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Privacy Policy

Dear visitor to this website,

the protection of your personal data is not only important to you, but also to us, the controller of the website (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us”). We appreciate your trust that we will manage your personal data conscientiously and in accordance with the law. We will confidentially treat your data.

With this privacy policy, we not only wish to fulfil our legal obligation under Art. 13 and 14 GDPR, but also to provide you with a clear description of what personal data is being collected when you visit our website and how we manage it.

1. Controller

The controller pursuant to Art. 24 GDPR is

The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
Office PHS02C11
60, rue Wiertz
1047 Brussels
Belgium

Telephone: +32-2-2843095
Email: info@greens-efa.eu

You can contact the controller at any time with your concerns using the contact details above or by email to info@greens-efa.eu.

 

2. Provision of the Website

This section tells you which of your data we process to provide you with our website.

2.1 Provision of the Website

2.1.1 Purpose

This processing activity serves the external presentation of our company, in the language of the country from which you access our website, if available.

2.1.2 Types of Data

We process 

  • your IP address,
  • Date and time of your enquiry,
  • your time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
  • the content of your request, i.e. the specific pages you are accessing,
  • the access status/HTTP status code,
  • the amount of data transferred in each case,
  • the website from which the request originated,
  • your browser,
  • the language and version of your browser software
  • the operating system and the interface of your terminal device.

as categories of data relating to you.

We also store the necessary cookies “wp-wpml_current_language”, “wpml_browser_redirect_test”, and “_icl_visitor_lang_js”, to ensure the presentation of our website in your country-specific language.

We also store a necessary user connection data key (“elementor”) in the session storage of your browser for the purpose of this processing activity.

2.1.3 Legal Basis

The legal basis is our legitimate interest lies in external communication with interested parties pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. f GDPR.

2.1.4 Storage Period

The storage period of the above-mentioned data relating to you is as long as the browser session lasts.

The storage period for the “wp-wpml_current_language” and the “wpml_browser_redirect_test” cookies is as long as the browser session lasts.

The storage period for the “_icl_visitor_lang_js” cookies is 24 hours.

The storage period for session storage data relating to you is as long as the browser session lasts.

2.1.5 Recipient

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our website hosting service provider, DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstrasse 5, 80331 Munich, Germany.

2.1.6 Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

2.2 Website Security

2.2.1 Purpose

This processing serves to ensure the uninterrupted functionality of the website.

2.2.2 Types of Data

We process

  • your IP address,
  • Date and time of your enquiry,
  • your time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
  • the content of your request, i.e. the specific pages you are accessing,
  • the access status/HTTP status code,
  • the amount of data transferred in each case
  • the website from which the request originated,
  • your browser,
  • the language and version of your browser software
  • the operating system and the interface of your terminal device.

as categories of data relating to you.

2.2.3 Legal Basis

The legal basis is our legitimate interest is to ensure the uninterrupted functionality of our website pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. f GDPR.

2.2.4 Storage Period

The storage period of the above-mentioned data relating to you is 14 days.

2.2.5 Recipient

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our website hosting service provider, DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstrasse 5, 80331 Munich, Germany.

2.2.6 Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

2.3 Website analytics

2.3.1 Purpose

We use Matomo to analyse the user behaviour of our website users to optimize our website and its advertising.

2.3.2 Types of Data

We process user behaviour data as a category of data that can be related to you.

2.3.3 Legal Basis

The legal basis is our legitimate interest to optimize our website and its advertising pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. f GDPR.

2.3.4 Storage Period

The storage period for your personal data is up to the withdrawal of your consent. We keep a deletion log for three years.

2.3.5 Recipient

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our website hosting service provider, DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstrasse 5, 80331 Munich, Germany.

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be transmitted to InnoCraft Ltd, 7 Waterloo Quay, PO Box 625, 6140 Wellington, New Zealand.

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be transferred to New Zealand as a third country with an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR.

2.3.6 Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

You may choose to prevent this website from aggregating and analyzing the actions you take here. Doing so will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users.

 

3. Making Contact

This section explains how you can contact us and which of your data we process when you contact us.

3.1 Contact via Contact Form

3.1.1 Purpose

We offer the possibility to contact us via contact form.

3.1.2 Types of Data

We process your name, your email address, and the message content as data that can be related to you.

We also store a user identification (“Trengo_VisitorToken” and “Trengo_Visitor”) and the form status (“Trengo_panelState”) as well as the number of sessions and the number of page views (“Trengo_Session”) in the local storage of your browser for the purpose of this processing activity.

3.1.3 Legal Basis

The legal basis is our legitimate interest lies in external communication with interested parties pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. f GDPR.

3.1.4 Storage Period

The storage period for your personal data is up to the withdrawal of your consent. We keep a deletion log for three years.

The storage period for local and session storage data relating to you is as long as the browser session lasts.

3.1.5 Recipient

When contacting us via the contact form, the above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our website hosting service provider, DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstrasse 5, 80331 Munich, Germany, and our contact form provider, Trengo B.V., Burgemeester Reigerstraat 89, 3581 KP Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be transferred to the USA as a third country with an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR.

3.1.6 Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

 

3.2 Contact via e-mail

3.2.1 Purpose

We offer contact by e-mail to answer enquiries.

3.2.2 Types of Data

We process your email address and the content of the enquiry as data that can be related to you.

3.2.3 Legal Basis

The legal basis is the communication with interested parties pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. f GDPR.

3.2.4 Storage Period

The storage period for your personal data is until your enquiry has been dealt with.

3.2.5 Recipient

When contacting us via email, the above-mentioned data relating to you will be sent to our email hosting service provider, Trengo B.V., Burgemeester Reigerstraat 89, 3581 KP Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be transferred to the USA as a third country with an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR.

3.2.6 Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

 

3.3 Contact via Chatbot

3.3.1 Purpose

We offer contact by chatbot to answer enquiries.

3.3.2 Types of Data

We process data that you send us, your email address, the content of the enquiry and attached documents, as data that can be related to you.

We also store a chat functionality (“pusherTransportTLS”) and a chat status (“TrengoWidget_is_chatting”) key in the local storage of your browser for the purpose of this processing activity.

3.3.3 Legal Basis

The legal basis is the communication with interested parties pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. f GDPR.

3.3.4 Storage Period

The storage period for your personal data is until your enquiry has been dealt with.

The storage period for local and session storage data relating to you is as long as the browser session lasts.

3.3.5 Recipient

When contacting us via chat, the above-mentioned data relating to you will be sent to our email hosting service provider, Trengo B.V., Burgemeester Reigerstraat 89, 3581 KP Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be transferred to the USA as a third country with an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR.

3.3.6 Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

 

4. Rights of Data Subjects

As a data subject, data protection grants you rights regarding the handling of data relating to you. We guarantee you the realisation of your existing data subject rights towards us. You can find out more in this section.

4.1 Your Rights as a Data Subject

You have the following rights with regard to the personal data concerning you:

  • Right to information and to receive a copy of your data,
  • Right to rectification,
  • Right to erasure and to be forgotten,
  • Right to restriction of processing,
  • Right to object to processing,
  • Right to data portability.

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

4.2 Management of Data Subject Rights

4.2.1 Purpose

This processing activity serves the data protection compliant handling of data subject rights.

4.2.2 Types of Data

We process all categories of data as categories of data relating to you.

4.2.3 Legal Basis

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. c GDPR in conjunction with Chapter III GDPR.

4.2.4 Requirement

The processing of the above-mentioned data relating to you is necessary for the fulfilment of our legal obligations.

4.2.5 Storage Period

The storage period for the above-mentioned data relating to you is three years.

4.2.6 Recipient

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our e-mail server hosting provider.