Data protection: Privacy notice for EMBL-EBI's public website

Find out what personal data is collected by the specific EMBL-EBI service you are requesting and for what purposes, as well as how your data are processed and kept secure.

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This Privacy notice explains what personal data is collected by the specific EMBL-EBI service you are requesting, for what purposes, how it is processed, and how we keep it secure.

Who controls your personal data and how to contact us?

The EMBL data controller's contact details are:

Rolf Apweiler and Ewan Birney, EMBL-EBI Directors
Email: data-controller@ebi.ac.uk
EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, CB10 1SD Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.

The EMBL Data Protection Officer's contact details are:

EMBL Data Protection Officer
Email: dpo@embl.org
EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Which is the lawful basis for processing your personal data?

Processing your personal data is necessary for our legitimate interest of delivering a service that provides broader societal benefits.

What personal data do we collect? How do we use this personal data?

We collect the following personal data:

Email address
IP addresses
Date and time of a visit to the service website

We will use the personal data:

To provide the user access to the service
To check that the Terms of Use of the service are followed
To conduct and monitor data protection activities
To create anonymous usage statistics
To conduct and monitor security activities

Who will have access to your personal data?

The personal data will be disclosed to:

Will your personal data be transferred to third countries (i.e. countries not part of EU/EAA) and/or international organisations?

There are no personal data transfers to third countries or to international organisations.

How long do we keep your personal data?

Any personal data directly obtained from you will be retained for as long as you make use of the service.

email addresses and IPs are kept for 12h and then deleted

Your rights regarding your personal data

You have the right to:

It must be clarified that rights 4 and 5 are only available whenever the processing of your personal data is not necessary to:

Published at: Friday, November 25, 2022 - 17:34