Privacy policy
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This policy explains what personal data is processed when you visit insilicobench.com (the "site"), why, and what choices you have.
Who is responsible
The site is operated by Yassir Boulaamane (the "controller", "I"). Contact: contact@insilicobench.com.
Summary
- No account is needed, and nothing you type into the tools leaves your browser.
- The site does not use analytics.
- The newsletter is not open yet, so no email addresses are collected.
- The site does not currently show ads. This policy already describes how advertising will work if Google AdSense is enabled, so that the change is transparent.
Data processed when you visit
Server logs
Like any website, the hosting provider receives technical data when your browser requests a page: IP address, date and time, the page requested, referrer, and user-agent. This data is needed to deliver the site and keep it secure (legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). It is kept only as long as the provider's standard log retention. [Hosting provider: to be confirmed.]
Local storage
If you switch between light and dark mode, your choice is saved in your browser's localStorage under the key theme. It is never sent to a server. It is strictly necessary for a feature you requested, so no consent is required.
Browser tools
The calculators and checkers (for example the .mdp checker, the IC50→Ki converter and the Vina box generator) run entirely in JavaScript on your device. Files and text you paste into them are not uploaded, stored or logged.
Contacting me
If you email me, I use your address and message only to reply, and delete the correspondence when it is no longer needed (normally within 24 months). The contact form is not active at the moment.
Newsletter
The newsletter is not open yet, and no sign-up forms are active. When it launches, the email provider will be named here before any address is collected. The rules below will apply from then on.
- What is collected: your email address. The provider also records technical data about the sign-up (time, IP address, and confirmation status) and may record whether emails are opened or links are clicked, depending on its settings.
- Purpose and legal basis: sending the newsletter you asked for, based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). I use double opt-in where the provider supports it.
- Unsubscribing: every email has a one-click unsubscribe link. You can also email contact@insilicobench.com. Unsubscribing withdraws consent for the future.
- Retention: your address is kept while you are subscribed and deleted (or kept only on a suppression list, so that you are not emailed again) after you unsubscribe.
- No other use: your address is never sold, never shared for advertising, and never added to other lists.
- Embedded forms: if the sign-up form is embedded from the provider (for example a Substack iframe), the provider's own cookie and privacy terms apply when that frame loads.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
If advertising is enabled, this site will use Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited (for users in the EEA, UK and Switzerland) and Google LLC (elsewhere). Ads are not shown on the interactive tool pages.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this site and to other websites.
- Google's advertising cookies let Google and its partners serve ads to you based on your visits to this and other sites on the Internet.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings. You can opt out of some third-party vendors' personalised advertising at aboutads.info (US) or youronlinechoices.eu (EU).
- See How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and how Google uses cookies in advertising.
Consent in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland
For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, ads are served through a Google-certified consent management platform (CMP) that integrates with the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework. The CMP asks for your consent before any non-essential advertising cookies are set or personalised ads are shown. If you decline, Google may show non-personalised or limited ads, which use cookies only for purposes such as frequency capping, aggregated reporting and fraud prevention, as your choices allow. You can change or withdraw consent at any time using the privacy/consent link that the CMP adds to every page. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and the ePrivacy rules).
US state privacy laws
Where US state privacy laws apply (for example in California), you can opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for targeted advertising through the CMP's US privacy message, or by enabling Global Privacy Control in your browser.
International transfers
Google, the newsletter provider and some hosting providers may process data outside your country, including in the United States. Such transfers rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and/or Standard Contractual Clauses.
Your rights
Under the GDPR and UK GDPR, you have the right to access, correct, delete or restrict the processing of your personal data. You can also object to processing, ask for data portability, and withdraw consent at any time. To exercise these rights, email contact@insilicobench.com. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.
Children
The site is aimed at university-level students and professionals. It is not directed at children under 16, and I do not knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If the way data is processed changes (for example, if analytics are added or the newsletter launches), I will update this page and the date above first.