Elsevier Privacy Policy

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33Elsevier 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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55## About our privacy policy
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77This 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.
170170We take precautions to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft and misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction through the use of appropriate technical and organizational measures.
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172172## Locations of processing
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174174Your personal information may be stored and processed in your region or another country where Elsevier companies and their service providers maintain servers and facilities, including Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We take steps, including through contracts, to ensure that the information continues to be protected wherever it is located in a manner consistent with the standards of protection required under applicable law.
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176Certain U.S. entities within the Elsevier group of companies have certified certain of their services to the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Please view these entities' [Privacy Shield Notice here](https://www.relx.com/~/media/Files/R/RELX-Group/documents/privacy-shield-notice.pdf). To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view these entities' certification, please visit [www.privacyshield.gov](https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome).
176Elsevier Inc. has certified certain of its services to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Please view its Data Privacy Framework Notice [here](https://www.relx.com/~/media/Files/R/RELX-Group/documents/legal/DPF-notice.pdf). To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework program, and to view its certification, please visit [https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov](https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/).
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178178For additional information as required by applicable local laws, see our [location-specific disclosures](https://www.elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy/supplement).
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182182## Grounds for processing