Privacy & Cookie Policy
Last updated: 25 July 2026
This policy explains how ARISE Network ("ARISE", "we", "us") collects, uses, and protects personal data when you visit arise-ai.org (the "site"), and how we use cookies and similar technologies. It applies to visitors, people who contact us, and people who register interest in our events and the HAILS online course.
1. Who we are
ARISE is an interdisciplinary research network evaluating the role of artificial intelligence in healthcare. For any privacy question, or to exercise your rights below, contact us at contact@arise-ai.org.
2. Information we collect
We collect personal data in two ways:
- Information you give us — for example when you use our contact form, join our mailing list, or register interest in an event or the HAILS online course. This typically includes your name, email address, and any message you send.
- Information collected automatically — when you browse the site we and our providers may collect device and usage data (such as pages viewed, approximate location, browser type, and referring site) through cookies and analytics, as described below.
3. Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. We group ours into three categories. Strictly necessary cookies are always active; analytics and marketing cookies are only set once you accept them in our cookie banner, and you can change your choice at any time (see section 9).
| Category | Purpose | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Remember your cookie choice and keep the site secure and functional. Cannot be switched off. | ARISE (first-party) |
| Analytics | Understand how the site is used, in aggregate, so we can improve it. | Google Analytics 4 |
| Marketing / retargeting | Let us show you relevant ARISE updates — including the HAILS online course — on other websites and social platforms, and measure those campaigns. | Google Ads, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), LinkedIn |
We use Google Consent Mode, so Google's tags stay in a restricted, cookieless state until you accept. Meta and LinkedIn tags are not loaded at all until you accept marketing cookies.
4. How we use your information and our legal bases
Under the UK GDPR and EU GDPR we rely on the following legal bases:
- Consent — for analytics and marketing/retargeting cookies, and for sending you mailing-list updates. You can withdraw consent at any time.
- Legitimate interests — to keep the site secure, to understand aggregate usage, and to respond to your enquiries, where these interests are not overridden by your rights.
- Taking steps at your request — to answer your questions and to register your interest in our events and courses.
5. Advertising and retargeting
If you accept marketing cookies, Google Ads, Meta, and LinkedIn may place cookies or identifiers that let us build audiences of people who have visited the site (for example, people who viewed the HAILS online course page) and show them our ads elsewhere. We do not share your name or email with these platforms for this purpose. You can opt out directly:
- Google: Ad Settings
- Meta: Ad preferences
- LinkedIn: Advertising preferences
- Or across many companies at youronlinechoices.com.
6. Sharing your information
We do not sell your personal data. We share it only with service providers who process it on our behalf — including our analytics and advertising providers (Google, Meta, LinkedIn), our hosting provider, and the tools we use to run our mailing list and forms. Each acts under contract and only on our instructions. We may also disclose data where required by law.
7. International transfers
Some of our providers are based outside the UK/EEA, including in the United States. Where personal data is transferred internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the UK/EU Standard Contractual Clauses or an applicable adequacy decision.
8. Data retention
We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out above, or as required by law. Analytics and advertising data are retained according to each provider's settings and our configured retention periods; enquiry and mailing-list data are kept until you ask us to delete them or unsubscribe.
9. Your rights and choices
Under the UK/EU GDPR you have the right to:
- access a copy of your personal data;
- have inaccurate data corrected;
- have your data erased;
- restrict or object to our processing;
- data portability; and
- withdraw consent at any time, without affecting prior processing.
To change your cookie choices, use the "Reject non-essential" or "Accept all" options in our cookie banner, or clear this site's cookies in your browser to be asked again. To exercise any other right, email contact@arise-ai.org. You also have the right to complain to your data protection regulator — in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
10. Children
The site is intended for a professional and academic audience and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 16.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, ask for your consent again.
12. Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? Email contact@arise-ai.org or use our contact page.