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Privacy, Terms and Copyright

Data was recorded on whether or not the sites contained links that pertained to privacy, terms and conditions and copyright information. The variety of links that led to these sections was quite wide and it was hard to separate them out cleanly. Sometimes the same link applied to two or more different sections so it was recorded for each one. I've only shown the top few links on some of the bar charts because a large number of them were unique and this doesn't tell you much about any trend. There were 15 sites in total that didn't have any of the links or information present, which is over 10%. A much larger number didn't have all three.

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Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid About this site 4 3.1 3.1 3.1
Cookie policy 1 .8 .8 3.9
Copyright and Privacy 1 .8 .8 4.7
Data protection 1 .8 .8 5.5
Freedom of Information 12 9.4 9.4 14.8
No 76 59.4 59.4 74.2
Privacy 18 14.1 14.1 88.3
Privacy and data protection 1 .8 .8 89.1
Privacy Policy 4 3.1 3.1 92.2
Privacy Policy & Disclaimer 2 1.6 1.6 93.8
Privacy Statement 6 4.7 4.7 98.4
View Privacy Statement, Copyright & Disclaimer 1 .8 .8 99.2
Web site legal notice 1 .8 .8 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0

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Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Bottom left 22 17.2 17.2 17.2
Bottom middle 13 10.2 10.2 27.3
Bottom right 16 12.5 12.5 39.8
Not applicable 76 59.4 59.4 99.2
Top middle 1 .8 .8 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0

Most pages did not have an explicit link to privacy information, but of those that did, 'Privacy' and 'Freedom of Information' were popular choices. These links were usually located in the footer somewhere.

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Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid All Rights Reserved 1 .8 .8 .8
About this site 4 3.1 3.1 3.9
Copyright & Disclaimer 8 6.3 6.3 10.2
Copyright & Disclaimer notice 1 .8 .8 10.9
Copyright and legal 1 .8 .8 11.7
Disclaimer 38 29.7 29.7 41.4
Legal 5 3.9 3.9 45.3
Legal information 1 .8 .8 46.1
Legal Notice 3 2.3 2.3 48.4
Legal statements 2 1.6 1.6 50.0
No 45 35.2 35.2 85.2
Our Policy 1 .8 .8 85.9
Privacy Policy & Disclaimer 2 1.6 1.6 87.5
Terms 1 .8 .8 88.3
Terms and conditions 9 7.0 7.0 95.3
The legal bit... 1 .8 .8 96.1
Terms of Use 3 2.3 2.3 98.4
View Privacy Statement, Copyright & Disclaimer 1 .8 .8 99.2
Web site legal notice 1 .8 .8 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0

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Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Bottom left 42 32.8 32.8 32.8
Bottom middle 19 14.8 14.8 47.7
Bottom right 20 15.6 15.6 63.3
Not applicable 45 35.2 35.2 98.4
Top left 1 .8 .8 99.2
Top middle 1 .8 .8 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0

Again, a large number of sites did not have this link explicitly, but where they did 'Disclaimer' was a common choice and it was usually located in the footer somewhere.

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Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Copyright (link) 9 7.0 7.0 7.0
Copyright & Disclaimer (link) 8 6.3 6.3 13.3
Copyright & Disclaimer notice (link) 1 .8 .8 14.1
Copyright and intellectual property (link) 1 .8 .8 14.8
Copyright notice (link) 1 .8 .8 15.6
Copyright info in plain text 59 46.1 46.1 61.7
Copyright statement (link) 1 .8 .8 62.5
Copyright university name (link) 10 7.8 7.8 70.3
Copyright and Privacy (link) 1 .8 .8 71.1
No 34 26.6 26.6 97.7
© (link) 1 .8 .8 98.4
View Privacy Statement, Copyright & Disclaimer (link) 1 .8 .8 99.2
Web site legal notice (link) 1 .8 .8 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0

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Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Bottom left 50 39.1 39.1 39.1
Bottom middle 24 18.8 18.8 57.8
Bottom right 19 14.8 14.8 72.7
Not applicable 34 26.6 26.6 99.2
Top left 1 .8 .8 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0

Copyright information was often just placed in the footer in plain text. More sites than have been recorded had this since if there was a link, I made a note of that instead and some sites had both a link and plain text copyright information.