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The OpenScienceLink (OSL) Consortium respects your concerns about privacy and values its relationship with you. This privacy Notice (the “Notice”) describes:

the types of information we collect from subscribers, contacts and visitors to our websites at www.opensciencelink.org
how we may use that information;
with whom we may share that information; and
the measures we take to protect the security of that information.

Our Notice also tells you how you may contact us to update your information, remove your name from our mailing list or get answer to questions you may have about our privacy practices.

ABOUT THE OSL PLATFORM

The OSL platform has been developed by the OpenScienceLink Consortium, which is a European funded (FP7) research project (Grant Agreement N° 325101).

This platform is a tool that allows a holistic approach to the publication, sharing, linking, review and evaluation of research results, based on the open access to scientific information.

With the OpenScienceLink platform users are allowed to

Upload scientific datasets to be published in the Biomedical Data Journal (BMDJ)
Invite reviewers to review articles
Detect and analyse trends in biomedical publications
Detect and analyse potential collaborations
Get dynamic open-access driven research evaluations

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OSL PLATFORM (‘data controller’)

The OpenScienceLink Consortium
Technische Universität Dresden
European Project Center (EPC)
01062 Dresden – Germany

Email: info@opensciencelink.eu

is the responsible for the organization of the OSL Platform.

ABOUT THE APPLICABLE LAW

The handling and protection of the personal data of the OSL platform is governed by the terms hereof and the provisions of German, European and international law on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, as well as Decisions of the German Data protection Authority, as specified in the OSL Privacy Notice.

ABOUT THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Registration with OSL

We collect personal information from you when you register on our site or fill out a form. By registering you gain access to all the content our website, and you may choose to use interactive functionalities such as leaving comments.

You may change your preferences at any time by visiting:
www.opensciencelink.org

When you register with our website, we may ask your full name, email address, general fields of interest and employment details. We will use such personal information to provide you with the services and/or products you select during the registration process.

Contact us

If you communicate with us through our platform via the ‘contact us’ link or by post or by telephone, we may ask for your information such as your email address and your location. You may also choose to provide additional information. We will hold these details in our customer query database and use such personal information to respond to your questions and comments.

Other Website Features

We offer website visitors various features for their information and enjoyment, which we may change from time to time. We may ask you to submit certain personal information so we can provide you with these features.

Other Uses of Information

We may use the personal information you provide on our website for internal purposes, such as for website administration, data analytics and compliance purposes.

Cookies

Like many companies, we use “cookies” on our website(s). Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit certain websites. We use cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited us before or if you are a new visitor and to help us identify site features in which you may have the greatest interest. Cookies may enhance your online experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a particular site.

Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all our website features.

ABOUT THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH YOUR DATA WILL BE PROCESSED

Any of the information we collect from you will be used in the following ways:

to contact you in case of any irregularities for example, when uploading a dataset
to ensure dataset ownership and publication allowance is trackable
to personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
to improve our website
to improve customer service

Your data will not be used for any other purposes than those listed above. Your data will not be used for direct marketing purposes.

ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS

You can have access to your personal data and ask for their correction or deletion by contacting the OSL Consortium through its email address:
info@opensciencelink.eu

To protect your privacy and the privacy of others, we may have to verify that you are who you are before we can give you access to, or change information about you.

SECURITY MEASURES AND ACCESS CONTROL

Appropriate security policies, rules and technical measures are implemented to protect your personal data that are stored on the OSL platform from unauthorized access, including use of firewalls where appropriate. All communication is encrypted and the access is strictly restricted for third parties.

All the employees and data processors, if any, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your personal data.

CONTACTING US

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.