Cookie Privacy Notice

Who are the University of Queensland (UQ)?

UQ is one of Australia’s leading research and teaching institutions, and strives for excellence through the creation, preservation, transfer and application of knowledge. For more than a century, UQ has educated and worked with outstanding people to deliver knowledge leadership for a better world. UQ is a globally connected, research-intensive university dedicated to advancing knowledge and generating innovative solutions to the complex challenges of contemporary society. UQ seeks to conduct research for the public good with the highest levels of integrity. UQ are the Sponsor for the Finding the Optimal Regimen for Mycobacterium abscessus (FORMaT) Trial – more information about the FORMaT Trial can be found on the main pages of this website.

Throughout this Privacy Notice, we will refer to the University of Queensland as, “UQ”, “Affiliates”, “We”, “Our” or “Us”.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded on to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are used by websites in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

There are three main types of cookies:

  • Session cookies: specific to a particular visit and limited to sending session identifiers (random numbers generated by the server) so you don’t have to re-enter information when you navigate to a new page or check out. Session cookies are not permanently stored on your device and are deleted when the browser closes,
  • Persistent cookies: record information about your preferences and are stored in your browser cache or mobile device, and
  • Third party cookies: placed by someone other than us which may gather data across multiple websites or sessions.

What do cookies do?

Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that We store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies such as information about your browsing habits. Cookies are most commonly used to store the preferences you have selected, such as language, shopping cart contents, privacy settings and login state. For the most part, cookies enhance your browsing experience by keeping you from having to select the same options each time you visit a site.

Cookies can also be used by web sites to serve you advertising targeted to your particular interests based on the preferences you have selected or the content of the pages you have visited. For this reason, some web users choose to delete or reject cookies of certain types or from certain sites.

Does UQ use cookies on formattrial.com?

Yes, and as long as the cookies We use are not strictly necessary for the provision of Our websites and services, We will ask you to consent to Our use of cookies when you first visit Our website. Where cookies are strictly necessary for Us to operate Our websites, We have a legitimate interest to use strictly necessary cookies.

Throughout Our website we may link to other websites owned and operated by trusted third parties to make additional available to you. These other third-party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third-party websites, please consult their privacy notices as appropriate.

Why do We use cookies?

We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our site, including:

  • Understanding how you use Our site
  • Embedding third party social content (LinkedIn, X, YouTube etc.)
  • Giving you tools to share via social channels
  • Remembering your site options (e.g. to remember not to show the cookie pop up)

The types of cookies We use and their purpose are outlined below:

  • Strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website

 

How can you manage cookie settings?

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the Consent Preferences icon hovering at the bottom left corner of this website.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit:

Contact Us

If you would like to exercise one of your rights as set out in this Privacy Notice, or you have a question, query, or complaint about this Privacy Notice or the way your personal data is processed, please contact Our Data Protection Officer either by phone, email, or post.

For UK residents:

For residents in all other countries, please contact Us by email on:

Updates and changes to this Privacy Notice 

We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time, for example, if the law changes. Any changes become effective when We publish an update to this Privacy Notice. If there are significant changes, We may contact you to notify you of the update.