Elsevier appears to be collecting and monetizing our personal data, sometimes without our consent. The data they collect can be used to "extrapolate core working hours, vacation times, and other patterns of a person’s life."
What can we do?
Over 20,000 researchers are refusing to publish, review, or edit for Elsevier. You can also ask them to delete your "non-integral" personal data: https://www.elsevier.com/legal/privacy-policy/data-request
Article by @eikofried https://eiko-fried.com/welcome-to-hotel-elsevier-you-can-check-out-any-time-you-like-not/?=IwAR3DJSxwVn4OQB_HcRr8uNS1szepCAWy_9wbJo3Hi_ZcfdBN-trs6ndgmJo
#OpenScience @academicchatter
@erinnacland @eikofried @academicchatter
"RELX, the parent company of Elsevier, had revenues of US $9.8 billion in 2019. (Elsevier’s profits account for about 34% of RELX’s total profits.) ... RELX reports its profit margins at 31.3% for 2018." https://libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/publishing/elsevier-fact-sheet/
#Elsevier history of #ForProfit #Corruption of #SciencePublishing & #Science https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2018/jun/29/elsevier-are-corrupting-open-science-in-europe #BoycottElsevier #OpenAccess #OpenScience
@tolortslubor @erinnacland @eikofried @academicchatter this reminds me of the UC system cutting ties with them and eventually agreeing on an open access approach.
