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ACADEMIC SOFTWARE INITIATIVE PRIVACY POLICY

This policy governs privacy considerations around the Academic Software Initiative (ASI), based at Harvard Medical School, which includes software use through SBGrid, BioGrids, and all other initiatives that rely on ASI software infrastructure (collectively the Academic Software Platform “ASP”).

This policy is incorporated by reference and made a part of the ASI License Agreement.

The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for the ASI through ASI websites: https://sbgrid.org/, https://data.sbgrid.org, https://biogrids.org, and in connection with the related ASP.

INFORMATION GATHERING AND USE

Member Information
The information ASI collects about its members can be divided
into two categories: Consortium Participation Information and Software Access and Use information.

The Consortium Participation Information (CPI) that ASI collects is of the type …

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For SBGrid users who are already familiar with the SBGrid software installation platform, members may opt-in in to include the BioGrids software stack in their installation. BioGrids in an SBGrid-style collection of ~ 500 open source bioinformatics software titles, with collections for high-throughput sequencing, genomics, proteomics, visualization, image analysis, etc.

Our resident bioinformatics expert, Jim Vincent, recorded this brief tutorial - BioGrids for SBGrid Users - with more information on how SBGrid users can access this software stack. Contact us at help@biogrids.org with any questions.

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BIOGRIDS PRIVACY POLICY

The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices 
for BioGrids through this website: https://biogrids.org/, and in connection with the related software support system.

“BioGrids” is the business name for a bioinformatics computing facility operated out of Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Our “members” are scientific researchers in universities, government agencies and other institutions around the world.



Information Gathering and Use

Member Information
The information the BioGrids collects about its members can be divided 
into two categories: business information and operational information. 



The business information BioGrids collects is of the type necessary for our business purposes.

• Principal Investigator Information: PI name, business address, PI phone, PI email, lab website, and university.
• Lab staff (billing, technical, administrative contacts, students and BioGrids users) information: name, …

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A range of bioinformatics training opportunities are available to HMS researchers, with classes ranging from 2-hour introductory Python lectures to a 10-day in-depth NSG data analysis courses. Check out the offerings from these resources:

• HMS's Research Computing group https://it.hms.harvard.edu/our-services/research-computing/trainings
• LMA Research Data Management Working Group Seminars https://datamanagement.hms.harvard.edu/about/news-events/rdmwg-calendar
• The Harvard Chan Bioinformatics Core https://bioinformatics.sph.harvard.edu/training

If you have courses available to the Harvard Medical School community and would like to include a link to your site, please let us know.

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