This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is handled at https://media.mimd.in. Our lab is committed to ensuring the privacy of our collaborators, students, and visitors.
Information Collection
Media & Uploads: If you are a lab member or collaborator with upload privileges, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images hosted on the site.
Account Security: When you log in to our system, we collect your IP address and browser user agent string. This data is used strictly for security purposes and to prevent unauthorized access.
Cookies
To ensure the website functions correctly for researchers and administrators, we use the following cookies:
- Authentication: When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Session Management: When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days (or two weeks if you select “Remember Me”)
- Editorial Tracking: If you edit or publish a research post or page, a cookie is saved in your browser to indicate the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 24 hours.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, data sets, or external citations). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the source website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, particularly if you have an account and are logged in to that specific website (e.g., YouTube or ResearchGate).
Data Sharing and Retention
- Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security verification.
- User Profiles: For registered lab members, we store the personal information provided in your user profile. All users can see or edit their own personal information at any time (with the exception of their username). Lab administrators also have access to view and edit that information.
- Third Parties: We do not share or sell your data to third parties for marketing purposes.
Your Rights 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. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.