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privacy [2019/06/14 12:51] – [Disabling Automatic Requests] dstillman | privacy [2020/10/21 03:59] – [Third-Party Services Used] dstillman | ||
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* **Syncing: | * **Syncing: | ||
- | * **Automatic PDF metadata retrieval: | + | * **Automatic PDF metadata retrieval: |
+ | * We do not log any information about the contents of PDF metadata requests. | ||
+ | * **Open-access PDF retrieval: | ||
+ | * If a PDF can't be saved for an item with a DOI, Zotero will send the DOI to Zotero servers to check for open-access versions. We do not log the contents of these requests. Disabling this preference will disable all automatic attachment saving. | ||
* **Broken site translator reporting: | * **Broken site translator reporting: | ||
* **Translator/ | * **Translator/ | ||
- | * **Zotero update checking:** Advanced → Config Editor → set '' | + | * **Zotero update checking:** Advanced |
- | * **Retracted item checking:** Advanced → Config Editor → set '' | + | * Automatic update checking is strongly recommended for security and stability reasons. |
+ | * **Retracted item checking:** Advanced | ||
+ | * Retraction checks are performed [[/ | ||
+ | * **Proxy authentication checking:** Advanced → Config Editor → set '' | ||
+ | * At Zotero startup, HEAD requests are made to a test file on Amazon S3 and selected publisher websites (controlled by '' | ||
- | If automatic syncing or automatic translator/ | + | If automatic syncing or automatic translator/ |
If you use the Zotero Connector without having Zotero open, the Connector will make a daily request to Zotero servers for information on available site translators. It will then download translators for the sites you visit. For example, if you load a < | If you use the Zotero Connector without having Zotero open, the Connector will make a daily request to Zotero servers for information on available site translators. It will then download translators for the sites you visit. For example, if you load a < | ||
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* All Zotero server data is stored in the United States in Amazon Web Services. See [[: | * All Zotero server data is stored in the United States in Amazon Web Services. See [[: | ||
* Certain operations you perform in Zotero may trigger requests to public third-party services such as Crossref or the Library of Congress for metadata retrieval. These third parties may log your IP address and search terms (e.g., DOI or ISBN) according to their privacy policies, but no other identifying information is provided. | * Certain operations you perform in Zotero may trigger requests to public third-party services such as Crossref or the Library of Congress for metadata retrieval. These third parties may log your IP address and search terms (e.g., DOI or ISBN) according to their privacy policies, but no other identifying information is provided. | ||
+ | * When you save items to or update items in Zotero, Zotero may, depending on your settings, connect to the associated sites to download metadata or save PDFs or snapshots. This is equivalent to loading those sites in your browser, and similar privacy implications apply. See [[kb: | ||
* Some fonts on Zotero’s websites are licensed from myfonts.com. In order to verify Zotero’s compliance with this license, myfonts.com collects your IP address and the URL of the accessed Zotero webpage. | * Some fonts on Zotero’s websites are licensed from myfonts.com. In order to verify Zotero’s compliance with this license, myfonts.com collects your IP address and the URL of the accessed Zotero webpage. | ||
* When an account is registered, we use Google reCAPTCHA to verify that it is not an automated registration attempt. | * When an account is registered, we use Google reCAPTCHA to verify that it is not an automated registration attempt. |