Elsevier Privacy Policy

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33Elsevier is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust with respect to your privacy. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use and share your personal information.
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55## About our privacy policy
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77This privacy policy applies to our websites, apps and other services, including programs and 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 or by the Service. 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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214214## Service-specific details
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216216Please read the service-specific details below for additional information about certain Elsevier services.
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218### Editorial Manager for Reviewers
218### Editorial Manager
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220Most Elsevier journals use [Editorial Manager](https://www.elsevier.com/authors/login-to-editorial-manager) to manage the peer review process. When you review for such a journal, you need to create or confirm an Editorial Manager account. In support of the review process, this account requires certain information from you as reviewer, such as your name and email address. Some journals may require or provide you the option to add other information, such as postal address, institutional affiliation, telephone number, or ORCID ID.
220Submissions to most Elsevier journals are handled via the [Editorial Manager®](https://www.elsevier.com/authors/login-to-editorial-manager) online manuscript submission and peer review system. When you create or confirm an Editorial Manager account for a journal, certain personal information is required, such as your name and email address. Some journals may require or provide you the option to add other information, such as postal address, institutional affiliation, telephone number, or ORCID ID, as well as to self-identify your gender identity, race and ethnicity for diversity, equity and inclusion purposes.
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222To help optimally match a submitted manuscript with a reviewer, Editorial Manager may process additional information, such as your subject area expertise, publication history, and review history, including your previous review comments.
222If you are a reviewer, Editorial Manager may process additional information, such as your subject area expertise, publication history, and review history, including your previous review comments, to help optimally match submitted manuscripts with relevant reviewers. When a submission that you reviewed is transferred from one Elsevier journal to another Elsevier journal via the Elsevier [Article Transfer Service](https://www.elsevier.com/authors/submit-your-paper/submit-and-revise/article-transfer-service), the transferring journal may also transfer your account details and associated review comments.
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224When a submission that you reviewed is transferred from one Elsevier journal to another Elsevier journal via the Elsevier [Article Transfer Service](https://www.elsevier.com/authors/submit-your-paper/submit-and-revise/article-transfer-service), the transferring journal may also transfer your account details and associated review comments.
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226224To optimize performance and secure the integrity of the peer review process, Elsevier also monitors geography-based traffic and usage data. To deliver Editorial Manager services, your data may be processed by affiliates and service providers that perform services such as website hosting and IT support.
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228226You can always manage your marketing communication preferences in your Editorial Manager account or by visiting the [Elsevier Preference Center](https://preferences.elsevier.com/) at any time.
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230228### Mendeley
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262260You, your designated delegate(s), or your institutional administrator can enrich your SelectedWorks personal profile by adding biographical information and materials, including your research interests, publications, curriculum vitae, and photo. You, your designated delegate(s) or your institutional administrator can add, change, or delete this information at any time and can decide to make your enriched profile public or hidden. bepress does not control the information in a SelectedWorks personal profile, and any such information may remain visible after you have closed your SelectedWorks account
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264262Unless you indicate otherwise in your SelectedWorks account, bepress may use your account email address to contact you with updates regarding the usage and reach of the content that you shared on SelectedWorks.
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266264Any requests pertaining to information collected by, held by, and/or publicly visible in your personal profile should be sent to the Institution administrator listed in your Access Management page.
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266### Osmosis
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268When you create an Osmosis account, you have a personal workspace that you can fill with course documents, questions, and flashcards. You may also invite classmates to collaborate in this workspace or you may be invited to another workspace by a classmate or by your course instructor. In this workspace, any questions or flashcards you create will be available to other members of this group. Content that you have shared or created may remain visible to other members of the workspace after you have closed your account.