Privacy Policy

DATED 2024-01-24 · VERSION 20240601_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20240302_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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 I. Summary of our processing activities
 We publish magazines, eBooks, news and data. Some of this material is freely available, some of it is only available to subscribers. The following summary offers a quick overview of the data processing activities that are undertaken on our website. You will find more detailed information under the indicated sections below.
 - When you visit our web properties for informational reasons without setting up an account, only limited personal data will be processed in order to service your request (see III).
 - If you are identified as belonging to a customer organization then we collect information in order to be able to provide usage reporting to that customer.
 - If you register for one of our services or subscribe to our newsletters, further personal data will be processed in the scope of such services (see IV and V).
 - Furthermore, your personal data will be used to provide you with relevant advertising for our services and products (see VII) and for statistical analysis that helps us to monitor the performance of our internet properties, improve those properties, and personalize your experience (see VIII). Additionally, we improve your website experience with third party content (see IX).
 - Your personal data may be disclosed to third parties (see X) that might be located outside your country of residence; potentially, different data protection standards may apply (see XI).
 - We have implemented appropriate safeguards to secure your personal data (see XII) and retain your personal data only as long as necessary (see XIII).
 - Under the legislation applicable to you, you may be entitled to exercise certain rights with regard to the processing of your personal data (see XIV).
 II. Definitions
+- **Personal data:** means any information relating to a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, or an online identifier.
+- **Processing:** means any operation which is performed on personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or any kind of disclosure or other use.
+- **Personal data:**
+    means any information relating to a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, or an online identifier.
+- **Processing:**
+    means any operation which is performed on personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or any kind of disclosure or other use.
 III. Informational use of our web properties
 When you visit our web properties for informational reasons, i.e. without registering for any of our provided services listed under IV and without providing us with personal data in any other form, we may automatically collect additional information about you which will contain personal data only in limited cases and which is automatically recognized by our server, such as:
 _Examples might include:_
 The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. a GDPR. Your email address will be retained as long as you subscribe to our newsletters.
 You can unsubscribe from this service by opting out via the link provided in each newsletter. If you inquired about a product or service and no longer wish to be contacted, you can email [help@sciam.com](http://help@sciam.com/), citing the name of the product or service, and request that your email address be removed.
 We utilize tools such as Acoustic, Amazon SES, and SendGrid to send emails. If you do not wish for your data to be processed by these providers, please email [help@sciam.com](mailto:help@sciam.com) - however, if you do not allow for this processing you will not be able to access our web properties or newsletters. For additional information on the use your data by these providers, please refer to:
+- [https://acoustic.com/privacy-notice](https://acoustic.com/privacy-notice)
+- [https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/](https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/)
+- [https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy](https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy)
 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 and to improve your experience on our web properties.
 VII. Online advertising, e-commerce and related tools
 . [proper.io](https://www.sovrn.com/privacy-policy/privacy-policy/)
 . [x.adprime.co](https://www.adprime.com/privacy-policy)
 . [media.net](https://www.media.net/privacy-policy/)
+. [Pubwise](https://admin.pubwise.io/publisher/privacypolicy)
+. [Magnite](https://www.magnite.com/legal/magnite-website-privacy-policy/)
+. [Pulsepoint](https://www.pulsepoint.com/legal/platform-privacy-policy)
+. [Smaato](https://www.smaato.com/privacy/)
+. [Sonobi](https://sonobi.com/privacy-policy/)
+. [ad-generation.jp](https://supership.jp/privacy/)
+. [Rhythmo](https://nexxen.com/privacy-policy/)
+. [smartadserver.com](https://equativ.com/privacy-policy/)
+. [yahoo](https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/index.html)
+. [Index Exchange](https://www.indexexchange.com/privacy/sar)
+. [ADman Media](https://admanmedia.com/politica.html)
+. [emxdgt.com](http://emxdgt.com/)
+. [Beachfront](https://www.beachfront.com/privacy-policy)
+. [improve digital](https://improvedigital.com/platform-privacy-policy/)
+. [Mintegral](https://www.mintegral.com/en/privacy)
+. [Onetag](https://www.onetag.com/privacy/)
+. [MediaGo](https://www.mediago.com/policy/)
+. [Adyoulike](https://adyoulike.com/pages/privacy)
+. [visiblemeasures.com](http://visiblemeasures.com/)
+. [Undertone](https://www.undertone.com/privacy-center/)
+. [iMDS](https://imds.tv/privacy/)
+. [Amazon Ads](https://advertising.amazon.com/legal/privacy-notice)
+. [Kargo](https://www.kargo.com/websiteprivacy)
+. [Lemma](https://scientificamerican.com/page/privacy-policy/lemmatechnologies.com)
+. [illumin](https://illumin.com/legal/privacy/)
+. [Cadent](https://cadent.tv/services-privacy-policy/)
 On our web properties, we use the remarketing or "Similar audiences" feature of AdWords offered by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google"
 Google uses cookies/tracking technologies, i.e., text files that are stored on your computer and that allow us to analyze your use of our web properties. Information generated by Cookies/tracking technology on your use of our web properties (including your IP address) will be transferred to a Google server in the U.S. and stored on that server. After that, the last three digits of the IP address will be deleted by Google so that it is no longer possible to clearly match this IP address with personal data. Google will use this information to analyze your use of the our web properties, to create activity reports for us and to provide additional services in connection with the use of the website and the internet. Furthermore, Google may transfer this information to third parties, if it is required to do so in accordance with statutory provisions or if third parties process data on behalf of Google.
 Third party providers, including Google, place advertisements on websites on the internet. Third party providers, including Google, use stored cookies/tracking information to place advertisements based on previous visits of a user on this website.
 For additional information on the anonymous analysis of your search behavior please refer to:
 - https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
 - http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
 You may object to data collection and storage for the purpose of remarketing at any time - this objection will be effective for the future, but not retroactively - by deactivating interest-based advertising in Google or by deactivating the services on the website of the Network Advertising Initiative. Note: in that case, you may not be able to use all features of our web properties anymore. By using this website, you grant your consent to the processing of data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purpose described above.
 Facebook Custom Audience
 For further information on the privacy policy of Facebook and Custom Audience please refer to https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ or https://www.facebook.com/business/a/online-sales/custom-audiences-website.
 If you do not wish your data to be collected via Custom Audience, you can deactivate custom Audience using this [link](https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).
 We utilize tools such as Piano and Stripe to manage your subscriptions, identity, payments, and authorizations. If you do not wish for your data to be processed by these providers, please email [help@sciam.com](mailto:help@sciam.com) - however, if you do not allow for this processing you will not be able to access our web properties. For additional information on the use your data by these providers, please refer to:
+- [https://piano.io/privacy-policy/](https://piano.io/privacy-policy/)
+- [https://stripe.com/privacy](https://stripe.com/privacy)
 VIII. Analytics
 **OneTrust**
 Onetrust places the following cookies on your computer:
 \. take legal actions in relation to any potential breach of your rights regarding the processing of your personal data, as well as to lodge complaints before the competent data protection regulators;
 \. require (i) to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and (ii) to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from our side; where technically feasible you shall have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller;
 \. not to be subject to any automated decision making, including profiling (automatic decisions based on data processing by automatic means, for the purpose of assessing several personal aspects) which produce legal effects on you or affects you with similar significance; and/or
+_. Your California Privacy Rights_**:** Please see [https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/california-consumer-privacy-statement/](https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/california-consumer-privacy-statement/)
+_. Your California Privacy Rights_ **:** Please see [https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/california-consumer-privacy-statement/](https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/california-consumer-privacy-statement/)
 You may (i) exercise the rights referred to above or (ii) pose any questions or (iii) make any complaints regarding our data processing by contacting us using the contact details set out below.
 XV. Minors
 Our web properties are not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect any personal data from children under 16 years old. However, if the parent or the guardian of a child under 16 years old believes that the child has provided us with personal data, the parent or guardian of that child should contact us at dataprotection@springernature.com to request the deletion of this data from our files.