Privacy Policy

Notice on Personal Data Processing

Introduction

Thank you for visiting our website (including our events/activities pages), which has been developed and now runs in the frame of the Horizon 2020 Innovation Action ENRICH in the USA. ENRICH in the USA represents a strong consortium of 6 leading research and information technology stakeholders in Europe and the USA. More information about the consortium of ENRICH in the USA can be found here.

The goal of ENRICH in the USA is to act as a central contact point for European research and innovation actors seeking to grow, reinforce collaboration, as well as find commercialization paths across the Atlantic. It serves the needs of EU innovators by providing services and offering soft-landing opportunities across the USA, including through Landing Hubs, as such embarking them to a journey in internationalization to the USA, and embedding them into welcoming and nurturing local ecosystems. ENRICH in the USA supports ecosystems, clusters, and R&D centers, seeking to grow their entrepreneurs/start-ups/SMEs.

In this context, your privacy is important for us and we are committed to protect it in accordance with the European Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of their personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation, hereafter referred to as the "Regulation") as in force. To this end, we provide this Privacy Policy that applies to the ENRICH in the USA website (https://enrichintheusa.com) and governs personal information collection and usage by the website only (including application forms and questionnaires linked to the website).

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time. With that in mind, you should periodically check this Privacy Policy.

 

Type of personal information that we process

The amount and type of information we process depends on your activities and use of the Website. Certain information is collected simply from your use of the website, where as other information is submitted by you voluntarily in your communications with us or to receive requested services. Below, we explain the information we process for our various services.

 

Which are the legitimate reasons for processing your personal data?

Legitimate reasons for lawful processing your personal information is the legitimate interest of the ENRICH in the USA consortium to promote the project outcomes as more specifically described in the Introduction, in order to meet contractual obligations in that context.

 

Storage and deletion of personal information that we process

Any personal information you are providing us through the Website or related websites and media, or by completing our online forms is securely stored only for as long as necessary for us to comply with our contractual obligations to the funding authority of ENRICH in the USA  namely the European Commission, and no longer than 2 years from ENRICH in the USA project’s completion unless otherwise required for the defense of legal claims arising from the ENRICH in the USA project contract or as otherwise required by compulsory law.

 

Security of personal information that we process

TELECOM LUXEMBOURG International, as the responsible party to host the website, applies all appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure safe processing of personal data and to prevent the accidental loss or destruction and unauthorized and / or illegal access to, use, modification or disclosure thereof. In assessing the appropriate level of security and in the process of selecting and implementing suitable technical and organizational measures, TELECOM LUXEMBOURG International takes into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing, as well as the risks that are presented by processing, in particular from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed, and additionally, the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons. TELECOM LUXEMBOURG International is in charge of the management of the website on behalf of ENRICH in the USA.

 

Community Management Platform

Personal data of ENRICH in the USA clients, ambassadors and other involved stakeholders who accept the privacy policy will be entered in the ENRICH in the USA Community Management Platform (CMP) to store and process their personal data, and to maximise ENRICH in the USA support, communication, and engagement. The user in CMP has full control of his/her information and they can also interact with others through the platform. Personal data will remain confidential between the user and the ENRICH in the USA consortium. Only the username of the user will be visible to the public – this can be modified by the user as in any community management platform, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn.The CMP will enable the user to manage and administer his/her data transparently, as such enabling to easily exercise the user’s right to access, rectify, delete or oppose his/her personal data, as well as unsubscribe at any time. No user can access data of someone else.

 

Your rights

You have a number of rights, which you can exercise at any time. In particular, you have the:

  • Right to be informed: You have the right to be informed about the processing and use of your personal information, including the purpose for which we are processing this information, the period that we will retain it and with whom we will share it.

  • Right of access: You have the right to ask from us to confirm whether or not we are processing personal information concerning you. Where that is the case, you can access your personal information that we are processing and relevant supplementary information.

  • Right to rectification: You have the right to request from us modifications, corrections or update to your personal information in case you believe that it is not up to date, complete or accurate.

  • Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information that we are processing, subject to specific restrictions.

  • Right to restrict processing: You have the right to request from us to restrict the processing of your personal information, with a view to limiting the way that we use this information.

  • Right to data portability: You have the right to ask for your personal information to be provided back to you or transferred to a third party.

  • Right to object: You have the right to object to us processing your personal information at any time for reasons related to your particular situation.

  • Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling), which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

To exercise your rights, please contact us through https://www.enrichintheusa.com/contact-us.

Please keep in mind that you also have the right to lodge a complaint a supervisory authority (e.g. the Data Protection Authority within your region or country), should you wish so.

 

Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their websites contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites.

 

Children

We do not knowingly process, use, or disclose information from children under 16. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 16 we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately contact us if you become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information.

 

Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through https://www.enrichintheusa.com/contact-us.

 

Google analytics

We use tools like Google Analytics to better understand how visitors interact with our website. This provides us with important information to enable the site to work better. The information collected is not linked to your personal data.

For more information on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please visit: http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.html

If you do not wish your information to be sent to Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

We may keep track of pages you visit to help provide a more personalized user experience. In addition, tracking information is collected via Google Tag Manager and anonymized as we have activated the IP Anonymisation.

 

Cookies

Cookies are small text files which are saved on your computer, mobile phone or tablet. They allow the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site.

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. If you do this, however, you may need to manually adjust your preferences every time you visit a website. For more information on how to manage cookies, please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/

We use essential cookies in the TT website which don’t store personal information. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you when accepting our cookie policy or logging in.

We use the following cookies:

  • cookieconsent_dismissed – set when you accept out cookie policy
  • _ga, _gat, _gid - Google analytics cookies, set when you visit our website, in order to distinguish users and help improve the website's usability
  • SSESSxx – set when you log into our website, then removed when you log out

If you do not wish us to process cookies, you may set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, please note that some parts of the Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.