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+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Jalview. If not, see .
+ * The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
+ -->
+
+Jalview Privacy Statement
+
+
+
+ Privacy for Jalview Users
+
The Jalview Desktop application which is available from the
+ www.jalview.org site does not contain code designed to collect
+ personal or private information without your consent. However, we do
+ collect usage statistics to work out who is using Jalview, so we can
+ apply for funding to support Jalview development, and make it better
+ for our users.
+ Usage data is collected from the logs of various web services
+ that the Jalview Desktop contacts through its normal operation.
+ These are described below:
+
+ - HTTP logs on the Jalview website
We
+ record IP addresses of machines which access the web site, either
+ via the browser when downloading the application, or when the
+ Jalview Desktop user interface is launched.
+
+ - The JNLP file at
+ www.jalview.org/webstart/jalview.jnlp is retrieved to
+ determine if you are running the latest version of Jalview.
+ - The questionnaire web service at
+ www.jalview.org/cgi-bin/questionnaire.pl is checked and a
+ unique cookie for the current questionnaire is stored in the
+ Jalview properties file.
+ - The Jalview web services stack is contacted to
+ retrieve the currently available web services. All
+ interactions with the public Jalview web services are
+ logged, but we delete all job data (input data and results)
+ after about two weeks.
+
+ - Google Analytics
Since Jalview 2.4.0b2,
+ the Jalview Desktop records usage data with Google Analytics via
+ the JGoogleAnalytics
+ class.
The Google Analytics logs for Jalview version 2.4
+ only record the fact that the application was started, but in the
+ future, we will use this mechanism to improve the Desktop user
+ interface, by tracking which parts of the user interface are being
+ used most often.
+
+
+
+ Stopping Jalview from calling home
If you
+ run Jalview in 'headless mode' via the command line, then the
+ program shouldn't try to contact any of the web servers mentioned
+ above (if it does, then it's a bug!). You can also specify some command line options to
+ disable the questionnaire and usage statistics check. Finally, the Connections
+ Tab of the Jalview preferences contains options for controlling
+ the submission of usage statistics.
+
+ Other Web Clients in Jalview
The Jalview
+ desktop is intended to make it easier to interact with web-based
+ bioinformatics resources. However, we can't take any responsibility
+ for the integrity of any external services you might access via the
+ program. Sorry!
+
+
+