SECTION I: General
This Statement is an addition to the Terms and Conditions. Therefore, the general definitions and provisions of the Terms and Conditions apply. Rewire Neuroscience and Journal of Abstracts are owned and operated by Rewire Neuroscience, LLC. All mentions of Rewire Neuroscience or Journal of Abstracts in sections I-IV of this Statement on Privacy and Data Protection extend to include Rewire Neuroscience, LLC.
The Provider respects your privacy and therefore protects your personal data. Rewire Neuroscience and Journal of Abstracts are not a Web services that exists primarily in order to collect personal data.
For your convenience, the Provider has arranged all information on privacy and data protection in a "Questions & Answers" section. Nevertheless, this statement is a binding agreement between the Provider and each User. The User expressly consents to storage and processing of his/her personal data, as described and defined in this statement.
SECTION II: Master Data
What is master data?
Master data, in this statement, means all data related directly to a User as a person, irrespective of your actual usage of the Service. This includes i.e. a User's name, email address and other contact information, birthday, gender, research vita, information about what conferences the User attends and what Rewire Neuroscience, my.rewireneuro.com, or Journal of Abstracts Groups the User is a member of.
What master data is collected and stored by Rewire Neuroscience?
Rewire Neuroscience stores data you enter and submit on the Web service; i.e., if you submit your academic career to your profile page, Rewire Neuroscience will store it. Or, if you join a group or a conference, Rewire Neuroscience will store that information.
What master data is processed by Rewire Neuroscience and why?
Rewire Neuroscience will process your data in order to run the Web service, for example, if any internet user visits your profile page, we process your data in order to show your profile page. Very basic data (e.g. your name) is visible to all users. However, you can choose to make most of your data only visible to your closer friends. Rewire Neuroscience will also process your master data randomly to provide dynamic Web pages to you that are individually adapted considering your master data. Furthermore, Rewire Neuroscience reserves the right to process your master data to generate anonymous statistics. Such anonymous statistics will contain no information about any individual user.
Does Rewire Neuroscience process my email address and send emails?
Rewire Neuroscience will process your email address solely to send emails to you containing information or notifications about the Service. Rewire Neuroscience reserves the right to attach a minor part to such emails containing advertisements for products and services of any third party.
How can I see what master data is stored and how can I change or delete it?
You can see and edit your data on your profile pages. You can also delete all your master data but your name, your email address and your password. If you cancel your my.RewireNeuro.com or Journal of Abstracts subscription (if you wish to do so, please contact Rewire Neuroscience by email or mail), we will delete all your data. Unlike some other Web services, Rewire Neuroscience will definitely not store any personal data of former users.
SECTION III: Traffic Data
What is traffic data?
Traffic data is data about your usage of Rewire Neuroscience websites, including my.RewireNeuro.com and Journal of Abstracts. This is mainly tracking information on log-in times, duration, and activities while logged in Traffic data also includes your IP address/es and information sent automatically by your Web browser such as your browser software, preferred languages, and the name of your operating system.
What traffic does Rewire Neuroscience collect and store?
Rewire Neuroscience collects your traffic data, as defined before, and will store that data for the duration of your session (a session starts when you log in and ends when you log out. The session automatically times out after approx. 60 minutes of inactivity). After your session ends, Rewire Neuroscience reserves the right to store traffic data for one day. During that period, your data is only connected to your IP address and not to your user account, which has your personal information. Rewire Neuroscience will not be able to attach any individual user's name to traffic data. However, it is possible that someone else (i.e., your internet service provider) could do so. After this one day, Rewire Neuroscience will only store information about how many profile pages you viewed within thirty days. Only the number of pages are saved. Information about which pages you have viewed and when are not stored.
What traffic data is processed by Rewire Neuroscience and why?
During your session, Rewire Neuroscience needs to process traffic data to provide the Web service. After the session, Rewire Neuroscience reserves the right to process traffic data (within one day, as mentioned above) to generate anonymous statistics. Rewire Neuroscience uses this information to improve its services and user experience. Rewire Neuroscience may also process traffic data for security and fraud-detection reasons. The number of profile pages you viewed is a security measure for the protection of personal data. Processing this information helps Rewire Neuroscience detect and prevent "data harvesting", meaning automatic retrieval of profile pages to gain many users' personal data.
How can I view stored traffic data, change or delete it?
Please contact the Rewire Neuroscience support team for any requests related to viewing, changing or deleting your traffic data. When you cancel your Rewire Neuroscience subscription, we automatically delete your personal traffic data.
Does Rewire Neuroscience use external tracking software?
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service operated by Google, Inc., California, USA ("Google"). Google processes the data on behalf of Rewire Neuroscience. Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyze how individuals use the site. Any information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States of America. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the site, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law. For Google Analytics, your IP address will be masked by truncating the last octet, in order to protect your privacy. More information about data privacy & security in Google Analytics can be found here. Please see Google's terms and policies for further information.
SECTION IV: Your rights.
If you are located in certain countries, including those that fall under the scope of the European General Data Protection Regulation (AKA the "GDPR"), data protection laws give you rights with respect to your personal data, subject to any exemptions provided by the law, including the rights to:
You can usually access, correct, or delete your personal data using your account settings and tools that we offer, but if you aren't able to do that, or you would like to contact us about one of the other rights, scroll down to How to Reach Us to, well, find out how to reach us.
EU individuals also have the right to make a complaint to a government supervisory authority.
SECTION V: Cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of data that a website requests to be stored by your internet browser software on your computer. These data are then read by the site whenever you use the website again. Cookies can be overwritten and renewed, but if they are not, they expire after a given period of time.
Rewire Neuroscience cookies
Rewire Neuroscience uses cookies for functionality where the use is strictly necessary. The login cookie is set when you select "Keep me logged in" on the login dialog. If the cookie is set, you don't need to log in manually on the same computer (using the same browser) each time you visit the Rewire Neuroscience website. While this is convenient, it's also a security risk: anyone with access to the computer may log in to your Rewire Neuroscience account without a password. Thus, you must not tick the "Keep me logged in" box on a computer not used exclusively by you.
We also use targeting cookies so we can show you content that best suits you and is tailored to your scientific interests.
Cookies from third parties
Rewire Neuroscience websites may contain embedded content from third parties. When your internet browser downloads such embedded content, the remote server that hosts that content can set and read cookies (but it can only read cookies from that exact third party).
Rewire Neuroscience reserves the right to use certain Google services, operated by Google, Inc., California, USA ("Google"). The Google services may include Google Analytics, a web analytics service, Google Analytics Advertising Features, namely for Remarketing with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting, and integrated services that require Google Analytics to collect data via advertising cookies and anonymous identifiers, and Google's DoubleClick Services. Google uses cookies to help analyze how individuals use the site. Any information generated by the cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States of America. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the site, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law. Your IP address will be masked in order to protect your privacy by truncating the last octet. More information about data privacy & security in Google Analytics can be found here. Please see Google's page on 'How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps', and Google's terms and policies for further information.
If you decide to log in through your Facebook or LinkedIn account (but only then), the respective provider may read or set cookies. Both Facebook Inc. and LinkedIn Corporation are companies located in California, USA. See the Facebook and LinkedIn websites for those services' respective terms and policies.
Google, Inc., Facebook Inc., and LinkedIn Corporation are each Safe Harbor certified; they have each notified the U.S. Department of Commerce that they adhere to the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce in coordination with the European Commission. The U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework provides guidance for U.S. organizations on how to provide adequate protection for personal data from the EU as required by the European Union's Directive on Data Protection.
Limiting the use of Cookies
Most internet browsers allow you to adjust cookies acceptance settings, i.e. not to store cookies persistently. You are usually able to see the content of cookies and delete certain or all cookies. Many browsers also offer an 'incognito mode' that does not accept persistent cookies. Please consult your browser's help section (or use a search engine) if you need assistance with these browser features.
SECTION VI: Private Messages
How does Rewire Neuroscience and Journal of Abstracts process private messages?
Messages sent privately within Rewire Neuroscience or Journal of Abstracts will be processed in order to deliver them to the respective recipient(s). Rewire Neuroscience and Journal of Abstracts may also process the message (including eventual attachments) randomly in order to investigate it and extract information, such as - but not necessarily limited to - anti-SPAM and anti-virus checking. Results of such processing (but not the message content itself) may be stored permanently for Rewire Neuroscience or Journal of Abstracts's own purposes. Rewire Neuroscience and Journal of Abstracts respects the confidentiality of private communications, therefore, the process is fully automated and, unless the fully automated processing indicates a security threat or abusive behavior, no person but the recipient(s) will be cognizant of the message.
Will Rewire Neuroscience or Journal of Abstracts share private messages with third parties?
Private messages will generally not be shared with any third party. Rewire Neuroscience and Journal of Abstracts may nevertheless be obliged to share or grant access to private messages if ordered to do so by a court or a competent judicial authority.
SECTION VII: Transmission of data
Will Rewire Neuroscience sell personal data to any third parties?
No. Rewire Neuroscience will not sell or otherwise share personal data.
What about other third parties processing data on behalf of Rewire Neuroscience?
Rewire Neuroscience reserves the right to appoint third parties to certain tasks, such as database or software development. For that purpose, it might be necessary for personal data to be shared with and processed by such third parties. In this case, Rewire Neuroscience remains fully responsible for your personal data and will bind any and all third parties to a written agreement ensuring they comply with this statement on privacy and data protection. Rewire Neuroscience is committed to its user's privacy, hence we are dedicated to choosing a contractor that is trustworthy.
SECTION VIII: Privacy and Data Protection Supervision
Whom can I contact if I have a request or complaint about Privacy or Data Protection?
Rewire Neuroscience considers privacy and data protection to be very important issues, as they directly affect the trust between us and our valued users. Therefore, Rewire Neuroscience has implemented specific measures to supervise data protection issues. For any requests or complaints relating to privacy and data protection, please directly contact the data protection officer, Dr. John Harkness.
SECTION IX: Changes to Statement on Privacy and Data Protection
How does Rewire Neuroscience notify Users of changes in this Statement on Privacy and Data Protection?
By using the Service, you expressly agree to this Statement on Privacy and Data Protection.
When this Statement on Privacy and Data Protection changes, you will be informed at the time you login to Rewire Neuroscience or Journal of Abstracts for the first time after the change was made, and you will be requested to agree to the new Statement on Privacy and Data Protection.
Rewire Neuroscience won't make any binding changes to this Statement on Privacy and Data Protection without your express consent.
Last modified: June 24, 2018
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