Privacy policy
EurAc - European Network for Central Africa, rue Stevin 115, 1000 Brussels - takes your privacy seriously and manages your data in accordance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Indeed, EurAc uses and collects personal data in order to send out newsletters, publications and event invitations, therefore, we collect personal data based on a legitimate interest, which is to carry out our mission and activities. Furthermore, EurAc does not sell, rent or trade personal data that it may collect for the purpose of its activities to other companies or businesses.
Data collected
When you sign-up to EurAc’s bi-weekly newsletter EurAc Info, you are asked to provide your name and email address. This personal data is shared with a third-party company based outside the EU called MailChimp (owned by The Rocket Science Group LLC), whose system we use to send emails to our subscribers. Any data you provide is stored on secure servers by MailChimp. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, by directly clicking on “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the newsletter or by writing to info@eurac-network.org.
MailChimp is compliant with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which means they are certified to receive data from EurAc. For the purposes of the GDPR, EurAc is deemed the ‘Data Controller’ and MailChimp the ‘Data Processor’. To find out more about how MailChimp manages data, visit www.mailchimp.com/legal/privacy.
When you sign up to an event EurAc (co-)organises at the European Parliament (EP), the EP security policy requires us to ask panellists and participants to provide their name, surname, date of birth, passport/identity card number, nationality and email address. The EP is compliant with the GDPR, which means they are certified to receive data from EurAc. To find out more about how the EP manages data, visit www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice .
Access to, rectification and erasure of your personal information
You have the right to view, amend, or delete the personal information that we hold about you. To request access to, correction or deletion of your personal data, please email info@eurac-network.org .
Storage length
We do not store the data any longer than needed for the purposes for which they were collected.
Google analytics
When you use our website, your personal data is shared with a third-party company based outside the EU called Google Analytics (owned by Google LLC), whose software we use to track and analyse how people use and interact with our website. Any data collected is stored on secure servers by EurAc and Google.
Google Analytics is compliant with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which means they are certified to receive data from EurAc. For the purposes of the GDPR, EurAc is deemed the ‘Data Controller’ and Google Analytics the ‘Data Processor’. To find out more about how Google manages data, visit www.google.com/privacy.
Communications from the website
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that EurAc is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected on this website.
Complaint procedure – supervisory authority
Commission de la protection de la vie privée
Rue de la Presse 35
1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel. +32 2 274 48 00
Fax +32 2 274 48 10
e-mail: commission@privacycommission.be
Website: http://www.privacycommission.be/
Contact information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please send an email to info@eurac-network.org .