Privacy Policy

In accordance with the current EU Regulation on General Data Protection, in this Privacy Policy we inform you about:

Who is responsible for the processing of your data: Presentation and identification of the CONTROLLER
Acceptance of General Conditions and use of the website
What data we collect
Purpose
How and where information is shared
Security of your data
Rights and access to information
Changes to the Privacy Policy

The use of this website is regulated by its General Conditions of Use, please read them carefully as access to this website and use of its contents implies full acceptance of them.

Who is responsible for the processing of your data

CONNECT4C-Funded research project under Grant Agreement No. 101112300
E-mail: info@connect4c.eu

The project is coordinated by UNIVERSIDAD DE COÍMBRA, established in 3004-531 Coimbra, Portugal, hereinafter the CONTROLLER.

Through this website, the CONTROLLER wishes to inform you about CONNECT4C project activities and services. The CONTROLLER may, depending on the development and progress of the company and the sector, extend its website to include new services, activities or contents, in order to improve the services and quality of the service provided. Conversely, the CONTROLLER also reserves the right to cancel, modify, substitute or restrict the contents, services or activities, expressly and without prior notice to the users.

What data do we collect

Personal data

Through contact forms, we collect the identifying data of users and visitors of the Website who wish to request contact information (name, organization, email address) and register to receive information through a newsletter.

Cookies and usage data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. which uses cookies, to help analyse how users use the website.

Use of data

CONNECT4C uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain the Service.
To notify you about changes to our Service.
To send you our newsletter or an email when you previously signed in for or fulfilled a contact form requesting information.
To provide customer care and support.
To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service.
To monitor the usage of the Service.
To detect, prevent and address technical issues.

How and where information is shared

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Portugal and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Portugal and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. CONNECT4C will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

How long we retain your data

The personal data provided will be retained for as long as no request for deletion is made by the data subject or for the years necessary to comply with legal obligations.

Security of your data

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Rights and access to information

In accordance with current legislation, you may have the following rights:

Right of access to the information we hold about your personal data.
Right of rectification of your data, by which we will update and update the information and data we have according to the information you provide us.
Right to the portability of your data.
Right to the deletion of your data.
Right to object to our processing your personal data.
Right to file a complaint with the CONNECT4C project and/or the competent Data Protection Control Authority.

At any time, you can ask us, completely free of charge by e-mail, to exercise your rights, and if so you must include in your application a photocopy of your National Identity Document/Passport, as this is a very personal right.

You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Your request should be sent to our Privacy Officer at the following address:
E-mail: dataprotection@connect4c.eu

Changes to the privacy policy

CONNECT4C project reserves the right to modify our Privacy Policy and Treatment of Personal Data to adapt it to new legislation or case law. We recommend that you visit it every time you browse the Website, in order to be always informed in advance of any information you may provide us with.