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• Your IP Address
• The date and time of your requests
• Your time zone
• Your location
• Your language settings
• Your account on our website
• The key words used to search
• Your files uploaded
• Your data submitted
• Your view records of datasets, authors, and references
• Your authorised records on a third-party website

Other activity logs, browser plug-ins and other information might also be collected.

All of this information is stored in a multi-level protected database with encrypted passwords. The privacy and security information are protected when services are provided.