The Palfinder Galaxy Service is a free, public, Internet accessible resource provided by the University of Manchester. By registering with and accessing this service you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions described in this document.
We reserve the right to revoke access to the service at any time for reasons deemed necessary by us.
Data transfer and data storage are not encrypted. It is your responsibility to ensure that you observe any restrictions placed on the movement, storage and use of data that you upload to this service.
You must register an account with this service in order to use it by providing a valid email address.
By registering with and accessing this service you consent to us storing your email address and other details that you provide to us (specifically user name and password).
Accounts must be activated using the link that the service sends to your provided email address. Accounts which have not been activated within a reasonable time period may be removed and all associated data (including personal data) deleted.
When you register for this service we ask you to provide a valid email address, and to provide password and a user name for the service.
Your email address is used solely to provide the service to you, specifically to allow you to persistently store data on the service and perform computations on those data, and for user-requested notifications such as password resets. It is only accessible to administrators of the service and is not shared with anyone else.
The user name you choose may become visible to other users of the service for example if you choose to use Galaxy's "share" or "publish" options. You are free to choose any user name that isn't already in use on the system, and are not obliged to choose a name which identifies you personally (unless you wish to do so).
You are free to change your registered email address and user name at any time via the "User/Preferences/Manage information" option in Galaxy.
Password information is stored in a "scrambled" form which can be used to verify your login, but from which it is not possible to derive the original password.
In addition any data files you upload to the service are also stored, as are data produced by using the service. By default these data are only accessible by administrators of the service, however you can choose to make them more widely available to other users of the service by using the "share" or "publish" options. Note that regardless all these data are removed from the server automatically on a regular basis.
Activated accounts remain on the service indefinitely. You can request removal of your account and deletion of all associated data (including personal data) at any time by emailing peter.briggs@manchester.ac.uk.
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by the web server to your web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. The identifier does not contain any personal data.
A persistent cookie is a type of cookie which is stored by a web browser and which remains valid until its set expiry date, or is deleted by the user before the expiry date.
The Palfinder server uses a persistent cookie only for the purpose of providing the service to you, by identifying and tracking you as you navigate different parts of the service and make use of its functionality, and to identify you when you return to the service.
Support for this service can be requested by sending an email to peter.briggs@manchester.ac.uk, Help is provided on a "reasonable effort" basis and no guarantees are given for the extent of support that may be provided in response to such requests.
This service is provided to you on an "AS IS" BASIS and WITHOUT WARRANTY, either express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE IS WITH YOU. This DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY constitutes an essential part of this service agreement.
Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall The University of Manchester or any other entity which provides resources for this Service be liable to anyone for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a result of the use of this Service including, without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other commercial damages or losses. This limitation of liability shall not apply to the extent applicable law prohibits such limitation.