We intend only to process personal information fairly and transparently as required by personal data protection law including the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR). HarnesstomDB collects the following data.

Computers accessing to the web page

You may visit parts of HarnesstomDB without providing any personal information about yourself. HarnesstomDB does not collect any technical data of computers accessing to the web page nor uses cookies to track your user session on the server. HarnesstomDB never collects personal information for commercial marketing or any purposes not related to scientific discussions and collaborations.

Registered users

A HarnesstomDB user account is required if you wish to access advanced functionalities, manage your data or give access to other users. When you create a HarnesstomDB user account you must provide personal identification information (name, last name, country and a valid e-mail). All other personal information supplied by you on a voluntary basis. By providing your email address on the HarnesstomDB, you consent to your name and email address being added to the HarnesstomDB user directory, and your name and email address being freely searchable by and viewable to other registered users. If you choose to include other details in your contact information profile (e.g. phone number, address), these details will also be included in the HarnesstomDB user directory. HarnesstomDB administrators and registered users may use this email address to contact you for issues related to your data in HarnesstomDB.

Public contacts

Program leaders or coordinators are considered Public contacts in HarnesstomDB. Their personal and professional data (name, e-mail address, organization and ORCID) is the unique personal data available for non-registered users. Personal and professional data will be public and provided exclusively for the purpose of furthering scientific discussions and collaborations.

Your data protection rights

According to the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR), you have the right to access, rectify, oppose and delete information about yourself. If you wish to exercise this right and obtain information about yourself, please fill the Erasure Request format and contact us via our contact form.

Personal data Transfer

HarnesstomDB may share knowledge with third-parties by prior signed written agreement. Data sharing will be in compliance with intellectual property rights. HarnesstomDB does not transfer any personally identifiable information about visitors or users. The only exception will be public contacts and submitters so that the recipients of the shared data can contact them for questions related to their data. Public contacts will be shared ensuring that the personal data are adequately protected. To achieve this, the parties shall, unless agreed otherwise, rely on EU approved standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data.

Personal data held by HarnesstomDB will only be released in exceptional circumstances when required by law or judicial or regulatory order.

Privacy policies of other websites

The HarnesstomDB gateway contains links to other websites that provide more information about research data stored in the database. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

HarnesstomDB on social media sites

Harnesstom consortium maintains accounts on third-party websites, such as social media sites, as tools to better interact with the public. The security and privacy policies of third-party websites apply to your activity on those sites. HarnesstomDB publications on those sites will concern only to scientific works submitted to the database or to new improvements. In the case, scientific actors’ information will be published in those sites HarnesstomDB it should be to identify and acknowledge the authors of the scientific works submitted to our database.

Changes to our privacy policy

HarnesstomDB keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 8 March 2023..

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Harnesstom 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.