Privacy Policy for CollectionCare project
The protection of personal data is an important commitment for the CollectionCare project. The entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 “Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data” (hereinafter “GDPR”), which entered into effect in May of 2018, has provided the opportunity to further adapt the activities carried out by the project to the principles of transparency and protection of personal data, in compliance with the fundamental rights and freedoms of all stakeholders.
Also, according to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 it is mandatory that every corporation that handles personal data must have a data protection officer (DPO). The CollectionCare project being led by the Universitat Politècnica de València, its DPO is Ricard Martínez Martínez with e-mail .
At the CollectionCare project, accessible from www.collectioncare.eu, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document details how the CollectionCare project handles the collection, recording and use of any information, personal or otherwise, that visitors may disclose through the use of the CollectionCare website.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in CollectionCare. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Information we collect
Contact and communication
Users who contact this website and/or its owners will do so at their own discretion, and will not be asked for any information or personal data. However, if you do provide us with any personal data via email contact (), your information will be kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Email Newsletter
The CollectionCare website also operates an email newsletter program using Mailchimp to inform subscribers of the latest news and progress on the project. Users can subscribe through an automated online process if they wish, but do so at their own discretion. When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including such items as first and last name, and email address.
Mailchimp takes data privacy very seriously, and has updated its privacy policy in accordance with the GDPR. Therefore, its privacy policy is guided by this law, and explains who they are, how they collect, share and use personal information, and how users can exercise their privacy rights.
If you have additional questions or require more information about Mailchimp Privacy Policy, visit the following link https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
How we use your information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website
- Improve, personalize, and expand our website
- Understand and analyze how you use our website
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
- Send you emails
- Find and prevent fraud
Social Media Platforms
Communication, participation and actions taken through the external social networking platforms in which this website and the CollectionCare project participate, are customized according to the terms and conditions, as well as the privacy policies maintained with each social networking platform, respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and to communicate/interact with them with due care and caution regarding their own privacy and personal data. Neither this website nor its owners will request personal or confidential information through the social media platforms and encourage users who wish to process sensitive data on the platforms to contact them through their main and official communication channels.
The CollectionCare project website can use social sharing buttons that help share web content directly from web pages to the project social media platform in question. Before using such social sharing buttons, users are advised to do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform can track and save their request to share a web page respectively through their social media platform account
Log Files
CollectionCare follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator and the Disclaimer Generator.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, CollectionCare uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
For more general information on cookies, please read “Cookie policy“.
Partners Privacy Policies (Third-Party)
CollectionCare’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other partners or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Children’s Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
CollectionCare does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.