Notice for researchers

This notice is for researchers whose publicly available professional information Granterra uses, whether or not they have an account. It explains what we use, why, and how to object (Articles 13 and 14 UK GDPR and GDPR).

Who we are

Kognita AI Ltd, 3 Spruce Avenue, Loughborough, England, LE11 2QW, company number 17162975, is the controller. Contact: info@kognitaai.com, or the contact page ("Researcher request").

What we use, and where it comes from

Professional information that you or your funders and publishers have made public:

• your name, as it appears on publications and grants, and your ORCID iD where public;
• your affiliations (the organisations named on your publications);
• your publications (title, year, venue) and your role on funded projects, such as principal investigator.

Sources: CORDIS (EU-funded projects), NIH RePORTER (US-funded projects), OpenAlex and Europe PMC (publications and authors), the public ORCID registry, OpenAIRE and ROR (organisation identifiers). We hold no special category data and no contact details.

Why, and on what legal basis

We use this information to show research funding activity: which organisations work on a topic, how many researchers are active in an organisation or field, and how funded projects and publications relate to calls. Our legal basis is our legitimate interest, and that of our members, in understanding the research funding landscape from public information (Article 6(1)(f)). We have assessed that this interest does not override your rights, because:

• members do not see you as a person unless you opt in; without your opt-in you appear only in rounded counts of at least five (for example "Researchers 45+" at an organisation), never by name;
• we use only professional information that is already public, for a purpose close to the one it was published for;
• you can object at any time and we then remove you.

If you opt in through ORCID, members see your profile (name, ORCID iD, organisation, publications and the projects linked to them) on the basis of your consent, which you can withdraw at any time; your profile then disappears at once.

Who sees it

Our authorised staff, who maintain the data. Members see only rounded counts, and the profiles of researchers who opted in. We do not sell this information or use it for marketing, and our members' terms forbid them to use researcher information for unsolicited marketing.

How long we keep it

As long as it remains in our sources. A person who has not appeared in any source update for three years is deleted. If you object, we delete your information and keep only a minimal suppression record (your name and identifiers) so that you are not added again.

Your rights

You can object to this processing, and ask for access to, correction or deletion of your information, or restriction of its use. Write to info@kognitaai.com. You can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk) or to the data protection authority where you live in the EU.

No decisions with legal or similarly significant effects are made about you by automated means.

Last updated: 9 November 2026