How Chewie-NS uses your personal data (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation is an EU regulation that was set up in 2016 and came into force on 25th May 2018. These rules give people the explicit right to know what websites and companies are doing with their personal information (e.g. how it is stored, how it is processed, or shared with third parties). These regulations also explicitly give people a say in how their information is used.

We feel these are important issues and wish to clarify what happens within Chewie-NS in relation to the GDPR.

What data do we store

On registration we ask for the following:

  • Your username & email.

  • Your password.

  • Your department & institution.

This allows us to contact you if there are any problems. We will be emailing you from time to time informing you about changes in Chewie-NS. If this is problematic, you may delete your account.

We also use cookies, track your IP and webpages that you access on Chewie-NS. We can also track any data you generate through Chewie-NS, such as schemas. This is so we can analyse the performance of Chewie-NS and make improvements. We also use this information to detect abuse.

How is data stored?

Your user account data is stored in a relational database with strict access only to Chewie-NS developers and system administrators at the Molecular Microbiology and Infection Unit (UMMI). These data are not readily accessible outside of the UMMI Unit.

All passwords are hashed and encrypted. We have no way to read your original password.

Deletion from Chewie-NS

You can request to delete your Chewie-NS account, which will remove all your personal information immediately by sending an email to imm-bioinfo@medicina.ulisboa.pt.

Requests from you

  • We will send you a copy of all your stored personal data, on request.

  • We will delete your account and all your personal data, on request.

  • We will clarify any specifics, on request.

Please send requests to imm-bioinfo@medicina.ulisboa.pt.