No. Authors or depositors cannot under any circumstances see any identifying information of individuals who access or download a dataset. CaltechDATA respects the privacy of all users and does not retain information about who views and downloads records. CaltechDATA follows the Caltech Library privacy policy and minimizes the collection of personal data. No login or other information is required to view or download open records. We do generate aggregate numbers of views and downloads, but raw usage data such as IP addresses is both anonymized and restricted to library staff.
