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Here is the privacy policy that covers the docking.org domain, including DOCK Blaster and ZINC. This policy spells out our procedures and the kind of data protection you can expect from us. We accept no responsibility for any data uploaded to our server.
Here is the privacy policy that covers the docking.org domain, including DOCK Blaster and ZINC. This policy spells out our procedures and the kind of data protection you can expect from us. We accept no responsibility for any data uploaded to our server. By using docking.org services you agree to do
so at your own risk.  


DOCK Blaster, ZINC, DUD, and other docking.org services are completely free public services, run on US-taxpayer-funded computers at a public university. Thus our bias is to be open.


== Personal Identifying Information ==
== Personal Identifying Information ==
We may retain your email address for authentication purposes (docking.org blog, Dockumentation wiki). We may also retain your email address for sending you periodic status updates on your jobs (DOCK Blaster and ZINC). We will not give your email address or any other information about you to anyone, unless we get subpoenaed by the a three letter, D.C.-based agency. In this case we are legally obligated to comply, and your best recourse is to petition your members in Congress.
We may retain your email address for authentication purposes (docking.org blog, Dockumentation wiki). We may also retain your email address for sending you periodic status updates on your jobs (DOCK Blaster and ZINC). We will not give your email address or any other information about you to anyone, except of course to US spy agencies as required by US law.


== Uploaded Project Files (target, ligands, etc) ==
== Uploaded Project Files (target, ligands, etc) ==
You may protect your data for 7 days from the time of initial upload by using a project identification number (PIN). For seven days, no one will be able to see your uploaded data or calculated results without this PIN. Please connect to DOCK Blaster using https:// to be sure your PIN is encrypted in transit.
You may protect your data for seven (7) days from the time of initial upload by using a project identification number (PIN). For seven days, no one will be able to see your uploaded data or calculated results without this PIN. Please connect to DOCK Blaster using https:// to be sure your PIN is encrypted in transit.


After 7 days, your PIN will be deleted and your data will be visible without limitation to everyone. If you wish your data to remain confidential, you must delete your data prior to the expiration of this 7 day period. If you provided an email when you requested the job, you will be send an email confirmation after 6 days warning you of the iminent PIN expiration.
After 7 days, your PIN will be deleted and your data will be visible without limitation to anyone. If you wish your data to remain confidential, you must delete your data prior to the expiration of this 7 day period.


Your data may remain on the server at our discretion. Typically, this is one or two weeks, but we reserve the right to retain data on the server for illustration or debugging purposes.
Results of DOCK Blaster jobs that successfully complete "Calibration" will remain on our server for 28 days from the initial job start date. They may remain longer, but this is entirely at our discretion. We reserve the right to retain data on the server for illustration or debugging purposes.


== Calculated Results ==
Results of ZINC upload and subset requests, and DOCK Blaster protonate requests, remain on our server for seven days and cannot be PIN protected.
If you have not used a PIN, calculated results become visible to third parties after the jobs have ended. Thus only you may browse your results while the calculations are still running. However, once the jobs are complete, anyone may view them.


== Any way around these restrictions? ==
== Any way around these restrictions? ==
Yes, you can get a private copy of DOCK, DOCK Blaster, and ZINC, and run on your own servers. This is subject to licensing from the Regents of the University of California. You may also need to acquire licenses for a number of commercial products that are available from their respective vendors. Ask us for details.
You may request a private copy of DOCK, DOCK Blaster, and ZINC, and run them on your own servers. This is subject to licensing from the Regents of the University of California, and is not free. You may also need to acquire licenses for a number of commercial products that are available from their respective vendors. Please ask us for details.


If you would like to make suggestions about these privacy policies, please write to comments at docking.org.
If you would like to make suggestions about these privacy policies, please write to comments at docking.org.

Revision as of 18:05, 14 September 2007

Here is the privacy policy that covers the docking.org domain, including DOCK Blaster and ZINC. This policy spells out our procedures and the kind of data protection you can expect from us. We accept no responsibility for any data uploaded to our server. By using docking.org services you agree to do so at your own risk.

DOCK Blaster, ZINC, DUD, and other docking.org services are completely free public services, run on US-taxpayer-funded computers at a public university. Thus our bias is to be open.

Personal Identifying Information

We may retain your email address for authentication purposes (docking.org blog, Dockumentation wiki). We may also retain your email address for sending you periodic status updates on your jobs (DOCK Blaster and ZINC). We will not give your email address or any other information about you to anyone, except of course to US spy agencies as required by US law.

Uploaded Project Files (target, ligands, etc)

You may protect your data for seven (7) days from the time of initial upload by using a project identification number (PIN). For seven days, no one will be able to see your uploaded data or calculated results without this PIN. Please connect to DOCK Blaster using https:// to be sure your PIN is encrypted in transit.

After 7 days, your PIN will be deleted and your data will be visible without limitation to anyone. If you wish your data to remain confidential, you must delete your data prior to the expiration of this 7 day period.

Results of DOCK Blaster jobs that successfully complete "Calibration" will remain on our server for 28 days from the initial job start date. They may remain longer, but this is entirely at our discretion. We reserve the right to retain data on the server for illustration or debugging purposes.

Results of ZINC upload and subset requests, and DOCK Blaster protonate requests, remain on our server for seven days and cannot be PIN protected.

Any way around these restrictions?

You may request a private copy of DOCK, DOCK Blaster, and ZINC, and run them on your own servers. This is subject to licensing from the Regents of the University of California, and is not free. You may also need to acquire licenses for a number of commercial products that are available from their respective vendors. Please ask us for details.

If you would like to make suggestions about these privacy policies, please write to comments at docking.org.

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