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If you reside in the EU please be aware that your personal data will be transferred back to Facebook to facilitate advertisements. Facebook processes this data also in countries outside of the EU where a different level of data protection applies and access to the data by authorities and public bodies is possible. With your consent, you also agree to the transfer to Facebook in third countries, including the USA.

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The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. a GDPR. Your email address will be retained as long as you subscribe to our newsletters.

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You can unsubscribe from this service by opting out via the link provided in each newsletter. If you inquired about a product or service and no longer wish to be contacted, you can email [help@sciam.com](http://help@sciam.com/), citing the name of the product or service, and request that your email address be removed.

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We utilize tools such as Amazon SES and SendGrid to send emails. If you do not wish for your data to be processed by these providers, please email [help@sciam.com](mailto:help@sciam.com) - however, if you do not allow for this processing you will not be able to access our web properties or newsletters. For additional information on the use your data by these providers, please refer to:

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We utilize tools such as Amazon SES, SendGrid, and Klaviyo to send emails. If you do not wish for your data to be processed by these providers, please email [help@sciam.com](mailto:help@sciam.com) - however, if you do not allow for this processing you will not be able to access our web properties or newsletters. For additional information on the use your data by these providers, please refer to:

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- [https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/](https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/)

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- [https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy](https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy)

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- [https://www.klaviyo.com/legal/privacy/privacy-notice](https://www.klaviyo.com/legal/privacy/privacy-notice)

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VI. Automated decision making

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We do not use your personal data for automated decision making which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, however we do use your personal data to offer you content and services which we believe may be of interest and to improve your experience on our web properties.

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VII. Online advertising, e-commerce and related tools

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 If you reside in the EU please be aware that your personal data will be transferred back to Facebook to facilitate advertisements. Facebook processes this data also in countries outside of the EU where a different level of data protection applies and access to the data by authorities and public bodies is possible. With your consent, you also agree to the transfer to Facebook in third countries, including the USA.
 The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. a GDPR. Your email address will be retained as long as you subscribe to our newsletters.
 You can unsubscribe from this service by opting out via the link provided in each newsletter. If you inquired about a product or service and no longer wish to be contacted, you can email [help@sciam.com](http://help@sciam.com/), citing the name of the product or service, and request that your email address be removed.
+We utilize tools such as Amazon SES and SendGrid to send emails. If you do not wish for your data to be processed by these providers, please email [help@sciam.com](mailto:help@sciam.com) - however, if you do not allow for this processing you will not be able to access our web properties or newsletters. For additional information on the use your data by these providers, please refer to:
+We utilize tools such as Amazon SES, SendGrid, and Klaviyo to send emails. If you do not wish for your data to be processed by these providers, please email [help@sciam.com](mailto:help@sciam.com) - however, if you do not allow for this processing you will not be able to access our web properties or newsletters. For additional information on the use your data by these providers, please refer to:
 - [https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/](https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/)
 - [https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy](https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy)
+- [https://www.klaviyo.com/legal/privacy/privacy-notice](https://www.klaviyo.com/legal/privacy/privacy-notice)
 VI. Automated decision making
 We do not use your personal data for automated decision making which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, however we do use your personal data to offer you content and services which we believe may be of interest and to improve your experience on our web properties.
 VII. Online advertising, e-commerce and related tools
 Please submit any questions, concerns or comments you have about this privacy policy or any requests concerning your personal data by email to our Group Data Protection Officer. You can contact our Group Data Protection Officer via dataprotection@springernature.com.
 The information you provide when contacting us at dataprotection@springernature.com will be processed to handle your request and will be erased when your request is completed. Alternatively, we will restrict the processing of the respective information in accordance with statutory retention requirements.
 XVII. Amendments to this policy
+We reserve the right to change this policy from time to time by updating our web properties respectively. Please visit our web properties and check our respective current privacy policy. This policy was last updated on 11/18/2024.
+We reserve the right to change this policy from time to time by updating our web properties respectively. Please visit our web properties and check our respective current privacy policy. This policy was last updated on 01/28/2025.

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