Who we are
Environmental Sensor Hub is a group of academics engaged in the design, application and training of Build-Your-Own environmental sensors. Our website address is: https://environmentalsensorhub.org . The Environmental Sensor Hub is hosted at the Department of Geography, King’s College London.
About this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy defines how we use, store and retain any personal data.
What information you provide us
In order to communicate with you and provide our services or information, we may collect, use, store and transfer different types of personal data. Depending on your relationship with us, this may include:
- Personal details (such as your name, contact details, academic status, telephone number and email address) provided by contacting us or submission of your information to us via the website.
- Your responses to surveys, which we ask you to complete when applying to a course
- Any information you email or send to us.
- How you use the website, from where, your IP address, operating system and browser type.
Cookies
We will also collect personal information about website usage through cookies in accordance with our Cookies Policy.
Embedded content from other websites
Functions on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, maps, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How will we use the information
We will only use the information in accordance with the law. This may include:
- to provide our service to you, e.g. documentation sharing and training (lawful interest)
- to help with your inquiry or request (performance of contract)
- to manage our suppliers and partners (performance of contract)
- to comply with legal or regulatory obligation (lawful interest)
- to process feedback and improve our service (legitimate interest)
- to manage and improve the web systems (legitimate interest)
Sharing your personal information
We may share your information with parties in order to provide and/or maintain the services to you, in accordance with the law. This may occur through:
- External third party service providers: which may be required through, for example, cloud service providers, and quality and compliance checking with auditors.
- Government, Law enforcement, and other regulatory agencies.
International transfer
We may use third party providers to deliver our services, such as cloud software and providers, which may involve transfer of personal data outside of the UK. Whenever this occurs, we ensure your data is treated securely and in a way consistent with UK data protection law.
Data retention
Unless stated otherwise in a privacy notice, we will keep your information based on the periods or criteria specified in the King’s College London Records and Data Retention Schedule.
Changes to our privacy policy
We keep our privacy notice under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy notice was last updated on 3 Febuary 2023.
What rights you have over your data
You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Who should I contact if I have questions
To contact us about our privacy notice or information we hold about you, please write to the Environmental Sensor Hub’s Data Protection Officer, Dr Kristofer Chan at kristofer.chan@kcl.ac.uk or by post: Dr Kristofer Chan, Department of Geography, King’s College London, 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG, United Kingdom.