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Last updated: 2026-04-19

microscape.app hosts dashboards and artifacts produced by sequencing pipelines (microscape-nf, danaseq) for authorized lab members. Each deployment is operated by a single research group or consortium; this page describes the practices of this deployment. Other instances of the software may behave differently.

What we store

  • Account information: your username, email address, and (for OAuth sign-in) your GitHub user ID, so we can identify you across sessions and resolve your access to runs.
  • Access records: which lab(s) you belong to and which runs you have been granted access to.
  • Feedback: messages submitted via the in-app feedback form, along with your username and the page URL.
  • Session cookies: a single signed cookie that keeps you logged in. No third-party analytics or advertising cookies.
  • Server logs: the reverse proxy in front of the app records IP addresses and request paths for security and rate-limiting. These rotate on a routine schedule.

What we don't store

  • We do not sell, share, or transmit your data to advertisers.
  • We do not embed third-party trackers, analytics, or ad networks.
  • Local password accounts store only a bcrypt hash of your password — never the password itself.

Authentication

If you sign in with GitHub, GitHub will tell us your username, GitHub user ID, and (if public) your email. We do not request any further scopes. You can revoke access at any time from your GitHub OAuth applications page.

Run visibility

Pipeline-run artifacts are lab-scoped. You can see a run when the run is marked public, when you are an active member of the run's lab, or when you have been granted explicit access to that run. Lab administrators manage membership and per-run grants.

Indigenous data sovereignty

Where research involves Indigenous communities or lands, we encourage alignment with the OCAP® principles (Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession) and the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. If you believe data in this system requires special handling under those frameworks, please contact your lab administrator.

Your rights

You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, or ask to have it corrected or removed, by contacting your lab administrator.

Contact

Questions about this policy should go to the lab administrator who operates this deployment, or via the microscape-app issue tracker for software-level concerns.

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