Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. It’s EESC | Department of Geotechnics policy respect your privacy in relation to any information about you that we may collect on the EESC website | Department of Geotechnics.
We only ask for personal information when we really need it to provide you with a service. We do this by fair and legal means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we are collecting it and how it will be used.
We only retain the information collected for as long as it takes to provide the requested service. When we store data, we protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
We do not share personally identifiable information publicly or with third parties, except as required by law.
Our website may have links to external websites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites and cannot accept responsibility for their respective privacy policies.
You are free to decline our request for personal information, understanding that we may not be able to provide some of the services you desire.
Your continued use of our website will be deemed acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, please contact us.
As is common practice on almost all websites, this website uses cookies, which are small files downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they collect, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the website’s functionality.
We use cookies for various reasons, detailed in the item “Cookies we set”. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave all cookies if you are unsure whether or not you need them, if they are used to provide a service that you use.
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting your browser settings (see your browser’s Help to learn how to do this). Please be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites you visit. Disabling cookies will generally result in the disabling of certain functionality and features of this website. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
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Site Preferences Cookies
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Third Party Cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you may encounter through this website.
This website uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web, to help us understand how you use the website and how we can improve your experience. These cookies may track items such as how much time you spend on the site and which pages you visit, so that we can continue to produce compelling content.
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Third-party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce compelling content. These cookies may track items such as how much time you spend on the website or which pages you visit, which helps us understand how we can improve the website for you.
We periodically test new features and make subtle changes to the way the site looks. When we’re still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience while on the site, while we understand which optimizations our users most appreciate.
User Commitment
The user undertakes to make proper use of the contents and information that the EESC | The Geotechnics Department offers on the website and with an enunciative but non-limiting character:
A) Not to engage in activities that are illegal or contrary to good faith or public order;
B) Not to spread propaganda or content of a racist, xenophobic, today’s game or chance, any type of illegal pornography, apology for terrorism or against human rights;
C) Do not damage the physical (hardware) and logical (software) systems of the EESC | Geotechnics Department, its suppliers or third parties, to introduce or spread computer viruses or any other hardware or software systems that are capable of causing the aforementioned damages.
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Hopefully that’s clear, and as mentioned earlier, if there’s something you’re not sure you need or not, it’s generally safer to leave cookies enabled if you’re interacting with one of the features you use on our site.