# Meta Data Service Privacy

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Profile data is only stored in metadata-supporting objects and can therefore be viewed via the "Metadata" tab. 
The Lifecycle and Meta-Metadata LOM metadata sections provide input fields for maintaining contributor data.
With the exception of "Survey" and "Test" objects, no personal data is stored automatically.

## Data being stored

- Text input in the LOM metadata sections "Lifecycle -> Contributor" and "Meta-Metadata -> Contributor"
- Directly after object creation of surveys and tests the firstname and lastname is stored in the
  LOM-metadata section "Lifecycle"
  
## Data being presented

- All accounts with permission "Edit Settings" for a specific object can read and write all metadata.
- All accounts with copy permission are allowed to access all metadata in the copy. 
- If configured accordingly, a subset of the metadata of objects can be queried
  externally via a OAI-PMH interface. The exposed information may include
  download links to 'Public Access' export files of the objects. For more details
  on the OAI-PMH interface see the [corresponding documentation](docs/oaipmh.md).
  Please consult the privacy information of the corresponding objects for details
  about what the exposed export files might contain.
  
## Data being deleted

- Metadata is deleted after permanent object deletion. Note: the garbage collection is only triggered after any object is deleted from trash 
  or removed permanently (disabled trash functionality).


## Data being exported 

- LOM metadata supporting objects do always export all metadata.