Effective August 14, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how the Goldshtein Lab website (ayagoldshtein.com) handles information from visitors. This site is an informational academic website for the Goldshtein Lab at Columbia University, and is not used for e-commerce or data collection beyond what is described below.
This website does not include any contact forms that store submissions, and we do not knowingly collect personal information about visitors through the site itself.
If you contact us directly by email, we will have access to your email address and any information you choose to include in your message. We use that information only to respond to your inquiry, and we do not sell, rent, or share it with third parties.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, to help us understand how visitors use the site (for example, which pages are viewed and roughly how many visitors we receive). Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information such as your IP address (which may be shortened or anonymized), browser and device type, pages visited, and time spent on the site. This information is aggregated and does not identify you by name.
Google may process this information in accordance with its own privacy policy, available at policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, or by adjusting your browser's cookie settings to block third-party cookies.
Like most websites, our hosting provider may automatically record standard technical information, such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited, for security, performance, and website maintenance purposes. This information is not used to identify individual visitors and is not shared for marketing purposes.
This site links to external websites, including academic journals, press coverage, and institutional pages. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those third-party sites, and we encourage you to review their own privacy policies.
This website is intended for a general academic and professional audience and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at aya.goldshtein@columbia.edu.
