PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

Whenever you use the DIONE website, you are bound by the applicable Personal Data Protection Policy; therefore, you should carefully read this text whenever you use the platform and make sure you accept it. At DIONE we pay special attention to security and respect the privacy and confidentiality of the users’ personal data. That is why we have invested time and resources to fully comply with the applicable national, European and international legal framework, and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation 679/2016. If you have any questions or concerns about how your personal information is handled, you may contact us at info@dione-project.eu. This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and conditions posted on our website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our website. Depending on your activities when visiting our website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.

DIONE Newsletter subscription

By accepting to receive DIONE’s new updates you declare that:

I consent of using my email address, so that DIONE sends me periodic E-Newsletter, or invitations for DIONE coming events, workshops, pilots and demonstrations, notifications containing key project’s findings/developments and lead stories and news related to the project.

I consent to the maintenance of the aforementioned personal data for five years after the official end of the DIONE project.

Privacy Policy for DIONE’s news updates

The EU project DIONE is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which your personal data will be processed by us in connection with our communication and dissemination processes. Please read the following document carefully, to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will handle it. When you register to our news, Stakeholder Forum and latest research developments, these Privacy Policy provisions will apply to our processing of your personal data.

Purpose of Data Processing

The periodic newsletters of DIONE are a key communication and dissemination mechanism for us and a channel to provide our valuable stories on DIONE developments, key findings, forthcoming events and other important news in the fields related to the project. Taking into consideration the above, the DIONE Consortium use information held about you in the following ways:

  • To send you DIONE’ s periodic E-Newsletter;
  • To send you invitations for our coming events, workshops, pilots and demonstrations;
  • To send you notifications containing key project’s findings/developments and lead stories and news related to the project.

Categories of data that will be stored

If you consent to the processing of your personal data for the above-mentioned purposes, your personal data (e.g. your email address) will be collected and stored in the DIONE project.

The Consortium will process the personal data of subjects according to the present statement and for the purposes declared herein.

Security of Processing

The security and protection of your personal data is very important for the Consortium. The Consortium has undertaken all appropriate organizational and technical measures to secure that the data that are collected in the framework of the present declaration is processed according to the legislation for the protection and storage of your personal data for a period of 5 years after the end of the DIONE project for the purposes described above. We take appropriate measures to ensure that all personal data is kept secure including security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost or used or accessed in an unauthorized way. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorized manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

Exercise of your rights

It is noted that according to the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016), you may exercise the following rights that derive from the Regulation:

  • Right of access and right to rectification for inaccurate personal data
  • Right to erasure of personal data if they are not necessary for service provision
  • Right to restrict processing of your data
  • Right to object to the processing of your data
  • Right to data portability, namely right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable form so that they can be transferred to another data processor.
  • Additionally, you have the right to submit a written complaint to the responsible supervisory body for personal data protection in each country.

The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, DIONE may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in DIONE sole discretion. We encourage you to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this website after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Credit & Contact Information

This privacy policy was created by DIONE. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via: privacy-policy@lists.dione-project.eu.