Last update：February 15,2020

● Collection and use of personal data

For the processing of papers submitted for posting on a preprint server, we collects personal data such as author names, ORCID IDs, email addresses, affiliations, phone and fax numbers, and other details to accurately identify authors and the individual submitting a manuscript, should that person not be a coauthor on the paper.

Personally identifiable information: The collection of author and preprint Affiliate details is required for accurate identification in the manuscript submission system. Personal data collected at the time of submission are also used to register authors and Affiliates for accounts within the submission system.

Non-personally identifiable information: This is information that is neither used nor intended to be used to personally identify an individual and is neither associated with nor linked to personally identifiable information. These are data such as your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser language, and date and time of your visit.

Aggregated data: Data about the collective behavior of visitors to a preprint site may be collected and displayed. However, personally identifiable information is never disclosed other than as described herein.

Personal data stored in manuscript submission systems: Author and Affiliate account profiles, with identifiable personal details, are preserved in the preprint server’s manuscript submission system after the processing of each article and are visible to authorized staff. Email addresses and other personal information are never sold to third parties.

Third-party sharing: Author metadata are shared with third-party databases as part of routine indexing of posted content. Search engines index content directly from posted content on our preprint server websites.。

● Accessing and removing personally identifiable data

Users can access the personally identifiable data we have collected about them at any time by signing into the manuscript submission system for sites to which they have registered and clicking on their names in the header of the website. Users can request that any data they have provided to us be removed from our servers and computer networks by clicking the “contact us” link in the footer of the website.