Data Ownership
All sequences submitted for analysis remain the property of the submitter. The University of Auckland will treat all sequences submitted for analysis as privileged information. No active attempt will be made to retain or hold copies of such sequences nor to record the identity of the submitter. However, there are many systems throughout the Internet where temporary copies of submitted sequences may exist. The University of Auckland will take no active steps to purge such copies. By using this site the user acknowledges that the University of Auckland cannot guarantee the confidentiality of sequences as they pass through the Internet, and that their use of this site is at their own risk.