As a website operator, I take the protection of all personal data very seriously. All personal information will be treated confidentially and in accordance with legal requirements, as explained in this privacy policy.

The person responsible for data processing is:

Astrid Mechel, Rue Rasson 101, 1030 Brussels, Belgium. Email: info(at)eufundingconsulting.eu

Access data and hosting

You can visit this website without providing any personal information. Every time a website is accessed, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the retrieval.

Use of Google Analytics for web analysis

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about users’ use of the online offering is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google will use this information for evaluating the use of this online offering by users and to compile reports on the activities within this online offering.

This website uses Google Analytics with IP anonymization activated. This means that the user’s IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser is not merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by rejecting the tracking of statistics cookies in the built-in cookie banner or by setting your browser software accordingly. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the online offering and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools. google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

This website asks users for consent (e.g. as part of cookie consent), the legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a. GDPR. Otherwise, the users’ personal data will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of the online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

You can find further information about Google’s use of data, settings and objection options in Google’s data protection declaration (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and in the settings for the display of advertising by Google (https://adssettings. google.com/authenticated).

An opt-out cookie is stored on your device. If you delete your cookies, you will have to set your preferences again in our cookie banner.

Participation in a seminar

If you participate in a seminar, certain basic personal data may be required from you depending on the type of event. Your data will not be shared with third parties.

Meetings and seminars via Zoom

We use the video conferencing system “Zoom” to conduct telephone conferences, online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars. Zoom is a service of Zoom Video Communications, Inc., which is based in the USA.

Which data is processed?

When using Zoom, different types of data are processed. The processing also depends on how much and what information the participants of online conferences provide themselves.

Personal data:

Mandatory information about the user: First name and/or last name

Optional user information: phone, email address, password, profile picture, department

Metadata:

Topic and (if available) description of the online conference, information on the device/hardware used, IP address(es) of the participants

When dialing in by telephone: information about the incoming and outgoing phone number, country name, start and end time. If necessary, further connection data, e.g. IP address of the device

If an online conference is recorded (optional):

MP4 file of all video, audio and presentation recordings, M4A file of all audio recordings, text file of the chat

Data from video transmission, audio transmission and text files (in chat):

Participants can choose whether to broadcast audio and/or video of themselves and – if approved by the host – use the chat, a question or survey function. These are processed in order to display them to the other participants in the online conference and, if necessary, to record them.

If the participants have decided to transmit audio and/or video signals, the data will be processed by the microphone and/or a video camera on the end device or connected microphones or video cameras during the online conference. Participants can turn off or mute the camera or microphone at any time in the Zoom application.

Scope of processing:

If online seminars are recorded, participants will be made aware of this. During a recording, the Zoom application also displays it visibly for the participants.

All participants have the option of turning off their video signal during the recording or not agreeing to the recording by leaving the online conference.

You can take part in the online conferences even without being registered as a Zoom user. However, if you create a (free) user account, statistics about your participation in all types of Zoom meetings can be stored on Zoom for up to a month. In particular, the following data is stored: Metadata about the meetings in which you participate, if you dial in by telephone: data about the telephone dial-in, information that you enter on the Zoom webinar platform.

Automated decision-making within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR is not used.

Legal basis for data processing

If there is a contractual relationship with the participants, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online conferences is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b) of the GDPR.

If there is no contractual relationship, the legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR. Our interest in the effective implementation of online conferences also exists in this case.

Recipient/transfer of data:

Personal data processed in connection with participation in online conferences will generally not be passed on to third parties unless they are specifically intended to be passed on.

Other recipients: Zoom Video Communications, Inc. necessarily receives knowledge of the above-mentioned data, insofar as this is provided for within the scope of our order processing agreement with Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Data processing outside the European Union:

Zoom is a service provided by a provider from the USA. Processing of personal data also takes place in a third country. We have concluded an order processing agreement with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. that meets the requirements of Art. 28 GDPR.

An appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed on the one hand by the “Privacy Shield” certification of Zoom Video Communications, Inc., but also by the conclusion of the so-called EU standard contractual clauses.

Further information on data protection at Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is available at https://zoom.us/de-de/privacy.html.

Email newsletter

If you register for the EU Funding newsletter, we will use the data required for this or provided separately by you to regularly send you the email newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a GDPR. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time and can do so either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided for this purpose in the newsletter.

Comments

For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created, your email address and your chosen username are stored. Our comment function does not store the IP addresses of users who write comments.

Comments published in our posts generally remain online indefinitely until the commented content has either been completely deleted or comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments). The comments are saved based on your consent and by clicking on the “Send” button (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

You can revoke your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email stating the URL and content of your comment. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

Using Calendly to make appointments

To arrange individual appointments, we use the online service Calendly, 271 17th St NW, Ste 1000 Atlanta, GA 30363 USA.

In compliance with the GDPR, Calendly shows a cookie to users (people with a Calendly account), invitees (people who schedule a meeting with users), and visitors (people who view the website) who are located in the EU a cookie banner before persistent cookies are stored.

When you book an appointment, the data entered is sent by the provider to our calendar tool. If you book an appointment using the appointment booking tool, you will then receive an email with the appointment, the automatically generated Zoom link and the option to save the appointment in your calendar.

Data protection policy at https://calendly.com/de/pages/ security

“Share” function for social networks

This website uses the share function for the following social media channels:

• Linkedin
• Pinterest

Articles on the Internet can be shared quickly and easily on social networks. Normally, these social plugins mean that every visitor to a site is immediately recorded by these services with their IP address and their further activities on the Internet are logged. This happens even if the user doesn’t click on any of the buttons. To prevent this we use the Shariff method. Our social buttons only establish direct contact between the social network and you or your profiles when you actively click on the share button.

Using the Shariff method, we take the data protection interests of the website visitors into account as much as possible given the current state of technology. The Shariff method is already used by many websites to protect their users. The starting point was an initiative by www.heise.de, where you can find further information on the current status of the discussion.

The legal basis for this processing is legitimate interest (according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Borlabs cookie banner

This website uses the cookie consent tool Borlabs from the provider Mr. Benjamin A. Bornschein, Georg-Wilhelm-Str. 17, 21107 Hamburg (“Borlabs”), which sets two technically necessary cookies (“borlabsCookie” and “borlabsCookieUnblockContent”) to save your cookie preference. The aforementioned processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR based on legitimate interest in providing cookie preference management for website visitors.

The “Borlabs Cookie” does not process any personal data. The “borlabsCookie” cookie stores your chosen preference, which you selected when entering the website. The cookie “borlabsCookieUnblockContent” stores which (external) media/content you always want to have automatically unblocked. If you want to revoke these settings, simply delete the cookies in your browser. When you re-enter/reload the website, you will be asked again for your cookie preference.

Legal basis for processing and duration of storage

The legal basis for data processing with regard to the information for the organization, implementation and handling of seminars is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR.

You have the right to information at any time about the data stored about you, its origin and recipient as well as the purpose of storage.

Note: You can revoke your consent(s) to the use of your personal data at any time with future effect. To do this, please send a short email to info(at)eufundingconsulting.eu