Privacy Policy
DATED 2021-06-02 · VERSION 20210604_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20210501_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT
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| 1 | This policy was last updated on 04/27/2021. | |
| 1 | This policy was last updated on 06/02/2021. | |
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| 3 | 3 | This is the privacy policy ("policy") for _scientificamerican.com_ which is run and provided by Springer Nature America, Inc. (**we**, **us** and **our**). Springer Nature America, Inc. (_Scientific American)_ is located at 1 New York Plaza New York, NY 10004_._ We can also be contacted at sadigital@sciam.com. |
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| 5 | 5 | We will only use the personal data gathered over this website as set out in this policy. Below you will find information on how we use your personal data, for which purposes your personal data is used, with whom it is shared and what control and information rights you may have. |
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| 7 | 7 | I. Summary of our processing activities |
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| 251 | 251 | You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser or by amending your preferences. In addition to that you may prevent the collection of the information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including you IP address) and the processing of this data by Google if you download and install the browser |
| 252 | 252 | plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
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| 254 | 254 | **IX. Third party content, social media plugins** |
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| 256 | This website may contain links to third party websites. We are not responsible for the content and the data collection on respective third party websites; please check the privacy policy of respective websites for information of respective websites' data processing activities. | |
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| 256 | 258 | 1\. Social Media plug-ins |
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| 258 | 260 | We use the following social media plug-ins: Facebook, Twitter. This allows you to communicate with such services and like or comment from our website. Social media plug-ins enable a direct communication between your device and the servers of the social media provider, allowing the social media provider to communicate with you and collect information about you browsing our website. This processing is based on Article 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. f GDPR and represents our legitimate interest to improve your website experience and to optimise our services. |
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| 260 | 262 | Transfer of personal data takes place whether you have an account with the provider or not. |
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