# HG changeset patch # User stephen # Date 1277983179 -3600 # Node ID 3f39ac9ae12da167c1136ae5481cf169eb40d3d0 # Parent 8c13c6e2a94e0d6edef242528231b6da51141e17 researchpolicy diff -r 8c13c6e2a94e -r 3f39ac9ae12d index.html --- a/index.html Wed Jun 30 19:11:23 2010 +0100 +++ b/index.html Thu Jul 01 12:19:39 2010 +0100 @@ -282,6 +282,7 @@
  • Via the web: http://village.n4c.eu/help (TBD)
  • Via satellite phone (expensive!!): +ccc-aa-nnn-nnnn (TBD)
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  • Via gsm (won't work for long periods;-) +353-87-854-0597
  • We'd really welcome your feedback, whether positive or negative, about any @@ -296,12 +297,25 @@ users, that means that we could track the pages you read, just like most Internet service providers actually do. However, we will do neither.

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    We do plan to record the times of events (such as a mail being sent, a URL +being fetched etc.) and analysis of the URLs that are of interest in order to +improve the system and for engineering analsysis. Any data resulting from such +analyses will be fully anonymised before being used in publications or being +stored for the use of other researchers. This includes any URLs that are +fetched that might identify an individual - any such URLs will be anonymised +before being used in further analysis.

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    We will destroy any private or personally identifying information within a year of the end of the trial, and we will never make any such information public in any form. Any scientific papers or other publications resulting from the trial will only include statistics and we will ensure that any such statistics are anonymized to the fullest extent possible.

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    We adhere to Trinity College Dublin's research practice policy (PDF). +In terms of data protection legislation the data controller for this +experiment is Stephen Farrell, ( +stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie, tel: +353-1-896-2354).

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    However, you use this experimental network at your own risk, and there is always the possibility that our network, or machines on our network could be hacked. While we do endeavour to secure our network, machines @@ -317,14 +331,17 @@ chance to retrieve any messages from our servers that they might wish to keep for later.

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    We do not have a formal acceptable use policy, however, our network -has very limited capacity and could be susceptible to congestion should -users attempt to email videos from the trial area or to download -video, so we reserve the right to delete anything that causes a -problem for the network, including for example larger emails or -illegal content should we become aware of such. This is an -experimental network and depends on users behaving well, so please -do not abuse the system! (Thanks:-)

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    If at some stage, you wish your information (essentially mail messages), to +be deleted from the system, you can do that yourself via IMAP, or contact us +and we can do it for you.

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    We do not have a formal acceptable use policy, however, our network has very +limited capacity and could be susceptible to congestion should users attempt to +email videos from the trial area or to download video, so we reserve the right +to delete anything that causes a problem for the network, including for example +larger emails or illegal content should we become aware of such. This is an +experimental network and depends on users behaving well, so please do not abuse +the system! (Thanks:-)