Privacy Policy of opensnp.org

Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services:

• • Contacting the User

    • Mailing List or Newsletter

      Personal Data: Cookies; email address

  • Content commenting

    • Comment system managed directly

      Personal Data: Cookies; username

  • Registration and authentication

    • Direct registration

      Personal Data: email address; password; username

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

• • Genetic Information

    Genetic Information in the context of openSNP refers to genotype information for Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-nucleotide_polymorphism) as are tested by Direct-To-Consumer genetic testing companies.
    
    Users can upload their genetic information to openSNP.org. The data will be released on openSNP.org under Creative Commons Zero (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) and is publicly available for everyone to download.
    
    The genetic information will be publicly associated with the username and phenotypic information the user has provided about her/himself.

  • Phenotypic Information

    Phenotypic information are observable traits one features and can include – but are not limited to – morphological traits (height, eye/hair colour etc.), biochemical/biophysical properties (blood type, blood pressure etc.) or clinical information (absence/presence of diseases).
    
    Users can upload phenotypic information to openSNP.org. The data will be released on openSNP.org under Creative Commons Zero (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) and is publicly available for everyone to download.
    
    The phenotypic information will be publicly associated with the username and genetic information the user has provided about her/himself.

Contact information

• • Owner and Data Controller

    Bastian Greshake – Hafeninsel 19 – 63067 Offenbach am Main (Germany)

    Owner contact email: info@opensnp.org