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Privacy and Terms of Use
Revised: February 14, 2021

COOKIE POLICY

This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) of Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation, Inc. (“our,” “us,” or “we”) applies to each one of our users, customers and visitors (“you” or “your”). When you visit our website, www.frontierscience.org (“Website”), we collect certain information about you using certain types of cookies and software. This Policy explains what these cookies and software are, why we use them, how we use them, and your options. This Policy is part of our Privacy Policy.

1. Types of Information that We Collect

Unless you click the opt-out box below, we will store non-personally identifiable information that tracks your usage of our Website (“Non-PII”). Your Non-PII may include the following:

  • data that identifies the parts of our Website you visit;
  • the date and duration of your visit;
  • your fully anonymized IP address; and
  • information from your device, such as the device type, operating system, screen resolution, language, country in which you are located and web browser type.

2. Our Purposes for Collecting Information

We may collect and use your Non-PII to:

  • collect statistics related to your usage of our Website;
  • recognize and stop any misuse of our Website;
  • provide security for our Website;
  • control transactions (such as login processes and web sessions) for our Website; and
  • control and improve the performance and ease-of-use of our Website.

3. Analytics Tracking System

For Website analytics, we use Matomo Analytics™, a software program installed on our webserver. Matomo Analytics™ software is the only Website analytics system we use to track your Non-PII. We do not use Google Analytics™. We are the only entity that processes and controls your Non-PII.

You can control whether or not we track your Non-PII. The check-marked box below provides the current tracking status, indicating whether you are opted-out or opted-in to Non-PII tracking. To change the status, please check or uncheck the box, as applicable. If you do opt-out, please keep in mind this may hamper our ability to improve the security and performance of our Website for you and others.

4. Cookies

4.1 Essential Cookies

A cookie is a small data file or information (“Cookie”) that our Website stores on the browser of your device, such as your computer or smartphone. Your browser, such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Safari, stores Cookies in the memory of your device. You can learn more information about Cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.

Our Website only use Cookies for our purposes described above, for the tracking described above, and for recording your consent (opt-in) and opt-out decisions, as required by applicable data privacy laws (“Essential Cookies”). Our Website only uses the following Essential Cookies:

4.2 Disabling and Deleting Essential Cookies

We use Essential Cookies by default. In your browser settings, you can disable, limit and delete Essential Cookies. For example, you can set your browser to automatically or manually delete Essential Cookies. You can also set your browser to prevent certain Essential Cookies from being placed. Furthermore, you can set your browser so that you receive a message each time an Essential Cookie is placed. For more information about these options, see the instructions in the help section of your browser.

Please keep in mind, however, that our Website may no longer work properly if you disable, limit or delete Essential Cookies.

5. Contact for More Information

If you have questions about this Policy, please contact us.

End of Cookie Policy

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