Dimensions and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) European Law
Dimensions data and the GDPR
Much of the data we use and display within Dimensions (app.dimensions.ai) contains personal data such as names of journal article authors and details of their research history, which is already publicly available and forms part of the scientific record. By increasing its discoverability and helping identify linkages, amongst other things, we believe this adds value to the scientific community and we rely on our “legitimate business interests” to process this information, further details of which is set out in our privacy policy.
User accounts and the GDPR
If you register to use Dimensions, we require certain limited information about you to set up an account. Registered users can have their account deleted if desired by Delete Account within the account settings, which will result in the deletion of your registration details and other information that may be linked to your account.
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Dimensions sub-processors
Digital Science may engage the following group and third party entities to assist them in connection with Dimensions, including to provide hosting and infrastructure services and customer and technical support and which may therefore involve the processing of personal data:
Affiliate name* | Location |
|---|---|
Digital Science & Research Solutions Ltd | United Kingdom |
Digital Science & Research SRL | Romania |
DS Digital Science GmbH | Germany |
Springer Nature AG & Co KGaA | Germany |
Third party service provider name* | Location | Function |
|---|---|---|
Amazon Web Services | United States (server location may differ) | Hosting |
Freshdesk | United States | Support |
Get Full Text Research LLC | United States | Verification of full-text access entitlement |
Intercom | United States | In-app messaging & usage tracking |
Open AI | United States | Data processing |
Sentry | United States | Application operations |
Shiny Planes, Inc. | United States | Service Messaging |
*Not all service providers will be used for every user
Date: July 2024
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