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This privacy policy and its subpages draw on, with edits and adaptations, the [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy].
 
== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
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This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information.  
 
This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information.  
  
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*We collect very little personal information about you.
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* We collect very little personal information about you.
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*We do not rent or sell your information to third parties.
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* We do not rent or sell your information to third parties.
  
 
By using GATE, you consent to this Policy.
 
By using GATE, you consent to this Policy.
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We do not sell or rent your nonpublic information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make GATE more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun.  
 
We do not sell or rent your nonpublic information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make GATE more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun.  
  
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====Definitions====
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=== Definitions ===
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Because everyone (not just lawyers) should be able to easily understand how and why their information is collected and used, we use common language instead of more formal terms throughout this Policy. To help ensure your understanding of some particular key terms, here is a table of translations:
 
 
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| "the Wikimedia Foundation" / "the Foundation" / "we" / "us" / "our"|| The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., the non-profit organization that operates the Wikimedia Sites.
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| "GATE" / "we" / "us" / "our"|| Historical Archives of the Pontifical Gregorian University that maintains and manages GATE.
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| "Wikimedia Sites" / "our services"|| Wikimedia websites and services (regardless of language), including our main projects, such as Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, as well as mobile applications, APIs, emails, and notifications; excluding, however, sites and services listed in the "What This Privacy Policy Doesn't Cover" section below.
 
 
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| "you" / "your" / "me"|| You, regardless of whether you are an individual, group, or organization, and regardless of whether you are using the Wikimedia Sites or our services on behalf of yourself or someone else.
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| "you" / "your" / "me"|| You, regardless of whether you are an individual, group, or organization, and regardless of whether you are using GATE or our services on behalf of yourself or someone else.
 
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| "this Policy" / "this Privacy Policy" || This document, entitled the "Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy"
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| "this Policy" / "this Privacy Policy" || This document, entitled the "GATE Privacy Policy"
 
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| "contributions" || Content you add or changes you make to any Wikimedia Sites.
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| "contributions" || Content you add or changes you make to GATE.
 
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| "personal information" || Information you provide us or information we collect from you that could be used to personally identify you. To be clear, while we do not necessarily collect all of the following types of information, we consider at least the following to be “personal information” if it is otherwise nonpublic and can be used to identify you:
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| "personal information" || Information you provide us or information we collect from you that could be used to personally identify you.  
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(a) your real name, address, phone number, email address, password, identification number on government-issued ID, IP address, user-agent information, credit card number;
 
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(b) when associated with one of the items in subsection (a), any sensitive data such as date of birth, gender, sexual orientation, racial or ethnic origins, marital or familial status, medical conditions or disabilities, political affiliation, and religion; and
 
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(c) any of the items in subsections (a) or (b) when associated with your user account.
 
 
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| "third party" / "third parties" || Individuals, entities, websites, services, products, and applications that are not controlled, managed, or operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. This includes other Wikimedia users and independent organizations or groups who help promote the Wikimedia movement such as Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups as well as volunteers, employees, directors, officers, grant recipients, and contractors of those organizations or groups.
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| "third party" / "third parties" || Individuals, entities, websites, services, products, and applications that are not controlled, managed, or operated by GATE.  
 
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like “tracking pixels” and “cookies” used in the Privacy Policy. Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.
 
  
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====What This Privacy Policy Does & Doesn't Cover====
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We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like “IP” and “cookies” used in the Privacy Policy. Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our [[GATE:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms|Glossary of Key Terms]] helpful.
  
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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of any of the Wikimedia Sites. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
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=== What This Privacy Policy Does Cover===
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Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of GATE. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.
  
 
Examples of What This Privacy Policy Covers
 
Examples of What This Privacy Policy Covers
 
For the sake of clarity, this Privacy Policy covers, regardless of language:
 
For the sake of clarity, this Privacy Policy covers, regardless of language:
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*  All of our major sites (found at [[m:Projects|list of major projects]]), such as Wikipedia, including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.
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*  All GATE contents including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.  
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*  Our blogs and APIs (unless we have provided a separate policy for those services).
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*  Emails and notifications from us or sent to us from you.  
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*  Our mobile sites and applications, which can be found on our official list.  
 
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*  Emails, SMS, and notifications from us or sent to us from you.
 
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This Privacy Policy, however, does not cover some situations where we may gather or process information. For example, some uses may be covered by separate privacy policies (like those of the [//store.wikimedia.org Wikimedia Shop]) or sites or services run by third parties (such as third-party developer projects on [[wikitech:|Wikimedia Labs]]). To understand more about what this Privacy Policy does not cover, please see below.
 
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More On What This Privacy Policy Doesn't Cover
 
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Where community policies govern information, such as the [[m:CheckUser_policy|CheckUser policy]], the relevant community may add to the rules and obligations set out in this Policy. However, they are not permitted to create new exceptions or otherwise reduce the protections offered by this Policy.
 
  
 
== Use of info ==
 
== Use of info ==
 
===Types of Information We Receive From You, How We Get It, & How We Use It===
 
===Types of Information We Receive From You, How We Get It, & How We Use It===
 
====Your Public Contributions====
 
====Your Public Contributions====
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Whatever you post on GATE can be seen by everyone. When you make a contribution to GATE, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username. We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how GATE is used.
 
Whatever you post on GATE can be seen by everyone. When you make a contribution to GATE, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username. We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how GATE is used.
 
   
 
   
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to GATE, including personal information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people. Please do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your real name or location in your contributions.
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Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to GATE, including personal information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people.[[File:Cc_by-nc-nd_euro_icon.svg|right]] However all contributions to GATE are released using the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International] License that should protect users contributions from not authorized uses by third parties. In any case, we recommend to do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your complete name or location in your contributions.
  
 
====Account Information & Registration====
 
====Account Information & Registration====
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You do not need to create an account to use any Wikimedia Site.  
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You are not required to create an account to read GATE contents. If you want to contribute you must sign in; to sign in you must ask for an account to GATE administrators. No edits are possible without signing in.
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If you do create an account, you do not need to give us your name or email address. 
 
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If you do not create an account, your contributions will be publicly attributed to your [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]].  
 
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Want to create an account? Great! Don't want to create an account? No problem!
 
  
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You are not required to create an account to read or contribute to a Wikimedia Site, except under [[Privacy policy/FAQ#needaccount|rare circumstances]]. However, if you contribute without signing in, your contribution will be publicly attributed to the [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]] associated with your device.
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If you want to create an account, we will send to your email a username and a temporary password. Your username will be publicly visible. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[GATE:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily to help prevent abuse. No other personal information is required, such as date of birth and credit card information.
  
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If you want to create a [[Privacy policy/FAQ#standardaccount|standard account]], in most cases we require only a username and a password. Your username will be publicly visible, so please be careful about using your real name as your username. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Internet Protocol Address|IP address]] is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily to help prevent abuse. No other personal information is required: no name, no email address, no date of birth, no credit card information.
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your user page if you choose to). This is because your public contributions must be associated with their author (you!).  
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Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your user page if you choose to). This is because your public contributions must be associated with their author (you!). So make sure you pick a name that you will be comfortable with for years to come.
 
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To gain a better understanding of the demographics of our users, to localize our services, and to learn how we can improve our services, we may ask you for more demographic information, such as gender or age, about yourself. We will tell you if such information is intended to be public or private, so that you can make an informed decision about whether you want to provide us with that information. Providing such information is always completely optional. If you don't want to, you don't have to—it's as simple as that.
 
  
 
====Information Related to Your Use of the Wikimedia Sites====
 
====Information Related to Your Use of the Wikimedia Sites====
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We may use common technologies to collect information about how you use GATE.  
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We may use common technologies to collect information about how you use Wikimedia Sites.  
 
  
 
We use this information to enhance your user experience and to develop new features.  
 
We use this information to enhance your user experience and to develop new features.  
  
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We want to make the Wikimedia Sites better for you by learning more about how you use them. Examples of this might include how often you visit the Wikimedia Sites, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to the Wikimedia Sites, and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We also want this Policy and our practices to reflect our community's values. For this reason, we keep information related to your use of the Wikimedia Sites confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
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We want to make GATE better by learning more about how you use it. Examples of this might include how often you visit GATE, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to GATE and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We keep information related to your use of GATE confidential, except as provided in this Policy.
  
 
=====Information We Receive Automatically=====
 
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This information helps us administer the Wikimedia Sites and enhance your user experience.
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Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit GATE. This information helps us administer GATE and enhance your user experience.
  
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Because of how browsers work and similar to other major websites, we receive some information automatically when you visit the Wikimedia Sites. This information includes the type of device you are using (possibly including unique device identification numbers, for some beta versions of our mobile applications), the type and version of your [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Operating System|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to the Wikimedia Sites, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to the Wikimedia Sites.
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Because of how browsers work and similar to other major websites, we receive some information automatically when you visit GATE. This information includes the type of device you are using, the type and version of your [[GATE:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Browsers|browser]], your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's [[GATE:Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Operating System|operating system]], in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to GATE, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to GATE.
 
   
 
   
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with Wikimedia Sites. For example, we use this information to administer the sites, provide greater security, and fight vandalism; optimize mobile applications, customize content and set language preferences, test features to see what works, and improve performance; understand how users interact with the Wikimedia Sites, track and study use of various features, gain understanding about the demographics of the different Wikimedia Sites, and analyze trends.  
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Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with GATE. For example, we use this information to administer the site, provide greater security and fight vandalism; understand how users interact with GATE, track and study use of various features and analyze trends.  
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use GATE, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more personalized experience for you.
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We use a variety of commonly-used technologies, like cookies, to understand how you use the Wikimedia Sites, make our services safer and easier to use, and to help create a better and more personalized experience for you.
 
  
 
We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Tracking Pixel|tracking pixels]], [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#JavaScript|JavaScript]], and a variety of "locally stored data" technologies, such as [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Cookies|cookies]] and [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Local Storage|local storage]]. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
 
We actively collect some types of information with a variety of commonly-used technologies. These generally include [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Tracking Pixel|tracking pixels]], [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#JavaScript|JavaScript]], and a variety of "locally stored data" technologies, such as [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Cookies|cookies]] and [[Privacy policy/Glossary of key terms#Local Storage|local storage]]. We realize that some of these technologies do not have the best reputation in town and can be used for less-than-noble purposes. So we want to be as clear as we can about why we use these methods and the type of information we collect with them.
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Revision as of 16:10, 21 February 2017

This privacy policy and its subpages draw on, with edits and adaptations, the Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy.

Introduction

This Policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information.

  • We collect very little personal information about you.
  • We do not rent or sell your information to third parties.

By using GATE, you consent to this Policy.

We do not sell or rent your nonpublic information, nor do we give it to others to sell you anything. We use it to figure out how to make GATE more engaging and accessible, to see which ideas work, and to make learning and contributing more fun.

Definitions

When we say... ... we mean
"GATE" / "we" / "us" / "our" Historical Archives of the Pontifical Gregorian University that maintains and manages GATE.
"you" / "your" / "me" You, regardless of whether you are an individual, group, or organization, and regardless of whether you are using GATE or our services on behalf of yourself or someone else.
"this Policy" / "this Privacy Policy" This document, entitled the "GATE Privacy Policy"
"contributions" Content you add or changes you make to GATE.
"personal information" Information you provide us or information we collect from you that could be used to personally identify you.
"third party" / "third parties" Individuals, entities, websites, services, products, and applications that are not controlled, managed, or operated by GATE.

We recognize that only a minority of you are familiar with technical terms like “IP” and “cookies” used in the Privacy Policy. Whether you are brand new to privacy terminology or you are an expert who just wants a refresher, you might find our Glossary of Key Terms helpful.

What This Privacy Policy Does Cover

Except as explained below, this Privacy Policy applies to our collection and handling of information about you that we receive as a result of your use of GATE. This Policy also applies to information that we receive from our partners or other third parties. To understand more about what this Privacy Policy covers, please see below.

Examples of What This Privacy Policy Covers For the sake of clarity, this Privacy Policy covers, regardless of language:

  • All GATE contents including user pages, discussion pages, and noticeboards.
  • Emails and notifications from us or sent to us from you.

Use of info

Types of Information We Receive From You, How We Get It, & How We Use It

Your Public Contributions

Whatever you post on GATE can be seen by everyone. When you make a contribution to GATE, including on user or discussion pages, you are creating a permanent, public record of every piece of content added, removed, or altered by you. The page history will show when your contribution or deletion was made, as well as your username. We may use your public contributions, either aggregated with the public contributions of others or individually, to create new features or data-related products for you or to learn more about how GATE is used.

Unless this Policy says otherwise, you should assume that information that you actively contribute to GATE, including personal information, is publicly visible and can be found by search engines. Like most things on the Internet, anything you share may be copied and redistributed throughout the Internet by other people.

Cc by-nc-nd euro icon.svg

However all contributions to GATE are released using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License that should protect users contributions from not authorized uses by third parties. In any case, we recommend to do not contribute any information that you are uncomfortable making permanently public, like revealing your complete name or location in your contributions.

Account Information & Registration

You are not required to create an account to read GATE contents. If you want to contribute you must sign in; to sign in you must ask for an account to GATE administrators. No edits are possible without signing in.

If you want to create an account, we will send to your email a username and a temporary password. Your username will be publicly visible. Your password is only used to verify that the account is yours. Your IP address is also automatically submitted to us, and we record it temporarily to help prevent abuse. No other personal information is required, such as date of birth and credit card information.

Once created, user accounts cannot be removed entirely (although you can usually hide the information on your user page if you choose to). This is because your public contributions must be associated with their author (you!).

Information Related to Your Use of the Wikimedia Sites

We may use common technologies to collect information about how you use GATE.

We use this information to enhance your user experience and to develop new features.

We want to make GATE better by learning more about how you use it. Examples of this might include how often you visit GATE, what you like, what you find helpful, how you get to GATE and whether you would use a helpful feature more if we explained it differently. We keep information related to your use of GATE confidential, except as provided in this Policy.

Information We Receive Automatically

Like other websites, we receive some information about you automatically when you visit GATE. This information helps us administer GATE and enhance your user experience.

Because of how browsers work and similar to other major websites, we receive some information automatically when you visit GATE. This information includes the type of device you are using, the type and version of your browser, your browser's language preference, the type and version of your device's operating system, in some cases the name of your internet service provider or mobile carrier, the website that referred you to GATE, which pages you request and visit, and the date and time of each request you make to GATE.

Put simply, we use this information to enhance your experience with GATE. For example, we use this information to administer the site, provide greater security and fight vandalism; understand how users interact with GATE, track and study use of various features and analyze trends.

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