Privacy Statement

Your privacy is important to us. This statement explains how we handle your information when you interact with our website and podcast.

Information We Collect

We collect your email address when you voluntarily provide it to us through our website.

How We Use Your Information

The email address you provide will be used solely for the purpose of keeping you informed when new episodes of The Research Room podcast are released. You will receive notifications directly to your inbox whenever a new episode is available.

How We Protect Your Information

We are committed to ensuring your email address is secure. We take reasonable measures to protect the information you provide from unauthorised access or disclosure.

Sharing Your Information

We do not share, sell, rent, or trade your email address with any third parties for their marketing purposes. Your email address is used only for the purpose stated above.

Your Choices

You can unsubscribe from our episode release notifications at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link typically found at the bottom of our emails. Once you unsubscribe, your email address will be removed from our notification list.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We will retain your email address for as long as you remain subscribed to our podcast episode notifications. If you unsubscribe from our mailing list, your email address will be promptly removed from our active subscriber database. We may retain a record of your unsubscription to ensure we do not send you further communications in error.

Cookie Policy

This section explains how and why we use cookies on our website.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes on our website:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. They enable core functionalities such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
  • Analytics Cookies: We use services like Google Analytics to understand how our website is being used. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form about how visitors use our site, which pages they visit, and where they came to the site from. This helps us improve our website's performance and user experience.

We do not use cookies for advertising, targeting, or social media tracking on this website.

How You Can Manage Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, which enables you to decide whether to accept it or not. You can also block all cookies, but be aware that this may affect the functionality of some websites, including ours.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may update this privacy statement from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, so please check back periodically to review our current policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or our data practices, please contact us at: YTU-POD@york.ac.uk