The EU SEE Consortium processes data in compliance with the applicable laws.
Personal Data
Through the website, the EU SEE Consortium collects Personal Data. This happens when a visitor subscribes an email newsletter. It is ensured that the systems in which Personal Data are stored have appropriate organisational and technical security. This serves to ensure that Personal Data are accessible only by employees whose jobs carry the necessary authorisation and that we use the Personal Data only for the purposes for which they were acquired. In so far as Hivos engages service providers to assist with recordkeeping, the use of the data and the security measures implemented by those parties are recorded in data processing agreements. Your data will not be disclosed to other third parties.
If you have supplied the EU SEE Consortium with your email address as a newsletter subscriber, you will receive emails informing you about the work. When we send out electronic mailings, we use a system that provides information about the method used for opening the email. That system also offers the possibility of tracking whether readers click on the links in our emails. We do this to align the information provided to you more closely to your interests. To withdraw your consent for receiving information by email, use the unsubscribe link in the appropriate email.
Cookies
The website uses cookies: tiny text files that Internet pages store on a visitor’s PC, tablet or mobile telephone. Those cookies are used to improve the user-friendliness of the website and to monitor visits.
You can disable or delete cookies whenever you wish. You can adjust the settings in your browser to notify you as soon as you receive a cookie, or else to disable cookies. However, this might interfere with the website’s optimum performance.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect information about details such as the date and time of your visit to our website and the pages that you viewed. We use these data for improving its website, compiling traffic statistics (e.g. the times of day or the days of the week when the website receives the highest numbers of visitors) and for assessing the popularity of the various parts of the website. We only use these data in aggregated form, and cannot trace them back to particular devices or individuals. You can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to stop our website from forwarding information about your visits to Google Analytics.
Social networks
Our website contains buttons and widgets for social networks, to make it easier for you to share information. Those social networks are connected to webservers that can trace your activity on our website and combine the results with other information from other websites. Social media cookies are only stored if you are logged in to the relevant media while visiting the EU SEE website and if you give permission. You can disable this function by installing a program such as Disconnect for Chrome and Firefox.
Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to secure Personal Data against loss or any form of unlawful processing. We use SSL to secure sensitive information, and also secure offline user information. Access to all your data is restricted. Only employees who need that information to carry out specific tasks can access those Personal Data.
Questions
If you have any questions about how we process your Personal Data, and what Personal Data we process, please contact Hivos, the coordinator of the EU SEE Consortium, at info@hivos.org. Hivos may ask you for proof of identity before we may grant you access to your Personal Data in our records.