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DATED 2022-10-28 · VERSION 20230201_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20221101_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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+\. Nature Conferences
+Springer Nature America, Inc. ("SNAI") \[1 New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562, USA\] and for China, Macmillan Information Consulting Services (Shanghai Co. Ltd) \[10-11unit, 42 Floor, The Center,
+Changle Road, XuHui District, 200031 Shanghai, CHINA\], affiliates of Springer Nature Limited (together "Springer Nature entities"), collect personal data from attendees to Nature conferences to facilitate registration and plan for the events. This includes data categories such as: Identification data (which may include name, address, telephone number, email address), entity type (e.g. academic, government, industry), position titles, curriculum vitaes, professional license information, dietary requirements, gender, information for travel arrangements (i.e., passport data, date of birth) and payment information. We also request information relating to requirements for reasonable accommodation where physical assistance may be needed to attend. We may collect data through a third party vendor such as Eventsforce Solutions Ltd.
+Eventsforce act as a data processor on our behalf. The use of your personal data in relation to conference attendance is based on Article 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. b GDPR and Art. 9 sec. 2 lit. a GDPR with regard to all health-related information you share with us in order to enable us to provide the required physical assistance to you.
+With the consent of attendees, we may use personal data, specifically identification data such as name and email address, to share information with attendees about future Nature conferences or other products, services and special offers. We'll continue to send you information and store your data until you ask us to be removed. This notification service is based on your consent, Article 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. a GDPR.
 VI. Automated decision making
 We do not use your personal data for automated decision making which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, however we do use your personal data to offer you content and services which we believe may be of interest.
 VII. Online advertising, e-commerce and related tools