Privacy

What do you to protect my private data?

The PhilPapers Foundation (Phil*) is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust, and accordingly maintains the following privacy policy to protect your personal information. We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as demographics and emails), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for 'https' at the beginning of the address of the Web page. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment. We do not sell your data or personal information. This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Do you use cookies on your sites?

This site uses cookies only during the log in session and for Google Analytics. Please see our terms & conditions for details regarding the privacy implications.

Who counts as a 'research affiliate' for the purposes of data sharing?

Only a few individuals that work closely with the Centre for Digital Philosophy staff on research projects and that have agreed to keep all data we share with them confidential.

What is your data retention policy for third party apps used on the site? e.g. Facebook, Zoom

Information about you is collected from third party or public sources or that we receive from companies that partner with us to provide our services. In general, we will retain your personal information for the length of time reasonably needed to fulfill the purposes (including for as long as need to provide you with the services), unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We will also retain and use your information for as long as necessary to resolve disputes and/or enforce our rights and agreements. You can request the removal of this data at any time. For the information we receive when you log in with Facebook, see the next question.

What data are you collecting and processing from Facebook if I choose to use this log in method?

Logging in with Facebook is optional. When you use it, Facebook sends us your Facebook user ID, first and last name, and email address. We use them only to create your account and log you in: your name and email address become part of your account, and we keep your Facebook user ID so that we recognise you the next time you log in with Facebook. We do not access your Facebook friends or any other Facebook data, we do not post to Facebook, and we do not sell or share information obtained from Facebook.

You can remove our access at any time in your Facebook settings, under Apps and Websites. If you also ask Facebook to delete your data when you do so, Facebook notifies us and we automatically delete your Facebook user ID, so your Facebook login is no longer linked to your account. You can link it again by logging in with Facebook. Your account itself is not deleted; to delete it, please send a request to our ticket system here.

How do I close or delete my profile and data?

Please send all closure or deletion requests to our ticket system here