Who we are
We are a small team of researchers (from K12 to faculty) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. We are pursuing research in the fields of photonics and ultrafast physics. Our website address is: http://trs.lightlabs.xyz. Our mailing address is:
Schibli-Lab
Department of Physics
University of Colorado
2000 Colorado Ave.
Boulder, CO 80309-0390
USA
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
In contact forms we collect the information you enter. These contain your Name, e-mail address, and the message you enter in the form. This information will be sent to our lab via e-mail, so we can respond to your request. The information you sent to us via the contact form will be kept for service purposes, but we do not use this information for marketing purposes. If you disagree with this information to be transmitted, processed or stored, please do not use the contact form.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, fonts etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Our website uses the Wordfence plugin to improve the security and reliability of this site. This plugin analyzes and temporarily logs visitor’s IP address and browser user agent. Please review Wordfence’s privacy policy and Terms of Use for more information.
Embedded contents
This website uses the Google Fonts API and Font Awesome. Please see ‘What does using the Google Fonts API mean for my users’ Google’s Privacy Policy. FontAwesome’s privacy policy can be found here.
Who we share your data with
Information entered in the comments form are moderated by lab members and posted on this web-site. All information you post in the comments are therefore considered to be shared with the public. Information entered in the contact forms might be shared with select lab members, but are otherwise treated confidentially.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Logs containing the visitor’s IP address and browser agent are deleted from our servers automatically after a 30 day period. Some Apache access logs and IP addresses that were identified/linked to malicious activities may be retained indefinitely.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Please address your request to trs@ (replacing @ with @lightlabs.xyz).
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Additional information
How we protect your data
All data as described above is protected via password and/or passphrase based on commonly employed IT security practices.
What data breach procedures we have in place
If we became aware of a data breach that involves your data other than what was publicly available on this web-site before or at the time of the breach, we shall make reasonable efforts to inform you about this threat in a timely manner.
What third parties we receive data from
We use data collected by third parties (such as from Wordfence) to identify potential threats to this website. Such data might include black-listed IP or e-mail addresses or keywords commonly used in spam posts.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Visitor’s data (such as the visitor’s IP address, blog-posts or comments) are checked against blacklists and spam databases we generate or that are provided by third party services.
Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed on this site are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Colorado, or any other agency, organization or company.