The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a major piece of data privacy legislation coming into effect on May 25, 2018. GDPR will apply to all companies processing the personal data of all European Union residents, regardless of the company’s location.
We’d like to take this opportunity to emphasize that Dryad respects the privacy of our users and submitters and works to protect all personally identifiable information we collect, which is limited to names and contact information. We have an existing privacy policy to which submitters agree when they create a Dryad profile, and again when they submit data. Some steps we will be taking:
- Reviewing our privacy policy to ensure it conforms to GDPR requirements;
- Reviewing the parts of our system where submitters provide and maintain personal data, ensuring that there are links to the privacy policy, and that actions to control one’s personal data are clear; and
- Reviewing the methods we use to communicate with submitters, users, and others to ensure that you do not receive unwanted emails.
If you are concerned about the accuracy of personally identifiable information maintained by Dryad, wish to review, access, or correct this information, or would like your information removed from Dryad’s records, you may contact us anytime at help@datadryad.org.