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is the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. ��ݮ��Ƶis compliant with GDPR as a data Controller and is committed to the highest data privacy and protection standards.

This page is also intended to address privacy concerns under the

��ݮ��Ƶcollects the following information when using our platform

• General users: name, email, IP address, phone number
• ��ݮ��ƵRepresentatives: name, email, IP address, phone number
• Procurement contacts: name, email, phone number

This information is needed to be part of the ��ݮ��Ƶcommunity. To cancel your account and be removed from the community, email wrds-support@wharton.upenn.edu. The information will be removed within 5 business days.

WRDS’ uses user and other information primarily for statistical purposes to identify the dominant areas of interest of users and better prepare future content of the site. The main goal is to constantly improve the value of the site and to protect the security of the entire ��ݮ��Ƶsystem.

Occasionally, ��ݮ��Ƶwill send emails to advise users of additional databases, changes within the site, or information that may be otherwise helpful.

For general users, phone number is only used for 2-factor authentication (2FA).

��ݮ��Ƶdoes not sell personal information to any 3rd party organization. ��ݮ��Ƶshares information with 3rd parties only as needed and described below. ��ݮ��ƵUsers may access their own database usage history at any time from the Account page. ��ݮ��Ƶrepresentatives at each institution (often a librarian or department chair) are entitled to see database usage from their institution. Data providers are entitled to see aggregate usage information of their own databases, but not personally identifiable details.

��ݮ��Ƶstaff, in coordination with Wharton Computing and the University of Pennsylvania, conduct security audits of the platform.

The University of Pennsylvania employs a Data Protection Officer who currently has the title “Privacy and Security Officer”.

3rd Parties Receiving Data

Users are advised that information maintained by ��ݮ��Ƶmay be disclosed in connection with judicial or administrative proceedings or if in the sole discretion of ��ݮ��Ƶdisclosure is necessary to protect ��ݮ��Ƶor the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

��ݮ��Ƶpartners with Cisco for their Duo 2-factor authentication (2FA) product. As a service that confirms identities, by its nature Duo collects information about users. This includes email address, phone number, IP address, device info, and ��ݮ��Ƶuser name - but not first or last name. Cisco is a Data Processor under GDPR and maintains a .