Elsevier Privacy Policy
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| 1 | _Last updated: March 2018_ | |
| 1 | Last updated: May 22, 2018 | |
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| 3 | 3 | Elsevier is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust with respect to your privacy. Please read this privacy policy carefully to understand our practices about how we collect, use and share your personal information. |
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| 5 | 5 | ## About our privacy policy |
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| 7 | This privacy policy describes how the personal information that is collected when you visit the Elsevier service that links to this privacy policy ("Service") will be used by the Elsevier company that owns the Service ("Elsevier"). This policy may be supplemented by additional privacy statements, terms or notices of the Service. | |
| 7 | This privacy policy applies when you visit or use our websites, apps and other services, including events, that refer or link to this privacy policy (each, a "Service"). This policy may be supplemented by additional privacy statements, terms or notices provided to you. The Elsevier company that owns or administers the Service, as identified therein, is the primary controller of your personal information provided to, or collected by or for, the Service. | |
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| 9 | 9 | ## Information we collect |
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| 11 | The Service collects information from you in two ways: directly from your input and automatically through the Service's technologies. | |
| 11 | We collect information about you in three ways: directly from your input, from third-party sources, and through automated technologies. | |
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| 13 | 13 | [Read more]() |
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| 15 | 15 | ## How we use your information |
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| 17 | Elsevier is committed to deliver a relevant and useful experience to you. To that end we may use your personal information to: | |
| 17 | We are committed to delivering a relevant and useful experience to you. Depending on how you interact with us and the Service, we use your personal information to: | |
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| 19 | 19 | [Read more]() |
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| 21 | 21 | ## Sharing of your information |
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| 23 | We share your personal information with your consent or as necessary to complete a transaction or provide a service that you have requested or authorized. We may share your personal information with our: | |
| 23 | We share your personal information in the following ways and contexts. | |
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| 25 | 25 | [Read more]() |
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| 27 | ## Your shared account and related services | |
| 27 | ## Your personal account | |
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| 29 | If you create an account on ScienceDirect, Scopus, Mendeley, ClinicalKey or any of the other Elsevier services listed [here](https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14372), you can sign in with the same credentials to all of them. | |
| 29 | If you create a personal user account on ScienceDirect, Scopus, Mendeley, ClinicalKey or another Service listed [here](https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14372), you can sign in with the same credentials to all of them. | |
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| 31 | 31 | [Read more]() |
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| 33 | ## Your choices and communications preferences | |
| 33 | ## Administrator data | |
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| 35 | You can manage your communications preferences and interests when you register with the Service, by updating your account preferences, by using the "opt-out" or unsubscribe mechanism or other means provided within the communications that you receive from us or by contacting us. We reserve the right to notify you of changes or updates to the Service whenever necessary. | |
| 35 | If you are an administrator of an institution with a subscription to a Service, we will use your details to communicate with you about your institution's subscription and related services. If you supply us contact information of your colleagues, we may include a reference to you when we contact those individuals with communications about the Service. | |
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| 37 | ## Access to, accuracy and deletion of your information | |
| 37 | ## Your communications preferences | |
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| 39 | The Service may allow registered users to access their account information and make corrections or updates upon log in at any time. The accuracy of such information is solely the responsibility of the user. | |
| 39 | You can customize and manage your communications preferences and other settings when you register with the Service, by updating your account features and preferences, by using the "opt-in/out" or subscribe/unsubscribe mechanisms or other means provided within the communications that you receive from us or by contacting us. We reserve the right to notify you of changes or updates to the Service whenever necessary. | |
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| 41 | ## Accessing and updating your information | |
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| 43 | The Service may allow registered users to directly access their account information and make corrections or updates at any time. | |
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| 41 | 45 | [Read more]() |
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| 47 | ## Data retention | |
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| 49 | We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the Service and fulfill the transactions you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, maintaining business and financial records, resolving disputes, maintaining security, detecting and preventing fraud and abuse, and enforcing our agreements. | |
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| 43 | 51 | ## Data security |
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| 45 | Elsevier takes precautions to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft and misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction through the use of appropriate administrative, physical and technical security measures. | |
| 53 | We take precautions to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft and misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction through the use of appropriate technical and organizational measures. | |
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| 47 | ## Cross-border transfer of your information | |
| 55 | ## Locations of processing | |
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| 49 | Your personal information may be transferred to and stored in servers and facilities located in your region or another country. We take steps to ensure that the information continues to be protected wherever it is located. | |
| 57 | Your personal information may be stored and processed in your region or another country where Elsevier companies and their service providers maintain servers and facilities, including Australia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. | |
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| 51 | ## Changes to our privacy policy | |
| 59 | [Read more]() | |
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| 53 | We may change this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. | |
| 61 | ## Grounds for processing | |
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| 63 | When we collect from you any personal information within the scope of European data protection laws, we do so: | |
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| 65 | [Read more]() | |
| 66 | ||
| 67 | ## Changes | |
| 68 | ||
| 69 | We will update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. If we make any material changes, we will provide notice through the Service or by other means. | |
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| 55 | 71 | ## Contact |
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| 57 | If you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this privacy policy or our processing of your information, please contact: | |
| 73 | If you have any questions, comments, complaints or requests regarding this privacy policy or our processing of your information, please contact: | |
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| 59 | 75 | Elsevier Data Protection Officer |
| 60 | 76 | Elsevier Limited |
| 61 | 77 | The Boulevard |
| 62 | 78 | Langford Lane |
| 63 | 79 | Kidlington |
| 64 | 80 | Oxford OX5 1GB |
| 65 | 81 | United Kingdom |
| 66 | Email: [DPO@elsevier.com](mailto:DPO@elsevier.com) | |
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| 68 | ## Mendeley supplement | |
| 83 | [Contact the Data Protection Officer](https://service.elsevier.com/app/contact/supporthub/privacysupport/) | |
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| 70 | The following describes our privacy practices with respect to the Mendeley Services (collectively, "Mendeley"). | |
| 85 | You also may lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in the applicable jurisdiction. | |
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| 87 | The data protection representative for our businesses that are processing personal data within the scope of European data protection laws and located outside of the EEA and Switzerland is Elsevier Limited. You can contact the data protection officer of Elsevier Limited through the contact details provided above. | |
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| 89 | ## Service-specific details | |
| 90 | ||
| 91 | Please read the service-specific details below for additional information about certain Elsevier services. | |
| 92 | ||
| 93 | ### Mendeley | |
| 94 | ||
| 95 | When you create a Mendeley account, you have a personal library that you can fill with research information and materials, like manuscripts, articles, and other content. | |
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| 72 | 97 | [Read more]() |
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| 74 | ## Mendeley Careers supplement | |
| 99 | ### Mendeley Careers | |
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| 76 | The following describes our privacy practices with respect to Mendeley Careers. | |
| 101 | In your Mendeley account, you can create job preferences (or also called careers interests). | |
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| 78 | 103 | [Read more]() |
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| 105 | ### Hivebench | |
| 106 | ||
| 107 | When you create a Hivebench account, you have an Electronic Laboratory Notebook that you can fill with research information, like experiments, protocols, reagents, materials, and other content. | |
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| 109 | [Read more]() | |
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| 111 | ### Digital Commons | |
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| 113 | When you create a (bepress) Digital Commons account, you have the option of using your account to submit pre-existing and new work to over 500 repositories running Digital Commons software. | |
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| 115 | [Read more]() | |
| 116 | ||
| 117 | ### SelectedWorks (Expert Gallery Suite) | |
| 118 | ||
| 119 | When you create a (bepress) SelectedWorks account, you have the option of creating a personal profile page that will publicly display your first and last name to help others find and connect with you. | |
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| 121 | [Read more]() | |
| 122 | ||
| 123 | ### ExpressO | |
| 124 | ||
| 125 | When you create a (bepress) ExpressO account, you have the option to submit a law manuscript for publication consideration to any of the 700+ law reviews available on ExpressO. | |
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| 127 | [Read more]() |