CICADA SAFARI PRIVACY POLICY GENERAL Your privacy is important to us. It is also important to the Cicada Research Project that some of the information which you share be public domain and available for public use. This Computing privacy policy is intended to balance both of these needs and to give you confidence using our mobile application. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION When you use our application, you may be asked for personally identifiable information such as your name, location, year of birth, email address, telephone number, and social media information. You may also be asked to turn on location services and geolocation recording on photos to be uploaded. By giving us such information, you consent to our using it in the manner described in this policy. USE OF UPLOADED INFORMATION You agree that all photos (“Photos”) and cicada sighting reports (“Reports”) which you upload to Cicad Safari will be public domain and waive all copyright and moral rights in them, with a view to allowing for their unrestricted use by all, with no limitations. It is understood that Reports include your chosen username, photos, location where the photos were taken, your location, timestamp and any comments which you added to the Report. All of this information will be available in the public domain, for use and re-use both by us and third parties, to be used without restriction. You may thus wish to select a username which cannot be linked to your identity, or not to make Reports at all. Your name, year of birth, email address and phone number will not be released publicly, though they may be shared with our research team in order to enable them to contact you regarding the Report or for other cicada-related purposes. Your name, year of birth and email address will not be used for purposes not related to application functionality and security, cicada research and legal compliance. Your social media information, if provided, will be used to connect with your social media account, and thus may indirectly link you to your Reports. USE OF PERFORMANCE DATA We may compile and use performance data, including performance statistics, bug fixes and other similar data (“Performance Data”) in any way, including, but not limited to, using, editing, altering, reproducing, publishing and/or distributing the Performance Data for any purpose, academically or otherwise, provided that such Performance Data is stripped of all personally identifiable information. USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION We use personal information to allow us to process your requests, to provide access to privileged areas of the application, to personalize your visit to our application, websites, to enable our research team to contact you regarding your Reports and other cicada-related purposes, or to enable us to improve the products and services we offer. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION Photos, Reports and your username will be released publicly and will be in the public domain. Your name, year of birth, email address and phone number (“Personal Information”) will not be released publicly, but may be provided to our employees and/or research team in order to administer any accounts, to conduct research and to inquire about your Reports or other cicada-related purposes. We will not disclose your Personal Information to third parties unless you have consented to such disclosure or where we are required to do so by law. Should you breach our terms and conditions or terms of use or if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, we may disclose your information to a relevant authority. This may include exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection. Any disclosure of personal information will be strictly controlled and made fully in accordance with current U.S. law. COOKIES Cookies are small data files that a website you visit may save on your computer or handheld device that usually includes an anonymous unique identifier. Our application may use cookies or cookie-like mechanisms for user authentication, keeping track of your preferences, tracking traffic patterns, and certain other activities. If you do not wish cookies to be placed on your PC or handheld device, then they can be disabled in your web browser. The option to do so is normally found in your browser’s “security settings” section. Please note that permanently disabling cookies in your browser may hinder your use of our websites as well as other websites and interactive services. SECURITY All security on our application and websites is treated seriously. Where applicable, we undertake security steps, including use of SSL technology, on our back-end systems that store information and to protect data transmissions. However, this is not a guarantee that such data transmissions cannot be accessed, altered or deleted due to firewall or other security software failures. If you have any further concerns about security, please email our Administrative Computing Team at CICADASAFARI@msj.edu. POLICY CHANGES Changes in this policy will be posted internally on our websites. You are advised to check our websites regularly to view our most recent Cicada Safari Privacy Policy.