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Access and download the original copy of DCU's Data Privacy Policy from the DCU website (opens in new window).

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Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. You may set your browser to refuse cookies from any website that you visit, including Loop.  You should note that if a user sets up their browser to reject the cookie, they may still use the website, but functionality may be impaired.

Cookies may be used by Loop to collect non-personal information about how users use Loop or to remember display preferences.  Temporary session cookies may also be used in some areas to enable specific functionality (e.g. course formats).  Session cookies are deleted once you close your browser session.

Occasionally for the purposes of DCU online services we must pass some cookie information to third parties.  These cookies may persist after your browser session has ended.  This information will not include any of your personal data or information from which you will be readily identifiable. This information may be used for evaluating your use of Loop, compiling reports on Loop activity for DCU and providing other services relating to Loop activity and internet usage.  It is stored and used in the aggregate only and is not used to obtain personal data or to contact you personally, but instead to improve Loop services.  DCU actively seeks to preserve user privacy in any interaction with third parties. Some areas within Loop use online data entry forms to collect personal information from web visitors who choose to identify themselves for the purpose of transacting e-commerce or receiving products, services, or information. Areas within DCU that collect data of any type are required to abide by our Privacy Statement. We request no more information than is required to fulfil the purpose for which the information is being collected.

Technical details in connection with visits to this website may be logged by the University's internet service provider for accounting and auditing purposes. This technical information will be used only for statistical and other administrative purposes. You should note that technical details, which the University cannot associate with any identifiable individual, do not constitute `personal data' for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018.

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All materials on Loop including access to any recordings of class sessions are provided for your own personal study; you should not reproduce it or pass it on to anyone else.

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Dublin City University (DCU) provides relevant staff and registered students with access to a suite of learning technologies to support teaching, learning, assessment and other activities. Other adjacent or external stakeholders may also be permitted access from time to time for specific purposes.

These learning technologies may include Loop, Loop Reflect, Zoom (for educational purposes) and other associated tools.

Where users access these technologies via their authenticated DCU account, such access is contingent on that authenticated account. When access to that DCU account expires, so too does access to the learning technologies (Loop, Loop Reflect, Zoom, and so on) which the account facilitates.

It is the responsibility of staff, students and other learning technology users to ensure— if they so desire—that they take steps to organise the material to which they are entitled before their access to learning technologies expires.