WHO ARE WE

The NO-FEAR consortium partners, as listed on the website home page, are joint data controllers responsible for the collection and use of your personal information. For further information, we can be contacted at info@no-fearproject.eu.

WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT FROM YOU

We collect the following personal data from you with your consent when you subscribe to our newsletter:
• First Name
• Last Name
• Email address
• Organisation Type
• Country

WHY DO WE COLLECT YOUR DATA AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT

We process your data on the basis of your consent so that we can send you newsletters in line with your subscription preferences, including information to inform you of upcoming related activities and events that you may be interested in participating in. We also use your personal data to meet our reporting obligations which includes providing information on the NO-FEAR dissemination activities to the European Commission who funds this work.

WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH

We share the personal information you have provided when subscribing to our newsletter with the following third parties who we require to have in place similar measures to protect your data. Your personal data may be stored by them in accordance with their specific privacy policies:
• NO-FEAR partners
• MailChimp is a marketing platform that enables people to subscribe and unsubscribe to mailing lists based on their area of interest (e.g., information on the NO-FEAR project). As MailChimp is a US based organisation this will involve a transfer of data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). However, MailChimp has certified agreements with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. The MailChimp privacy policy can be found here.

Your data will not otherwise be shared and will be stored securely by us to ensure that your personal data is not damaged, destroyed or disclosed to another third party and to prevent unauthorised access. The computers storing the personal data are kept in a secure environment with restricted physical and electronic access.

HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR DATA

We use and store your data for as long as you choose to remain subscribed to the newsletter during the project’s life or until one year after the finalisation of the project, whichever is sooner.

YOUR RIGHTS

You may control the use of your personal data by contacting us at info@no-fearproject.eu to exercise the following rights:
• Right to information about how we use your personal data
• Right to access a copy of your data and have it rectified or erased
• Right to object to further processing of your data in certain circumstances
• Right to have your data ported to another data controller
• Right to withdraw your consent at any time
• Right to lodge a complaint with the national supervisory authority should you consider that this data processing is in violation of the law.

We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Cookie Policy 

April 2020

A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded onto ‘terminal equipment’ (e.g., a computer or smartphone) when you access a website. It allows the website to recognise that user’s device and store some information about the user’s preferences or past actions. Most browsers support Cookies, but you can set your preferences to decline them and delete them whenever you like. Cookies allow our site to remember your preferences and play an important role in making the site work better for you. To some extent, cookies can be seen as providing a “memory” for the website, enabling it to recognise a user and respond appropriately. 

We use Cookies to manage functionality on our website and to provide usage insights to help us improve our service for our users. Where a cookie is not strictly necessary, we give you the opportunity to opt-out of its usage. We do not use cookies to track your behaviour once you have left our website, and the data from cookies will not be passed on to or used by any commercial enterprise that are not operating under our instruction and only process data as laid out in this policy. 

How do we use cookies? 

A visit to our website may generate “first-party” cookies and “third-party” cookies. Third-party cookies are only generated with your agreement. We use third-party cookies to provide enhanced site functionality such as embedded video content. 

We use the following cookies and similar technologies: 

• Strictly necessary cookies.These cookies are essential for the operation of our website and online tools or services. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into private areas of our website.
  
• Performance/Statistics cookies. These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. We have configured our analytics solution to preserve our visitor’s privacy, such as for example – anonymising IP addresses. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
• Functional cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences, for example your username, language or text size. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. 

The tables below explain the cookies we use and why we use them. 

How do I change my cookie settings? 

Our cookie management tool allows you to specify your preferences for those cookies that are placed for by this website which are not strictly necessary for its delivery. You can manage your cookie preferences by click then “C ” button at the bottom left of your broswer window.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. 

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers: 

• Google Chrome 
• Microsoft Edge 
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 
• Opera 
• Apple Safari 

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.