All accesses to this server are logged. The data may be used for system administration, bug tracking, keeping usage statistics and to trace misuse. In the case of misuse relevant information may be passed to security teams at other sites as part of an investigation. Otherwise the information is not passed to any third party except as required by law. Logs are typically kept for six months or more. Depending on the exact mode of access the following data may be logged: username (for access by registered users to services requiring a password), address of calling site or machine, date and time, programs used and commands issued, the sender and recipient of a message, documents and files received or requested.
For the purpose of the UK Data Protection Act 1998, the 'Data Controller' for the processing of data collected by this site is the University of Cambridge, and the point of contact for subject access requests is the University Data Protection Officer (10 Peas Hill, Cambridge CB2 3PN, tel. 01223 339888, fax 01223 331200 E-mail: data.protection@admin.cam.ac.uk).