Registration

- Access to the MetaBiom Portal is granted to all registered users, allowing them to enter, read, and edit evidence and records based on their predefined roles.
- MetaBiom is currently available free of charge to all registered users during a trial period.
- Upon registration, users start with read-only access, which can be later extended to include author and reviewer privileges.
- Users can request to delete their MetaBiom account and profile at any time.
- To register, enter your email as your login and create/re-enter a new password. A verification email will then be sent to you. Follow the instructions in the email to confirm your new account.
a) According to your expertise, your profile should be filled out accordingly, and you should state your intention for working with MetaBiom.
b) After an initial profile check, appropriate additional access will be granted.
c) Any password is accepted, BUT please consider the following regulations for secure password usage and lifecycle management:

• - Password length of at least 12 characters.
• - Passwords should be unique, complex, and nonsensical. They should be comprised of a mix of non-repeating letters (uppercase and lowercase), numbers, and symbols that do not contain dictionary words in any language. They should not have any other guessable context (e.g., employee ID, dates, etc.) or sequences from a keyboard like ‘qwerty’ or ‘zxcvb’.
• - Frequently change passwords—a process referred to as password rotation or password resetting. The frequency of rotation should vary based on the password's age, usage, and security importance. For instance, a password for a standard user account may only require rotation at 60-day intervals, a process that can be enforced through password expiration. On the other hand, superuser accounts (e.g., root, domain admin, etc.) and other highly privileged passwords should be changed frequently, including after each use. These are known as one-time passwords (OTPs) for your most sensitive accounts.
• - Prohibit password re-use. Users should not use the same passwords across their personal and work accounts.
• - If you ever need to share your password, change it as soon as the other person is finished using it.

Your registration indicates your acceptance of the following Terms and Conditions:

• - You agree that your personal data (e.g., title, name, address, email address, phone number, etc.) required for registration will be stored in MetaBiom. Your personal data is used solely to identify you as a potential author for other authors and to facilitate contact between them. Your personal data is processed by us only in accordance with German data privacy laws. Without your explicit consent or a legal basis, your personal data will not be shared with third parties outside the scope of fulfilling the registration.
• - Your login information is stored only for maintenance purposes and will be deleted at appropriate intervals based on the MetaBiom workload.
• - You are not permitted to publish confidential personal data from others that could, solely or in combination, lead to the explicit identification of an individual (e.g., name, birth date, address, email). The exception is if such information is anonymized or its usage has been voluntarily and properly confirmed by the affected person, in which case it can be deleted upon a direct request from the affected individual.
• - As a potential author, you are permitted to enter, change, publish, and delete your own records and are solely responsible for the content, including related documents, links, references, and comments, in accordance with Section 55 (2) of the German Interstate Broadcasting Treaty (RStV).
• - You can delete your own profile and request to delete your account and all related information at any time without notice or explanation. According to the Data Protection Act, you have a right to free-of-charge information about your stored data, and potentially the entitlement to correction, blocking, or deletion of such data. Inquiries can be directed to the email address "info@metabiom.org".
• - You are discouraged from advertising commercial content and products.
• - It is your duty to safeguard your account login identifier and password from any unauthorized use to access restricted areas of MetaBiom.
• - You agree that your ID and password may be disabled by MetaBiom at its sole discretion without any notice or explanation.
• - You agree that MetaBiom may unpublish or delete your records in the case of errors, misuse, conflicts, or any inappropriate content.
• - You should use open-access references in MetaBiom whenever possible. For some documents, data, and links available from MetaBiom that may be subject to third-party copyright, you should consult these entities for any additional terms of use before publishing. You are responsible for examining the licensing restrictions of published data and linked pages and securing all necessary permissions. If links on MetaBiom route you to other pages, please inquire there about how your data is handled.
• - For all documents, data, and links available from MetaBiom that may be subject to other authors' rights, you should explicitly cite the corresponding origin in your content.