CDA - Privacy Impact Assessment
The Archive
- Public Data
- Proprietary Data
- Repro III
- Repro IV
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Release Notes
- Documentation
- Archive Operations Team
Search and Retrieve Data
Advanced Data Services
- Synopsis of Services
- Footprint Service
- Chandra MOCs
- Chandra Source Catalog
- SDSS Cross-Match Catalog
- Bibliography Search
Archive User Services
- Synopsis of Services
- Processing Status
- Dataset Identifiers
- Contributed Datasets
- CXO Papers Repository
Chandra Aggregated Datasets
Publishing Chandra Results
Data Analysis Links
- The archive is fully functional.
- Reprocessing has been completed for
- Phase I: 2005-11-13 to 2011-12-31
- Phase II: 2000-01-30 to 2005-11-13
- ASCDSVER: 10.6.3
- CALDBVER: 4.7.8
- Chandra Footprint Service
2018-05-14
The new secure Footprint Service can be found here - Global Chandra Coverage
2018-02-14
Check out the new Chandra MOC page. - Browsers security warnings
2017-12-22
Are Chandra Data Archive pages safe? See full announcement. - Past Notices
Context
The CDA Operations team collects and/or maintains personal information in the following contexts:
- The Chandra Users Database
- The CDA Special Requests Form
- ChaSeR
Collection of Information
All information is collected via web forms directly from the users and consists of:
- Name (a,b)
- E-mail address (a,b,c)
- Address (a,b if mailing required)
- Institution (a)
- Telephone number (a)
No authentication is required.
Reason for information collection and intended use
Information is needed in order to respond to request (b,c), i.e., single use. Or information is needed for proposal handling, Newsletter and Bulletin distribution, grant distribution, data distribution (a).
Sharing of information
Information is shared with CXC staff (a), CXC-DS Operations staff if necessary (b), or no one (c).
Consent and corrections
In all cases the information is provided by the user and it is the user's responsibility to provide corrections. The service for which the information is being collected cannot be provided without it or when the information is incorrect. However, in the case of the Chandra Users Database we will make all reasonable efforts to update the information when it is found to be obsolete.
Security
Information for (c) is discarded after use. Information for (a) and (b) is kept in a database with controlled access, only granted to staff with a need to have access.
