Information and types of Data Collected by EHESO infrastructure

If you register to EHESO, we collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you.

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Country
• City
• Institutional affiliation
• Usage Data

Use of Data

EHESO uses the collected data for various purposes: 

• To provide and maintain the Service
• To notify you about changes to our Service (the newsletter, see more information above)
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
• To monitor the usage of the Service
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

Transfer of Data

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 from those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside Austria and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Austria and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

We 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.

Disclosure of Data

Legal Requirements

EHESO may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation
• To protect and defend the rights or property of EHESO
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
• To protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Your rights

According to Art 15 of the GDPR, you are authorized to request information from JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH at any time concerning data that has been stored about you. According to Art 16, 17 and 18 of the GDPR, you can demand that JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH corrects, deletes and restricts various personal data.

Furthermore, you can, at any time, exercise your right of objection according to Art 21 of the GDPR and change or entirely revoke the submitted consent declaration with effect for the future without stating reasons. You can transmit the revocation by mail, email or fax to JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH. You will not incur any costs other than postage or transmission costs according to the basic applicable rates.

For requesting any information related to GDPR in the EHESO project, please contact Daniel Wagner-Schuster (eter@eter-project.eu).

According to Art 19 of the GDPR, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH is subject to a reporting obligation for all recipients with respect to correcting, deleting or restricting the processing of personal data. You will be informed of these recipients upon request. Moreover, concerning JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, you have the right to data portability for personal data provided by you according to Art 20 of the GDPR.

Making a Complaint

You can issue a complaint to the regulatory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the data protection law or if your legal data protection claims have been violated in any way. In Austria, this is the Data Protection Authority, Wickenburggasse 8, 1080 Vienna, email: dsb@dsb.gv.at, Telephone: +43 1 52 152-0.

Contact Us about Data Protection

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via EACEA-HE-OBSERVATORY@ec.europa.eu