Last updated: Apr 07, 2021
This Privacy Policy of Neliti Pty Ltd 626 531 351 (Neliti, us, we, our) sets out how we treat the information, including personal information, that we collect, use and disclose and our procedures regarding the handling of information (information), including the collection, use, disclosure and storage of information, as well as the right of individuals to access and correct that information. We provide a platform with domain name neliti.com (Platform) through which users (you, you) can access academic content, have academic content indexed and displayed, or host your own academic content (Services).
From time to time, we may revise or update this Privacy Policy or our information handling practices. If we do so, the revised Privacy Policy will be published on our Platform.
Neliti may collect information in order to conduct our business, to provide and market our Services and to meet our legal obligations. By using our Platform or our Services, or by providing any personal information to us, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy.
Our Privacy Policy is compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and we endorse and uphold the rights of individuals and our responsibilities under the GDPR. If you have any questions or concerns about your rights or our responsibilities under the GDPR, please email us at the contact details below.
The types of information we may collect and hold includes (but is not limited to) information about:
Personal information that we collect and hold may include:
You are not obliged to provide personal information to Neliti. However, in many cases, if you do not provide your personal information to us, we may not be able to supply the relevant product or service that you have requested from us.
In some circumstances, you may provide to us, and we may collect from you, personal information about a third party. Where you provide the personal information of a third party, you must ensure that the third party is aware of this Privacy Policy, understands it and agrees to accept it.
If it is necessary to provide specific services to you, we may collect sensitive information about you. However, we will only collect sensitive information from you if you agree to provide it to us, you authorise us to obtain it from a third party or where the collection of the information is required or authorised by or under law, or a Court/Tribunal order or otherwise where the collection is not prohibited under relevant laws.
We collect personal information in the following ways:
We store personal information in cloud storage facilities, offline computer storage facilities and paper-based files. We take steps to protect your personal information against loss, unauthorised access, use modification or disclosure. Some examples of the steps we take to protect your personal information include:
Every user of the Platform has the following rights:
We will handle any requests made in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the requirements of the GDPR.
Information that may identify you as a user may be gathered during your access to the Platform through cookies and other means.
A cookie is a piece of data that allows the server to identify and interact more effectively with your device. The cookie assists us in identifying what our users find interesting on the Platform.
Cookies will be allocated the first time you use the Platform and may be updated upon subsequent uses. The cookies do not identify you as an individual in our data collection process, however they do identify your device.
You can configure your web browser to refuse cookies. If you do so, you may not be able to use all or part of the Platform.
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies (see above), to help us analyse how users use our site and our Services. Although Google Analytics records data such as your geographical location, device, internet browser and operating system, none of this information personally identifies you with us.
The information generated by your use of the Platform and Services will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in your country of residence. Google will use the information on behalf of Neliti for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Platform and Services, compiling reports on activity for us and providing us with other services relating to activity and internet usage. You may refuse the use of these cookies via the settings in your browser as explained above. You can also opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics in the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
We collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for a variety of business purposes including:
We may also process and make use of personal data that is publicly available and relevant to our Services.
If you are an author of content displayed on the Platform, we may obtain a variety of publicly available information about you, such as information regarding previous research published, the content itself (including personal data too) and other information related to your content. We may also process information related to an author to create a record of your body of scientific contributions, or that might help understand professional connections between users of the Platform. Where your content concerns scientific work that was publicly or privately funded, we may also make use of this publicly available information.
When we collect publicly available information we may not have a way to ensure that personal data in such materials has been processed in accordance with applicable laws. However, if you notify us that your personal data contained in such materials is inaccurate or has been processed in violation of applicable data protection laws, we may delete it upon verification of your identity.
We also collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information to:
If you do not wish to disclose your personal information for the purpose of direct marketing or you would like to opt-out of receiving direct marketing communications, you can do so by contacting Neliti using the contact details set out below, or by following the instructions to unsubscribe which are contained in a communication that you receive from us.
We gather data and work with third parties to show you personalised ads on behalf of advertisers. This data comes from cookies, the personal information you provide, your use of the Platform, and anything inferred from this data. We only share this information in a way that does not reveal your personal identity, to show you ads that may be of particular interest to you. We may also use such data on an anonymised aggregate basis to measure the use behaviour and demographics of users. This information can be employed to group users based on their common attributes for use in targeted ad campaigns on the Platform.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties who work with us in our business to promote, market or improve the services that we provide, including:
We may also combine your information with information available from other sources, including the entities mentioned above, to help us provide better services to you.
Where we do share information with third parties, we require that there are contracts in place that only allow use and disclosure of personal information to provide the service and that protect your personal information. Otherwise, we will disclose personal information to others if you've given us permission, or if the disclosure relates to the main purpose for which we collected the information and you would reasonably expect us to do so.
You have a right to request access to your personal information which we hold about you and to request its correction. You can make such a request by contacting us using the contact details set out in this policy.
We will respond to any such request for access as soon as reasonably practicable. Where access is to be given, we will provide you with a copy or details of your personal information in the manner requested by you where it is reasonable and practicable to do so.
We will not charge you a fee for making a request to access your personal information. However, we may charge you a reasonable fee for giving you access to your personal information.
In some cases, we may refuse to give you access to the information you have requested or only give you access to certain information. If we do this, we will provide you with a written statement setting out our reasons for refusal, except where it would be unreasonable to do so.
We will take such steps (if any) as are reasonable in the circumstances to make sure that the personal information we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete, up to date and relevant.
If you believe the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, irrelevant, out of date or incomplete, you can ask us to update or correct it. To do so, please contact us using the contact details listed below.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, if you wish to correct or update information we hold about you or if you wish to request access or correction of your personal information or make a complaint about a breach by Neliti of its privacy obligations (including the way we have collected, disclosed or used your personal information), please contact our Data Protection Officer:
Neliti Data Protection Officer
hello@neliti.com
We will acknowledge and investigate any complaint about the way we manage personal information as soon as practicable. We will take reasonable steps to remedy any failure to comply with our privacy obligations.