Tag / Version | personal_info_consent_2016 |
---|
Compute Canada (CC) may, in the course of its operations, collect, use and disclose certain aspects of your personal information in order to fulfill its mandate and to run its services. Only necessary and relevant information as mentioned below will be collected, and this information will only be shared with your consent. It is important that everyone using a CC service understand what information CC consider important to collect versus what information CC considers out-of-scope and thus private to users.
Information we collect
We collect information that you provide to us when you sign up and use one of CC's managed systems or services. Information such as where you logged in from, how long you used the system, and details of how you used system resources while logged in are all examples of information that we collect and use to help better secure, manage and run our systems. It is important that we collect such information for us to protect privacy and integrity of data on our systems. Several types of information are collected to fulfill our reporting obligation to funding agency or to manage access to resources.
The following personal information may be collected, used, and disclosed by CC:
Information we do not collect
It is important to note that CC does not, in the course of its operations, inspect, collect or disclose information related to the actual data that users store, process or transmit while using a CC system. Such information is considered out-of-scope and private to users with the following important exceptions:
CC considers the privacy and protection of user data to be of primary
importance. More information is available in the CC privacy and data
protection policy if you would like to learn details about our commitment
toward privacy and data protection:
https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/information-security/privacy-and-data-protection-policy/
Who we might share your personal information with
Some of the personal information we collect may at some point need to be shared with external organizations or individuals in accordance with their legitimate need for such information. For example, a response to a security incident on a CC system may need to be followed up with the user's host institution. The following are considered legitimate recipients of users' personal information collected by CC:
CC will never disclose any personal information to third parties for the purposes of profit or advertisement or any commercial endeavour.
Retention of personal information
CC retains the right to store any of the personal information listed above and collected during the course of a user interaction with a CC system for as long as it may deem necessary to fulfill its goals of operating and providing a valuable service to the research community, or as required for reporting to the funding agency.
Note that if you do not agree to the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, compute Canada will not be able to offer you its services and your account will not be activated or renewed.