LEGAL NOTICE
The content of this website is produced by the DecarbonDHS consortium as a project within the framework of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The website is run and maintained to enable public access to information about the project’s activities and to disseminate project results.
All the material on the website belongs to the DecarbonDHS consortium and reflects only the authors’ view. The funding agency and the European Commission are not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
The content on this website is subject to copyright.
PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY
This Privacy Policy document describes the types of information that are collected and recorded by DecarbonDHS project and how we use them.
The information pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation), is provided to everybody who interacts with the DecarbonDHS https://decarbondhs.eu/ website, on the protection of personal data; these terms do not apply to other websites that may be consulted by the users of https://decarbondhs.eu/, through embedded links.
The personal data included in the site may be used only for providing personal access to restricted areas, and sending and receiving information.
Sending an e-mail to the addresses listed on this site involves the acquisition of the sender’s data which are necessary to respond to requests, and any other data included in the message.
It’s banned the use of personal data for trade, marketing or advertising purposes, in the absence of prior consent by the individual.
Any violations will be reported to the competent authorities.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us through email at admin@decarbondhs.eu
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The DecarbonDHS project consortium are joint data controllers of your information.
The DecarbonDHS consortium will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
- The right of rectification.
- The right to object.
- The right of restriction.
- The right to data portability
- The right to withdraw consent
Log Files
DecarbonDHS project follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any personally identifiable information. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, DecarbonDHS project uses 'cookies’. These cookies are used to store information, including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customising our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
Part of the information mentioned in this Privacy Policy is collected through cookies and similar technics.
Cookies are small text files that websites place on the computers and mobile devices of entities who visit those websites. Cookies’ settings in the www browsers of the accessing devices can be changed by their users, to either reject cookies, or to modify the way they operate in the devises. It should be noted though, that if it is refused to accept cookies, it might be not able to access and/or to use all the features offered in the website, it may not be able any data as preferences to be processed and/or stored, and some of the webpages might not be displayed properly.
In short, the categories of cookies that DecarbonDHS https://decarbondhs.eu/ website uses, are the following:
Necessary cookies:
These are the cookies without which the website could not perform basic functions. They may be set automatically when pages are loaded, or because of a user’s request that cannot be fulfilled, without the use of cookies. Generally but not always, these are session cookies, that will expire upon closing the accessing browser. This category of cookies is the most important, as it is the only one that is recognized by the legislation. The law allows that any Strictly Necessary Cookies are exempted from any requirements for the user’s specific consent.
Analytics & Performance cookies:
These cookies collect information about how the visitors make use of the visited website, for example, which are the pages visitors most often go to, and if they get error messages from the web pages, etc. These cookies do not collect information that identifies or may be used to identify a visitor. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore is anonymous. It is only used to improve how the website works.
Functionality cookies:
We use cookies for the proper functioning of the DecarbonDHS project website. By continuing to use the site, you agree to their use.
Third-Party Privacy Policies
DecarbonDHS project’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other websites. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
DecarbonDHS https://decarbondhs.eu/ website may contain links to other websites and social media pages. DecarbonDHS https://decarbondhs.eu/ do not act as controllers for these websites since they are not governed by this privacy policy. DecarbonDHS https://decarbondhs.eu/ urge visitors to always study carefully the privacy policies of those websites and social media before sharing personal information.
DATA SECURITY
DecarbonDHS https://decarbondhs.eu/ website adopts all suitable technical and organisational measures to safeguard the personal data from destruction, loss or unauthorized access. Nevertheless, https://decarbondhs.eu/ cannot vouch for the absolute safety of the data that are transmitted, since no web transmission can be absolutely safe.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.