Privacy Policy

DATED 2025-10-14 · VERSION 20251201_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20250401_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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+This policy was last updated on 02/04/2025.
+This policy was last updated on 10/14/2025.
 This is the privacy policy ("policy") for _scientificamerican.com_ and the Scientific American mobile apps (collectively our "web properties"), which are operated and provided by Springer Nature America, Inc. (**we**, **us** and **our**). Springer Nature America, Inc. (_Scientific American)_ is located at 1 New York Plaza New York, NY 10004_._ We can also be contacted at sadigital@sciam.com.
 We will only use the personal data gathered over this website as set out in this policy. Below you will find information on how we use your personal data, for which purposes your personal data is used, with whom it is shared and what control and information rights you may have.
 I. Summary of our processing activities
 By statutory law we are required to retain the provided financial data in relation to transactions (including address, payment and order information) for ten years. However, after 2 years we will restrict the processing of your personal data to comply with the statutory requirements and will not process the personal data any further. Regarding this, the retention of your personal data is based on Article 6 sec. 1 sent. 1 lit. c GDPR.
 \. Article alerts and Newsletters
 With your email address you can subscribe to our newsletters that provide you with the latest news about our products and services if you consent to receiving such newsletters.
+**Email Verification**
+We use a trusted third-party service called Emailable to help verify the email addresses provided by our users. This helps us make sure your email address is valid so we can successfully send you newsletters, updates, and other information you've requested. It also helps protect our community from spam and fraudulent signups.
+If you prefer that we do not verify your email address through Emailable, you can opt out at any time by contacting us at [help@sciam.com](mailto:help@sciam.com)
+Please note that if you choose to opt out, we may not be able to send you certain emails (such as newsletters or important account information), and some parts of our website or services may not work properly without a verified email address.
+We only share your email with Emailable for verification purposes, and they process your information in line with applicable privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). For more details about how we handle your personal information and your rights under the CCPA, please see the rest of our Privacy Policy.
 You can further sign up for our newsletter via Facebook. For this purpose, we are using Facebook Lead Ads, a service by Facebook Inc., 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 U.S. ("Facebook"). Lead Ads makes it even easier for you to sign up for our newsletter as the form will already be pre-populated via Facebook with your data and you only need to submit the form. Of course, you have the opportunity to amend and review the data before submission. For more information on how lead ads works see here - [https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/lead-ads](https://www.facebook.com/business/ads/lead-ads).
 If you sign up for editorial newsletters on Facebook and consent to receiving marketing emails or Facebook advertisements, you may or may not receive Facebook advertisements about products or services from Scientific American.
 If you reside in the EU please be aware that your personal data will be transferred back to Facebook to facilitate advertisements. Facebook processes this data also in countries outside of the EU where a different level of data protection applies and access to the data by authorities and public bodies is possible. With your consent, you also agree to the transfer to Facebook in third countries, including the USA.
 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 Amazon SES, SendGrid, and Klaviyo 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:
+We utilize tools such as Amazon SES, Twilio, Klaviyo and Emailable to send and verify 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://aws.amazon.com/privacy/](https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/)
 - [https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy](https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy)
 - [https://www.klaviyo.com/legal/privacy/privacy-notice](https://www.klaviyo.com/legal/privacy/privacy-notice)
+- [https://emailable.com/privacy-policy/](https://emailable.com/privacy-policy/)
 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
 Please submit any questions, concerns or comments you have about this privacy policy or any requests concerning your personal data by email to our Group Data Protection Officer. You can contact our Group Data Protection Officer via dataprotection@springernature.com.
 The information you provide when contacting us at dataprotection@springernature.com will be processed to handle your request and will be erased when your request is completed. Alternatively, we will restrict the processing of the respective information in accordance with statutory retention requirements.
 XVII. Amendments to this policy
+We reserve the right to change this policy from time to time by updating our web properties respectively. Please visit our web properties and check our respective current privacy policy. This policy was last updated on 02/04/2025.
+We reserve the right to change this policy from time to time by updating our web properties respectively. Please visit our web properties and check our respective current privacy policy. This policy was last updated on 10/14/2025.