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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The latest SpringerNature T&C has a section on personally identifiable information (copied below). Has anyone successfully changed it or do you have standard language that you use instead? I haven’t come across
language like this in any of our other agreements and so far am not having luck negotiating changes. My main issue is with the first sentence. It seems unreasonable that we would be responsible for obtaining approvals and consent for a publisher to receive/process
pii from our users, not to mention it’s something that I don’t want to get involved with for a variety of reasons. I would appreciate any suggestions that you may have!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">In the event that Licensor’s performance of its obligations under this License Agreement requires that Licensor receive or otherwise process any personal
data of Authorized Users, then Licensee shall obtain, if applicable, all necessary approvals and consent from Authorized Users for transfers of personal data to Licensor. Personally indentifiable information collected or retained by the licensor is confidential
and shall not be released without the prior written and explicit consent of the patron and the licensee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Leah Donley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Leah Donley<br>
Research Library <br>
Brookhaven National Laboratory<br>
Tel: 631-344-7469<br>
Email: </span><a href="mailto:donley@bnl.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">donley@bnl.gov</span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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