Disclaimer
Please note that the legal statements and guidance below only covers the EPSRC websites at:
This document was updated on 26 May 2011, ensuring all COI guidance available at the time of creation was adhered to.
Using our website
The EPSRC website is maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you of this site constitutes acceptance by you of these Terms and Conditions that take effect from the date of first use.
Disclaimer notice
This website is provided for information purposes only. The EPSRC makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that the information is accurate and up-to-date. However, the EPSRC cannot accept liability for any damages or losses of any kind as a result of access to, and/or use of the website as well as any of the information contained within. You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party.
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Privacy statement
EPSRC complies with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 with regard to the collection, processing, storage and disclosure of personal information.
We do not make any personal information available to any third party.
This privacy statement only covers the EPSRC websites at:
Cookies
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:
- enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task
- recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested
- measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast
Our use of cookies
Here is a list of the cookies installed by the sites within our remit, this list details the name, typical content, expiry date and the site the cookie is installed from.
Cookies for managing your current visit
These two cookies are used to remember your selections or preferences that you've already made when looking at information or using a service.
The EPSRC website installs a cookie when the user changes the font size using the controls at the top of the page. This cookie simply remembers the choice you make.
Cookies for improving service
The EPSRC website also uses Google Analytics. This installs cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. These cookies do not collect personal data about visitors to the EPSRC website.
For further details on the use of cookies by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Code website.
| Name |
Typical content |
Expires |
Sites |
| _utma |
randomly generated text |
2 years |
All sites in our remit |
| _utmb |
randomly generated text |
30 minutes |
All sites in our remit |
| _utmc |
randomly generated text |
when you close your browser |
All sites in our remit |
| _utmz |
randomly generated text |
6 months |
All sites in our remit |
The EPSRC website makes use of a service called Issuu to display a virtual bookshelf for publications on some areas of the website. This service installs a Flash cookie (otherwise known as an LSO cookie) when you load a page that contains the bookshelf feature. This cookie is installed to provide a tailored experience for the user.
The Issuu bookshelf is only used on http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/
You can read Issuu's privacy policy here.
You can also opt out of accepting Flash cookies entirely by using Macromedia's Flash Player Global Storage Settings panel.
Copyright
Except as permitted for academic, personal or other non-commercial purposes, users must not reprint or electronically reproduce from the EPSRC’s website any document, graphic or image in whole or in part without the prior written permission of the EPSRC, or in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Linking to the EPSRC website
You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on this site. We do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our site. However, we do not permit our pages to be loaded into frames on your site. EPSRC pages must load into the user's entire window.
Links to other websites
A number of links in our site lead to external sites operated by other parties over which we have no control. The links are provided as a convenience only. We do not accept responsibility for the information or performance on these sites, nor does it endorse any of the material.
Archived information
The EPSRC website is archived in its entirety (at a minimum rate of biannually) by the National Archives. Previous versions of the EPSRC website are available on the UK Government Web Archive website.
Browser Support Policy
The EPSRC websites have been tested with a wide range of browser software:
- Microsoft IE 7.x - 8.x
- Firefox 3.x - 4.x
- Google Chrome 3.x - 11.x
- Safari 3.x - 5.x
Other browsers should also provide access to all of the content and functionality on the site.
If you are experiencing problems with accessing the site, please contact us via the details below.
Commenting on articles
All comments on the site are moderated, we do restrict the use of profanities and limited editing will take place if this occurs. We aim to approve or respond to these comments within 72 hours.
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