Privacy policy

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This policy discloses the privacy practices for the AIMS (Artificial Intelligence for Molecular Sciences) cloud-based molecular design software developed and operated by the Institute for Future Intelligence (IFI), a non-profit research organization based in Massachusetts dedicated to promoting STEM education and research. This policy applies solely to information collected by AIMS for service and research purposes.

Data collection, use, and sharing

If you would like to store your AIMS design files on the cloud, you will need to register with AIMS so that it can create an account for you. Currently, AIMS allows you to sign in using the OAuth-based Google Sign-In, provided by Google to simplify the registration process with a third-party app like AIMS with a few clicks. All user authentication steps are securely handled by Google. When you sign into AIMS using this service, AIMS collects a unique alphanumeric string (such as P2wNcxhEdas8BN11hBstfZdDau2) used to create and access your AIMS account. The string is used only with AIMS and cannot be used to log into any other app or website.

With an AIMS account, you receive benefits such as storing files on the cloud, sharing your designs, being notified when someone is interested in your work, and using other computational and communal facilities within AIMS. If you cannot or do not want to sign in using the Google service, you can sign in anonymously to create a temporary account. In this case, no personally identifiable data such as your name or email is ever obtained. Such a temporary account is lost when you sign out; every anonymous sign-in creates a fresh temporary account.

Your access to and control over information

If you do not feel comfortable about the above privacy statement, you may opt out of any future relationship with AIMS at any time by emailing charles@intofuture.org:

• See what data we have about you, if any;
• Change/correct any data we have about you;
• Ask us to delete any data we have about you;
• Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

As we have no other way to identify your data, please include your alphanumeric ID string in your communication with us. The string can be found in the "My Account Settings" page within AIMS.

Updates

This policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, please contact us immediately: charles@intofuture.org.

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