NMRprime is developed and hosted at ETH Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland. This privacy notice will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website and/or services.

Topics:

• What data do we collect?
• How do we collect your data?
• How will we use your data?
• How do we store your data?
• Marketing
• What are your data protection rights?
• Which exceptions may apply to these rights?
• What are cookies?
• How do we use cookies?
• What types of cookies do we use?
• How to manage your cookies
• Privacy policies of other websites
• Changes to our privacy policy
• How to contact us

We collect the following data:

• Personal identification information (name, username, email address)
• Employment information (institutional affiliation, position etc.)
• Usage information

You directly provide us with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

• Register online.
• Voluntarily complete a user survey or provide feedback via email.
• Enter data into forms within our website.
• Use or view our website (via the pages you visit and/or your browser’s cookies). You may opt out of this method of data collection by unchecking the box in the footer of our web interface.

We may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:

• Matomo

We collect your data so that we can:

• Create and process database entries.
• Manage your account.
• Analyse user behaviour in order to improve our services and web interface.

We securely store all data related to your account on our server at ETH Zurich, in Switzerland. We will keep your account data for as long as your account exists within our database. If you request deletion of your account, the corresponding data is immediately removed from our server. Due to technical or legal reasons, copies of this data may be retained following deletion (e.g. backups), however this data will not be accessible via our services.

Analytics data is also stored on our server (On-Premise Matomo installation). Raw data is anonymized and deleted after 180 days. After this period, we only retain data in aggregated form (Matomo reports).

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access: You have the right to make a request for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to make a request for completion of information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us via email at: nmrprime-support@ethz.ch

Data protection legislation stipulates exceptions to the above rights, for scientific research purposes, when the rights referred to are likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of the data processing. We therefore reserve the right to object to requests in this context. In particular (but not exclusively), requests to remove archived experimental data or entry metadata from our database may be refused to ensure compliance with Open Research Data guidelines.

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

• Keeping you signed in.
• Correctly displaying date/time data.
• Understanding how you use our website.

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

• Functionality (necessary): We use these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. Only first-party cookies are used for this purpose.
• Analytics (optional): We use these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. We reserve the right to share some limited aspects of this data with third parties for analytics purposes, as outlined in other sections of this Notice. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result. Analytics cookies can be disabled via the banner that is shown upon your first visit to our site, or by selecting "Cookie settings" at the bottom of our website.

Our website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, therefore if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 14 November 2024.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: nmrprime-support@ethz.ch

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that NMRprime has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.