Elsevier Privacy Policy
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| 3 | 3 | Elsevier 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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| 5 | 5 | ## About our privacy policy |
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| 7 | 7 | This 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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| 9 | For information about the handling of personal information contained in our Service content, please read our [processing notices.](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/processing-notices) | |
| 9 | For information about the handling of personal information contained in our Service content, please read our [processing notices](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/processing-notices). For information about our processing of personal information as required by applicable U.S. laws, see our [U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/us-consumer-privacy-notice). | |
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| 11 | 11 | - [Information we collect](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy) |
| 12 | 12 | - [How we use your information](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy) |
| 13 | 13 | - [Sharing of your information](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy) |
| 14 | 14 | - [Your personal account](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy) |
| 15 | 15 | - [Administrator data](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy) |
| 156 | 156 | - Access to and correction and deletion of your personal information; |
| 157 | 157 | - Restriction of our processing of your personal information, or to object to our processing; and/or |
| 158 | 158 | - Portability of your personal information. |
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| 160 | 160 | If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the [Elsevier Privacy Support Hub](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy/data-request). We will respond to your request consistent with applicable laws. To protect your privacy and security, we may require you to verify your identity. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf subject to proof of identity and authorization. |
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| 162 | If you are a California or Virginia resident, you have [additional rights described here](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/us-consumer-privacy-notice). | |
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| 164 | 162 | [Scroll to top of page](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy) |
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| 166 | 164 | ## Data retention |
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| 168 | 166 | We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the Service and fulfill the transactions you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, maintaining business and financial records, resolving disputes, maintaining security, detecting and preventing fraud and abuse, and enforcing our agreements. |
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