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We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments, and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds.</p> <p>In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 3, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or to protect your vital interests or the vital interest of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.</p> <h2><a id="intl-transfers" name="intl-transfers"></a>5. International Transfers of Your Personal Data</h2> <p>We may transfer your data from your country of origin to the USA. The USA does not have an adequacy decision from the European Commission, that means that the Commission has not determined that the laws of the USA provide adequate protection for personal information. Although the laws of the USA do not provide legal protection that is equivalent to EU data protection laws, SfN safeguards your personal information by treating it in accordance with this Privacy Notice. We take appropriate steps to protect your privacy and implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information in storage. We use secure transmission methods to collect personal data through our website. We also enter into contracts with our data processors that require them to treat personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Notice.</p> <p>SfN’s sole headquarters office is located in Washington, DC, United States. Data may be transferred outside the USA, for example to vendors located in Canada, The United Kingdom, and India. These transfers are governed by data protection agreements that include strict provisions for data protection and data security.</p> <p>The hosting facilities for our website is Microsoft Azure and is situated within the eastern United States. Personal data may be hosted by partners, suppliers, or subcontractors for the basis of providing goods, services, or programs authorized by SfN.</p> <p>You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.</p> <h2><a id="rights" name="rights"></a>6. Your Rights</h2> <p>In this section, we have summarized the rights that citizens of the European Union have under data protection law. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.</p> <p>Your principal data protection rights are:</p> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>The right to access</li> <li>The right to rectification</li> <li>The right to erasure</li> <li>The right to restrict processing</li> <li>The right to object to processing</li> <li>The right to data portability</li> <li>The right to complain to a supervisory authority</li> <li>The right to withdraw consent</li> </ul> <p>You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and, where we do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned and the recipients of the personal data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data. You can request a copy of your personal data by emailing <a href="mailto:data@sfn.org">data@sfn.org</a>.</p> <p>You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you completed.</p> <p>In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you withdraw consent to consent-based processing; you object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have been unlawfully processed. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.</p> <p>In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Those circumstances are: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.</p> <p>You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.</p> <p>You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose, going forward. </p> <p>You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your situation, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.</p> <p>To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is:</p> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li>Consent</li> <li>Performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, and such processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.</li> </ul> <p>If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.</p> <p>To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.</p> <p>You have the right to file a complaint concerning our processing of your personal data with your national (or in some countries, regional) data protection authority. The EU Commission has a list here: <a href="https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en">https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en</a>. The data protection authority for the United Kingdom is the Information Commissioner’s Office (<a href="http://www.ico.org.uk/">www.ico.org.uk</a>). The federal data protection authority for Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner: <a href="https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/the-fdpic/task.html">https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/the-fdpic/task.html</a>. </p> <p>You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us by emailing <a href="mailto:data@sfn.org">data@sfn.org</a> or call (202) 962-4000. </p> <h2><a id="ccpa" name="ccpa"></a>7. Additional Information for California Residents</h2> <p>Please visit the <a href="/about/ccpa">CCPA Privacy Statement</a>. </p> <h2><a id="about-cookies" name="about-cookies"></a>8. 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