It is DataCite’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating this site. If you have questions about deleting or correcting any personal data you find on our website please contact our support team.

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Controller in the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is: DataCite e. V. German National Library of Science and Technology Welfengarten 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany info@datacite.org

Just by merely using this website for information purposes, DataCite, like most site operators, collects personal data of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the IP address, the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. DataCite’s purpose in collecting these information is to better understand how DataCite’s visitors use its sites.

Legal basis for the processing of these data is Art. 6 No. 1 lit. f GDPR.

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DataCite will not attribute these data to specific persons, and these data will not be combined with other data sources. After use for the above purposes, the data are erased by DataCite after seven days.

Certain visitors to this site can choose to interact with the site in ways that require DataCite to gather personal data. The amount and type of information that DataCite gathers depends on the nature of the interaction.

For example, we ask visitors who send a contact message, requesting assistance, to provide a name and email address. DataCite collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with DataCite. DataCite does not disclose personal data other than as described in the Protection of Information section below. Visitors can always refuse to supply personal data, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain activities.

For more information, please read the following sections on data processing, in which further details are provided.

Access to certain areas of this website may be restricted. DataCite reserves the right to restrict access to areas of this website, or indeed this entire website, at DataCite’s discretion.

If DataCite provides you with a user ID and password to enable you to access restricted areas of this website or other content or services, you must ensure that the user ID and password are kept confidential.

DataCite may disable your user ID and password in DataCite’s sole discretion without notice or explanation.

If you have given your consent, DataCite uses Google Analytics to analyze and optimize the use of the website. We use the obtained statistics to improve our offering and design it so that it is more interesting for you as the user.

Google Analytics employs so-called “cookies“, text files that are stored on your computer in order to facilitate an analysis of your use of the site. The information about your use of this website produced by the cookie is normally transmitted to and stored on a server of Google in the USA. Recipient of the collected data is Google. In the case of activation of IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address is first abbreviated within the Member States of the European Union or in other member countries to the Convention on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transmitted to and stored on a server of Google in the USA in exceptional situations. At the instruction of the Operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website and compile reports about website activity.

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 No. 1 lit. a GDPR

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by preventing the storage of cookies with a corresponding setting in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of the data produced by the cookie that relates to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) with regard to Google as well as the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing a browser-Add-on available. Alternatively to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can prevent the collection of your data by clicking on the following link: Opt-Out Cookie. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will have to set the opt-out cookie again. To prevent Google Analytics from collecting data across multiple devices, you must opt out on all devices.

In exceptional situations in which personal data are transmitted to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Information on the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, telefax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms and Conditions for Use: https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en, overview of data privacy: https://policies.google.com/?hl=en&gl=de, as well as the data privacy statement: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de.

In these terms and conditions, “your user content” means material (including without limitation text, images, audio material, video material and audio-visual material) that you submit to this website, for whatever purpose.

You grant to DataCite a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your user content in any existing or future media. You also grant to DataCite the right to sub-license these rights, and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.

Your user content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any third party’s legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against you or DataCite or a third party (in each case under any applicable law).

You must not submit any user content to the website that is or has ever been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaints.

DataCite reserves the right to edit or remove any material submitted to this website, or stored on DataCite servers, or hosted or published on this website.

This website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. DataCite makes no representations or warranties in relation to this website or the information and materials provided on this website.

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Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, DataCite does not warrant that:

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• this website will be constantly available, or available at all; or

• the information on this website is complete, true, accurate or non-misleading.

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Nothing on this website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind.

DataCite will not be liable to you (whether under the law of contact, the law of torts or otherwise) in relation to the contents of, or use of, or otherwise in connection with, this website:

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• to the extent that the website is provided free-of-charge, for any direct loss;

• for any indirect, special or consequential loss; or

• for any business losses, loss of revenue, income, profits or anticipated savings, loss of contracts or business relationships, loss of reputation or goodwill, or loss or corruption of information or data.

DataCite does not assume liability for the completeness or accuracy of any of the website’s content.

Pursuant to section 7, para. 1 of the TMG (Telemediengesetz – Tele Media Act by German law), DataCite, as service provider, are liable for our own content on these pages in accordance with general laws. However, pursuant to sections 8 to 10 of the TMG, DataCite, as a service provider is not under obligation to monitor external information provided or stored on our website. Once aware of a specific infringement of the law, DataCite will immediately remove the content in question. Any liability concerning this matter can only be assumed from the point in time at which the infringement becomes known to us.

Our website contains links to the websites of third parties (“external links”). As the content of these websites is not under our control, we cannot assume any liability for such external content. In all cases, the provider of information of the linked websites is liable for the content and accuracy of the information provided. At the point in time when the links were placed, no infringements of the law were recognizable to us. As soon as an infringement of the law becomes known to us, we will immediately remove the link in question.

These limitations of liability apply even if you have been expressly advised of the potential loss.

You hereby indemnify DataCite and undertake to keep DataCite indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by DataCite to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these terms and conditions.

DataCite may transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with DataCite’s rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions without notifying you or obtaining your consent.

You may not transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.

Without prejudice to DataCite’s other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions in any way, DataCite may take such action as DataCite deems appropriate to deal with the breach.

Use of this website and the interpretation of this Disclaimer shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Germany, without regard to conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be resolved in the courts in Germany. Through your continued use of this website, you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of Germany. DataCite – International Data Citation Initiative e. V. may change this Disclaimer at any time without notice to you and without liability to you or any other party. It is your responsibility to periodically check this Disclaimer for changes. If you do not agree to any changes made to the Disclaimer, you should cease the use of this website. Continued use of this website signifies acceptance of any changes made to the Disclaimer.

DataCite is a German association registered as “DataCite –International Data Citation Initiative e. V.”
The DataCite Association registered office is in Hannover, Germany. The registered address is Welfengarten 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany.