iimog
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6 years ago I'm not a lawyer. My suggestion for a general explanation of our data usage in plain english looks like this:
This page uses cookies to sync carts and custom annotations across browser tabs. The only information stored in this cookie is a randomly generated session ID used to uniquely identify users. If google analytics is activated on this page you see a separate notification in the navigation bar with more details and the possibility to opt-out. Except for google analytics (if activated) no user data is passed to any other entity. User data is only permanently stored on the server if you choose to login with Google or if you use the BLAST search. In case of login with google your carts, aliases, and annotations are stored in a database on the server using the OAuth token from google to identify you. This data is only stored for your own usage and not analyzed in any way. We can not guarantee to store this data infinitely so please make a backup using the export functionality. You can remove your data yourself by deleting all carts and all custom annotations. In case of BLAST searches the search including input sequence and all parameters is permanently stored in the database and results are available via the unique result link. This data is accessible to everyone who has the link without further authentification. Please contact the admin of this page (see ) if you need to have some of your data deleted. In case of questions or requests please contact
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If someone is willing to help me we could start a document that we can edit together. This should probably go somewhere close to the impressum and should be editable for each specific instance.
We need to comply with the new EU General Data Protection Regulations. This includes a statement explaining all storage and usage of user data.