Collaborative software development via GitHub involves sharing certain personal data. The types of this personal data may vary depending on how a person interacts with the repositories, but typically include the below:
- GitHub username, together with public profile information (GitHub: About your profile)
- Name and email address, as recorded in commits
- Any other personal data a person chooses to share in text bodies that they write:
- Code comments
- Documentation
- Git commit messages
- GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions, etcetera.
Personal data shared on the SciTools GitHub repositories is covered by the privacy policies listed below.
The Met Office will collect, use and process your personal data for the purposes of supporting the development of the SciTools Projects and recording ownership of contributions. Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the Met Office Privacy Policy. The legal basis for processing is contractual necessity.
Your personal data will be stored on GitHub repositories and may therefore result in data leaving the UK / European Economic Area. For further information, please see the GitHub General Privacy Statement.
Your GitHub username will also be recorded on the CLA Assistant database. This data is stored on a Cosmos DB (MongoDB compatible) database hosted on Microsoft Azure in Europe. For further information, please see the Microsoft Privacy Statement and CLA Assistant on GitHub.
View the CLA here: SciTools Contributor Licence Agreement