Cookies
This site uses cookies. A cookie is a piece of data that gets stored in your web browser and can later be retrieved by authorized parties to help keep track of invidual user sessions and preferences. Cookies allow us to, among other things, distinguish your activity from other users' activities on this website and keep track of when you return to this website and how you use this website (see the Analytics and Statistics section below for more details).
At our discretion, we authorize trusted third parties—including Woopra—to set and retrieve cookies via this website. We may authorize other third parties in the future without explicit notice. Be aware that this website also includes embedded multimedia content from external sources such as Youtube and Vimeo which may attempt to set or retrieve cookies through your browser.
Analytics and Statistics
This website currently uses Woopra to keep track of information such as:
- How you arrived at this website
- How long you stay on this website
- How frequently you visit this website
- What Internet Service Provider you use
- Where you are accessing this website from
- Which webpages you access on this website
- What content you access/download on this website
- What kind of computer or mobile device you are using
- What Corporation/Organization you are affiliated with
- Other information about you or your computer/device (e.g. IP address)
This information is collected to help gain a better understanding of how people use this website which, in turn, can help us make improvements to the website. We do not sell this information to third-parties and we do not collect it for commercial marketing or advertising purposes.
In the past, this website used Google Analytics and Clicky analytics services. If you visited this website previously, information about you and your computer/device (as outlined above) may have been collected and shared with these third parties.
Personal Information
We do not collect any personally identifying information (such as your name, email, phone number, mailing address, etc.) through this website. The only information we may collect about you is through server activity logs (linked to IP address) and through web analytics services offered through Woopra (and previously thorugh Google and Clicky).
Opt Out of Tracking
Learn how you can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by clicking here.
Other ways of opting out of online tracking and interest-based advertising:
It is also possible to opt-out of a large number of web analytics trackers through the use of browser extentions such as Ghostery.
Furthermore, you may elect to use the Private Browsing feature built-into your web browser. This will automatically delete any tracking cookies upon exiting the browser and will make it more difficult for websites and trackers to link you to your previous web activity. In Google Chrome, this feature is called incognito mode.
Third Party Policies
It is important to familarize yourself with the following policies since information we collect about you (or have collected about you) through web analytics services may be subject to these policies:
- Woopra's Privacy Policy
- Clicky's Privacy Policy
- Google's Privacy Policy
- Google's Policy for Data Collected via Partner Sites
People & Contacts
This is the personal website of Dr. Glenn Schellenberg (g.schellenberg@utoronto.ca). General questions and inquiries should be directed to Dr. Schellenberg.