1 SECURITY AND PRIVACY POLICY 

1.1 Protection of your personal data: 

• As part of its duties and in particular the services accessible on this website, EFIS Centre, as  Data Controller, may collect and process personal data. 
• All processing of personal data carried out in the context of the accessible services complies  with the local regulations applicable to the protection of personal data and provisions and the  General Data Protection Regulations (EU Regulation 2016/679) or GDPR. 
• In order to ensure the proper application of these rules, EFIS Centre has appointed the  Operations Manager as Data Protection Officer. 
• EFIS Centre also implements appropriate internal procedures to raise awareness among its  employees and ensure compliance with these rules within its organisation. 

1.2 Commitments regarding the protection of personal data: 

• EFIS Centre is committed to ensuring a high level of protection for the personal data of the  FUTURESILIENCE contacts and of any other person whose personal data it processes.
• EFIS Centre undertakes to comply with the regulations applicable to all personal data  processing it carries out. More specifically, EFIS Centre undertakes in particular to respect the  following principles: 
  • EFIS Centre shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to  ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk inherent in its processing operations,  to comply with regulatory requirements and to protect the rights and data of the  persons concerned from the design of processing operations. 
  • EFIS Centre contractually imposes the same level of personal data protection on  FUTURESILIENCE subcontractors (service providers, suppliers, etc.). 
  • EFIS Centre undertakes to respect any other principle required by the applicable  regulations on the protection of personal data, and more specifically concerning the  rights conferred on the data subjects, the storage periods for personal data and the  obligations relating to cross-border transfers of personal data. 

2 PURPOSE OF THE DATA THAT MAY BE COLLECTED 

2.1 Means of collecting your data: 

Within the scope of FUTURESILIENCE, you may provide us with your personal data by various means,  including on our website and by completing our various collection forms and surveys, when subscribing  to our e-newsletter, when creating a profile in the FUTURESILIENCE portal or when you otherwise  provide us with your personal data.

2.2 Processing purposes and legal bases: 

Within the scope of FUTURESILIENCE, your data will be mainly used for the purpose of communication  and dissemination purposes and for tailoring specific aspects of the project’s products and outcomes.  In addition to the cases where your consent has been obtained, the processing of your data for the  purposes mentioned above is necessary: 

• to ensure that you properly received the FUTURESILIENCE communication products • to contact you about any FUTURESILIENCE-related purpose or event 
• for statistical purposes 
• to allow you to register and properly use the FUTURESILIENCE portal 

3 PERSONAL DATA STORAGE 

EFIS Centre undertakes to keep your personal data for a period not exceeding that necessary for the  purposes for which they are processed. In addition, EFIS Centre keeps your personal data in accordance  with the retention periods imposed by applicable laws in force. 

These storage periods are defined according to the processing purposes implemented by EFIS Centre and take into account in particular the applicable legal provisions imposing a precise storage period  for certain categories of data, any applicable limitation periods and recommendations concerning  certain categories of data processing. 

4 ACCESS T0 YOUR PERSONAL DATA 

4.1 Recipients of your data: 

The data collected on the website may be communicated to the EFIS Centre's authorised personnel,  partners or auxiliary service providers in the context of the performance of all or part of the services  referred to above. We remind you that in this context, EFIS Centre asks its service providers to  implement strict confidentiality and data protection measures. 

4.2 Data transfers outside the European Union: 

If this should be the case, EFIS Centre undertakes to guarantee the protection of your data in  accordance with the strictest rules, in particular by signing, on a case-by-case basis, contractual clauses  based on the European Commission's model, or any other mechanism in accordance with the GDPR,  provided that your personal data are processed by a service provider outside the European Economic  Area and whose country is not considered by the European Commission as ensuring an adequate level  of protection. 

5 YOUR RIGHTS 

In accordance with the applicable regulations on the protection of personal data, you may, at any time,  exercise your rights of access, rectification, deletion of data concerning you as well as your rights to  limit and oppose the processing and portability of your personal data. In addition, you have the legal right to define guidelines on the fate of your personal data after death. These rights can be exercised  by email to contact@futuresilience.eu

In this context, we kindly ask you to accompany your request with the elements necessary for your  identification (name, first name, e-mail) as well as any other information necessary to confirm your  identity. For certain specific services, these rights may be exercised directly online (management of  your user profile, etc.). 

You also have a right of appeal to (applicable body) in the event of a breach of the applicable  regulations on the protection of Personal Data, in particular the GDPR. You have the opportunity to  exercise your rights, withdraw your consent, or address any questions or complaints via the following  email: contact@futuresilience.eu

Where required by law, your data will only be used for electronic marketing purposes with your explicit  consent. In addition, if you no longer wish to receive FUTURESILIENCE electronic newsletter by e-mail,  you can click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each communication. 

6 IT SECURITY 

Ensuring the security and confidentiality of the personal data you entrust to us is a priority. We  therefore implement all appropriate technical and organisational measures, having regard to the  nature, scope and context of the personal data you communicate to us and the risks presented by their  processing, to preserve the security of your personal data and, in particular, to prevent any accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, intrusion or unauthorised access to such data. 

The security and confidentiality of personal data are based on everyone's best practices. This is why  we invite you not to share your passwords with third parties, to systematically log out of your profile  and to close your browser window at the end of your work session, especially if you access the Internet  from a computer shared with other people. This will prevent other users from accessing your personal information. 

7 LINKS TO OTHER SITES 

On several pages of the FUTURESILIENCE website you can click to access other websites. We advise  you to read the policy of these non-FUTURESILIENCE sites regarding the processing and protection of  personal data, as the conditions on these sites may differ from the conditions of FUTURESILIENCE. EFIS  Centre and the FUTURESILIENCE consortium will not be responsible for the processing of personal data  by these other websites. 

8 CONTACT 

If you have any further questions about this policy or how EFIS Centre handles your personal data,  please contact email us to contact@futuresilience.eu

9 MODIFICATIONS 

We reserve the right to adapt the personal data protection policy and undertake to inform you on its  website of any changes or additions. This policy was last updated in March 2023