from within the service.

You may update, amend, or delete your information at any time by signing in to your account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage your personal information. You may also contact us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Cookies

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “remember me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and to store certain information. Tracking technologies used are tags, scripts, and beacons to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website and service offerings. The technologies we use may include, but are not limited to:

  • Cookies or browser cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you reject the cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of the website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, this website may use cookies.
  • Web beacons. Certain sections of our website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit Libris Ignis, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device even when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
We use both session and persistent cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential cookies
Type: Session cookies
Administered by: Libris Ignis
Purpose: These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these cookies, the services that you have access to and enjoy cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice acceptance cookies
Type: Persistent cookies
Administered by: Libris Ignis
Purpose: These cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the website.


Functionality cookies
Type: Persistent cookies
Administered by: Libris Ignis
Purpose: These cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these cookies is to streamline access to the website, while simultaneously providing you with a more personal experience.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for third party content, or their privacy policies, or practices of any their sites or services.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. No other data of any user will ever be shared. All data collected while using the Libris Ignis website is solely used to enhance your user experience.

However, in the case of Libris Ignis being involved in a merger or the sale of the company, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Additionally, under certain circumstances, the company may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

The company may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of Libris Ignis.
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the web service
• Protect the personal safety of users of the website and the public
• Protect against legal liability

The security of your personal data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

How long we retain your data

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Children’s privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13, but the type of content we provide is frequently accessed by school children to complete homework assignments or to satiate a curiosity about the world. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require parents’ consent before we collect and use that information.

Please also note that this website publishes scientific or academic works. We at Libris Ignis support all information that has passed through the peer review process and scientific rigor. We cannot be held responsible if the content we publish triggers you or does not align with your political or religious views.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “last updated” date at the top of this privacy policy.

You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us:
By email: info@librisignis.com
Or, by visiting this page on our website: https://librisignis.com/index.php/contact-us/

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