The LSST:UK Consortium (LSST:UK) may record and process your personal details if you are involved in UK participation in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) or related projects. We will only record your personal details in the manner and for the purposes set out in this privacy statement. Data will be kept secure from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. We will not sell, rent, trade or otherwise knowingly share or provide your personal information to any third party, except insofar as legally obliged to do so or as specified below.
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We are using information about you because it is needed for the scientific activities of the LSST:UK Consortium, which coordinates the involvement of the UK scientific community in LSST.For those who are Affiliate PIs or Junior Associates, we will pass personal information to LSST Corporation (LSSTC), as required under the terms of the Memorandum of Agreement between STFC and LSSTC that establishes data rights for Affiliate PIs and Junior Associates.
LSST:UK uses external companies to process information about you, but it remains responsible for the information and for ensuring that it is kept securely. We may disclose information about you to Atlassian, who provide our cloud storage and to Jisc who operate our mailing list and online survey services.
For those who are Affiliate PIs or Junior Associates, we will pass personal information to the Rubin Observatory, as required for establishing data rights. The current list of UK data rights holders will be included in the Rubin International Data Rights Holders list (https://www.lsst.org/scientists/international-drh-list), while present and past lists of UK data rights holders will be posted on the LSST:UK wiki (LSST:UK Affiliate PIs and Junior Associates). The Rubin Observatory is located in the United States, which is not an "adequate country" under the terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (see https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/).
We do not use profiling or automated decision-making processes. A human decision maker will always be involved before any decision is reached in relation to you.
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A copy of this privacy statement will be kept at https://lsst-uk.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HOME/pages/583630867/Privacy+Statement and we will notify you of any substantial changes to it by posting a prominent notice on that webpage and by emailing notification to the lusc-announce email list.