This policy explains what types of personal information will be gathered when you visit ccRepo, and how this information will be used.
When you visit ccRepo, the web hosting server generates access and error logs containing information about your visit, including your IP address, the date and time of your visit, referring URL, number of bytes served, and user-agent or web browser.
The web server log data is processed using AWStats and Webalizer. The data is anonymised and used solely for statistical and in-house purposes.
Serving this website: To ensure that content from our site is presented in a technically effective manner for you and for your computer.
Security: To fulfil our legitimate interest and duty in keeping the website secure, for example by defending against and blocking attackers.
Usage statistics: To run anonymous statistics about how website visitors use the website, including running reports to analyse the popularity of
single pages, when those pages were visited and mobile vs. desktop traffic. This information helps us improve the website content and design.
The information specified under "Information collected" above will be stored on secure servers operated by the University of Sheffield.
From time to time, we may use your information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy policy. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes on this page.
If you feel this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at grant.hill@sheffield.ac.uk