California Privacy Rights Act

Last Updated on: 6/06/2025

This California Privacy Rights Act (“Act”) supplements and should be read in conjunction with the privacy policies of the product sites listed below (“Privacy Policies”):

https://www.nature.com/info/privacy
https://www.springer.com/gp/privacy-policy
https://www.biomedcentral.com/privacy-statement
https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/privacy-policy/

For a full list of Springer Nature-owned platforms that this Act may apply to, please click on the link directly below. 
www.springernature.com/gp/products

This Act applies solely to California consumers and addresses personal information we collect online and offline. 

This Act uses certain terms that have the meaning given to them in the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 and its implementing regulations (the “CPRA”). 

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this privacy policy, we will post the updated notice on the website and update the notice's effective date. Your continued use of our website following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.