How data & information are used on this site

At PODUW, we believe in data for public purpose. No data is sold or used for commercial purposes. 

Most of our polls and projects use Qualtrics, while a few legacy projects use Catalyst WebQ.

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.

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 visit our login page, 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.

Content from other sites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, 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.

Form submissions

When you submit a form for membership, information, or comment, the data shown in the form is collected. 

In addition, the visitor’s IP address, browser, and OS version are collected to help spam detection. 

Form and comment data are retained indefinitely for our records.

Can I remove data?

If you would like us to delete records related to a form or comment submission, barring data we are obliged to keep for legal or security purposes, please send a request to Hayoung Jung ([email protected]) and Phillip Meng ([email protected]).

How your data is shared

Comments, form submissions, and basic data about visitors (IP addresses, browsers, and OS) are visible to designated members of the organization and may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Alternatives

You can also request information and register for programs/membership by emailing [email protected].