Elsevier Privacy Policy
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| 1 | 1 | ## Service-specific details |
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| 3 | 3 | Please read the service-specific details below for additional information about certain Elsevier services. |
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| 5 | 5 | #### Editorial Manager |
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| 7 | Submissions to most Elsevier journals are handled via the [Editorial Manager®](https://elsevier.com/editor/submission-systems) online manuscript submission and peer review system. When you create or confirm an Editorial Manager account for a journal, certain personal information is required, such as your name and email address. Some journals may require or provide you the option to add other information, such as postal address, institutional affiliation, telephone number, or ORCID ID, as well as to self-identify your gender identity, race and ethnicity for diversity, equity and inclusion purposes. If you are a reviewer, Editorial Manager may process additional information, such as your subject area expertise, publication history, and review history, including your previous review comments, to help optimally match submitted manuscripts with relevant reviewers. Your review history may be shared across Elsevier journals to help editors when selecting you as a potential reviewer for other journals. When a submission that you reviewed is transferred from one Elsevier journal to another Elsevier journal via the [Elsevier Article Transfer Service](https://elsevier.com/researcher/author/submit-your-paper/submit-and-revise/article-transfer-service), the transferring journal may also transfer your account details and associated review comments.To optimize performance and secure the integrity of the peer review process, Elsevier also monitors geography-based traffic and usage data. To deliver Editorial Manager services, your data may be processed by affiliates and service providers that perform services such as website hosting and IT support.You can always manage your marketing communication preferences in your Editorial Manager account or by visiting the [Elsevier Preference Center opens in new tab/window](https://preferences.elsevier.com/) at any time. | |
| 7 | Submissions to most Elsevier journals are handled via the [Editorial Manager®](https://elsevier.com/editor/submission-systems) online manuscript submission and peer review system. When you create or confirm an Editorial Manager account for a journal, certain personal information is required, such as your name and email address. Some journals may require or provide you the option to add other information, such as postal address, institutional affiliation, telephone number, or ORCID ID, as well as to self-identify your gender identity, race and ethnicity for diversity, equity and inclusion purposes. If you are a reviewer, Editorial Manager may process additional information, such as your subject area expertise, publication history, and review history, including your previous review comments, to help optimally match submitted manuscripts with relevant reviewers. Your review history may be shared across Elsevier journals to help editors when selecting you as a potential reviewer for other journals. When a submission that you reviewed is transferred from one Elsevier journal to another Elsevier journal via the [Elsevier Article Transfer Service](https://elsevier.com/researcher/author/submit-your-paper/submit-and-revise/article-transfer-service), the transferring journal may also transfer your account details and associated review comments. To optimize performance and secure the integrity of the peer review process, Elsevier also monitors geography-based traffic and usage data. To deliver Editorial Manager services, your data may be processed by affiliates and service providers that perform services such as website hosting and IT support. You can always manage your marketing communication preferences in your Editorial Manager account or by visiting the [Elsevier Preference Center opens in new tab/window](https://preferences.elsevier.com/) at any time. | |
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| 9 | 9 | #### Mendeley |
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| 11 | 11 | When you create a Mendeley account, you have a personal library that you can fill with research information and materials, like manuscripts, articles, and other content. |
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| 13 | 13 | With a Mendeley account, you can create and participate in private groups, to communicate and share research information and materials, including annotations and comments, with other Mendeley users. Your membership of and contributions to a private group will always be displayed to all members of that group. Information that you have shared with others on Mendeley (including its affiliated sites like the Mendeley support site) or that others have copied may remain visible after you have closed your account. Groups content associated with closed accounts will show an unknown user as the source. |
| 31 | 31 | #### Osmosis |
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| 33 | 33 | When you create an Osmosis account, you have a personal workspace that you can fill with course documents, questions, and flashcards. You may also invite classmates to collaborate in this workspace or you may be invited to another workspace by a classmate or by your course instructor. In this workspace, any questions or flashcards you create will be available to other members of this group. Content that you have shared or created may remain visible to other members of the workspace after you have closed your account. Additionally, data will be generated in the course of the use of Products and related services on the Site by the Authorized User, which may include, but not be limited to, the Authorized User student record, academic performance, test results, the Authorized User grades and quiz scores, instructor feedback, Authorized User personal learning behaviors including various metrics related to the Authorized User learning and remediation of particular subject materials ("Learning Data"). Elsevier, through its Products, will collect, maintain, process, have access to, and use Learning Data to: (i) analyze (separately or with data that Elsevier receives from third parties) for developing and improving the Products, (ii) provide the Authorized User with coaching support for select Products, and (iii) analyze and provide relevant information about the learning of the Authorized User (including adaptive and remediation) and usage of the Products to the Authorized User. |
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| 35 | 35 | #### Complete Anatomy |
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| 37 | Complete Anatomy offers customized content and other personalization based on the region and preferred language that you choose. When you create a Complete Anatomy account, you may customize the anatomical imagery, topics, labels and other content that you wish to view. The Complete Anatomy mobile app does not deliver targeted push notifications or personalized advertising. | |
| 37 | Complete Anatomy offers customized content and other personalization based on the region and preferred language that you choose. When you create a Complete Anatomy account, you may customize the anatomical imagery, topics, labels and other content that you wish to view. | |
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| 39 | 39 | #### Researchfish |
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| 41 | 41 | When you create a [Researchfish opens in new tab/window](https://app.researchfish.com/user/login) account, you can submit your research outcomes, outputs and impacts to research funders, charities, research organisations and research centres. For more about data access and sharing with third parties, see the [Researchfish user documentation opens in new tab/window](https://app.researchfish.com/content/who-can-see-data-you-add-researchfish). |
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| 43 | 43 | #### Interfolio Dossier |
| 48 | 48 | Other languages |
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| 54 | [Datenschutzrichtlinie opens in new tab/window](https://www.elsevier.com/de-de/legal/privacy-policy) | |
| 54 | [Datenschutzrichtlinie](https://www.elsevier.com/de-de/legal/privacy-policy) | |
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| 59 | [Política de privacidad opens in new tab/window](https://www.elsevier.com/es-es/legal/privacy-policy) | |
| 59 | [Política de privacidad](https://www.elsevier.com/es-es/legal/privacy-policy) | |
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| 64 | [Política de Privacidade opens in new tab/window](https://www.elsevier.com/pt-br/legal/privacy-policy) | |
| 64 | [Política de Privacidade](https://www.elsevier.com/pt-br/legal/privacy-policy) | |
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| 69 | [Politique de protection des données personnelles opens in new tab/window](https://www.elsevier.com/fr-fr/legal/privacy-policy) | |
| 69 | [Politique de protection des données personnelles](https://www.elsevier.com/fr-fr/legal/privacy-policy) | |
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| 74 | [プライバシーポリシー（個人情報保護方針） opens in new tab/window](https://www.elsevier.com/ja-jp/legal/privacy-policy) | |
| 74 | [プライバシーポリシー（個人情報保護方針）](https://www.elsevier.com/ja-jp/legal/privacy-policy) | |
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| 79 | [隐私政策 opens in new tab/window](https://www.elsevier.com/zh-cn/legal/privacy-policy) | |
| 79 | [隐私政策](https://www.elsevier.com/zh-cn/legal/privacy-policy) | |
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| 84 | [隱私權政策 opens in new tab/window](https://www.elsevier.com/zh-tw/legal/privacy-policy) | |
| 84 | [隱私權政策](https://www.elsevier.com/zh-tw/legal/privacy-policy) | |
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| 89 | [개인정보보호정책 opens in new tab/window](https://www.elsevier.com/ko-kr/legal/privacy-policy) | |
| 89 | [개인정보보호정책](https://www.elsevier.com/ko-kr/legal/privacy-policy) | |
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| 94 | 94 | [Gizlilik politikası](https://elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy-tr-tr) |
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