Privacy Policy
Please read this Privacy Statement and this disclaimer in full before you use this website. Using this website means that you accept the terms of this disclaimer. We reserve the right to update this disclaimer so please refer back to this document in the future.
Privacy Statement
The Water and Environment Support – Biodiversity and Climate Action in the Neighbourhood South (WES-BCA) project is committed to respect the privacy of each user and comply with applicable laws on data protection and privacy. The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE) is one of the consortium members of WES-BCA and is responsible for Component II of the project, which focuses on Communication and Outreach on environmental and climate action. This website is part of the WES-BCA regional campaign “Our Climate – Our Community,” which is being implemented across all Partner Countries of the project.
Processing of users’ personal data is governed by these terms, by the relevant provisions of EU legislation on data protection, including the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) and relevant local legislation, including decisions, guidelines and regulations.
This Privacy Statement (the “Statement”) forms an integral part of our website and may be subject to modifications. This Statement explains how we collect, process and/or use information that we receive via our website and the emails we send (collectively, the “Website” or the “Campaign’s website”), as amended from time to time. This Statement also describes how we collect, process, use and share the personal information you provide us with. It also describes your choices regarding use, access, transfer, correction and deletion of your personal information.
Disclaimer of content
The Website has been produced by MIO-ECSDE, consortium member of WES-BCA, Contract No: EuropeAid/139671/DH/SER/Multi (ENI/2019/406-614 and NDICI-GEO-NEAR- 2024/458-791). The Website was created and maintained with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents, information set out and the views expressed in the materials produced are those of the WES-BCA project (the “WES-BCA Project”) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.
The WES-BCA Project makes every effort to ensure, but do not guarantee, the accuracy of the information on this website. We accept no responsibility for and exclude all liability in connection with browsing through the Website, the use of information or downloading any materials from it, including but not limited to any liability for errors, inaccuracies, omissions, as well as misleading or defamatory statements. Hyperlinks to other websites imply neither responsibility for, nor approval of, the information contained in those other websites on the part of the WES-BCA Project.
Disclaimer of damages
The WES-BCA Project will take any security measure, which is deemed necessary for the protection of the Website by all viruses and for the avoidance of on-line attacks and other prohibited actions. However, the WES-BCA Project cannot guarantee that the content of this website is free from all viruses and other harmful content. Therefore, by using the Website, the user assumes all risks associated with its use, including any risk to computers, software or data being damaged by any virus, software, or any other file which might be transmitted or activated via this website. Additionally, the WES-BCA Project hereby excludes liability for any demands, claims, damages or losses of any kind with regard to any content or information provided on this website, including but not limited to direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or compensatory damages, lost revenues or profits, or otherwise, resulting from the use or misuse of this website or the information contained.
Links
We encourage the use of links to the Campaign’s website, in order to make its material as widely available as possible.
Links from the website may take you to other websites, at your own risk. While such links are provided in good faith, the WES-BCA Project does not accept or endorse the websites to which it has established links in any way. Links to external or third-party websites are provided solely for the convenience of the user and the WES-BCA Project is not responsible for the content, the security measures, the use or privacy practices of any other website. Use of any such links will not render the WES-BCA Project liable for loss or liability of any kind. It is important for users to take necessary precautions, especially to ensure appropriate safety from viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other potentially destructive items. For any issue arising out of visiting or using third-party websites, the users acknowledge and accept that they have to contact such third-party providers, who are liable for the provision of their services and the content and terms of use of such third-party websites.
Copyright notice
Materials which are supported by The European Union are © European Union, 2024-2027. Reuse is authorized, provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of the European Commission is implemented by the Decision of 12th December 2011.
In the case of any third-party copyright material, permission for use must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned. Users are encouraged to establish hypertext links to this website. The general principle of reuse can be subject to conditions which may be specified in individual copyright notices. Reuse is not applicable to documents subject to intellectual property rights of third parties. Any enquiries regarding the use and reuse of this information resource should be emailed to support@wes-med.eu
Collection and use of personal information
Data for this website is collected by the WES-BCA Component II Team. Personal information is collected through the on-line subscription to the regional campaign’s circulars / notifications / newsletter (via the website). The personal information collected in relation with this regional campaign may include: your first name, last name, gender, nationality, country of residence and work, your email address, your organization’s name and your job title. We do not collect personal data or information for dissemination or sell to third parties for marketing purposes. We do not usually seek to collect sensitive personal information (i.e., data relating to race or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union memberships, political opinions, medical or health conditions or information specifying the sex life or sexual orientation of an individual) from users. We will, where necessary, obtain your explicit written consent to collect and use such information under Article 9 of the General Data Protection Regulation.
Your personal information is used for the following purposes:
Sending you updates about the “Our Climate – Our Community” campaign;
Keeping the members of the WES-BCA’s Mediterranean Community for Climate Action informed and engaged;
Generating statistics about our campaign’s activities;
Future collaboration opportunities;
Accessing publicly available resources, such as checklists, videos, ready-to-use activities and tools, infographics, and other materials.
The Website is not using your personal information for other purposes, unless we obtain your permission, or unless otherwise required or permitted by law or professional standards.
The legal grounds for processing personal information
We will use your personal data for the purposes outlined above for one of the following reasons (if applicable): (a) of effectively delivering our services to you, as per the agreement between us; (b) of our legitimate interests in the effective and lawful operation of our work so long as such interests are not outweighed by your interests; (c) of the legal and regulatory obligations that we are subject to or (d) you have given us your explicit consent to process your personal data.
Disclosure to third parties
Data collected by this website will not be transferred or disclosed to any third party. Your data will be used solely for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and will not be shared for marketing or any other purposes.
Protection of your personal information
We use a range of physical, technical and organizational measures to ensure that we keep your personal data secure, accurate and up to date. These measures include:
Awareness and training to relevant staff to ensure it is aware of our privacy obligations when handling personal data;
Technological security measures, including firewalls, encryption and anti-virus software;
Although we use appropriate security measures once we have received your personal data, the transmission of data over the internet (including by e-mail) is never completely secure. We shall endeavor to protect your personal data, by any appropriate measure.
Data retention
Your personal information will only be retained until one year after the end of the WES-BCA project i.e., until November 2028.
Users’ rights
You have the right to request:
Access to your personal data and information on which data we process, the purposes of processing, the recipients, the duration of processing and other information regarding the processing of your personal data.
Rectification of your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
Deletion of your personal data, under the conditions mentioned in article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation and the relevant local legislation.
Restriction of processing of your personal data only for specific purposes.
Ask for the portability of your data, that is to receive the data you have provided in a structured, commonly used format, or ask to send it to a third party designated by you.
To withdraw at any time your consent to the processing of your personal data, when processing is based on consent. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing before consent was withdrawn.
Objection to the processing of your personal data, pursuant to article 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation and the local legislation.
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your personal data or any privacy query or request that you have raised with us, you have a right to complain to the competent Data Protection Authority (for Greece: Hellenic Data Protection Authority (www.dpa.gr).
If you have any request or question regarding this policy, please send an email to support@wes-med.eu
Changes to this privacy statement
We may modify or amend this privacy statement from time to time, at our discretion.
We advise you to regularly check our Privacy Statement in order to remain informed and updated on any amendments. By visiting and navigating through our Website you agree to this Statement as in force at the time. When substantial amendments are made, we will ensure that a relevant notice is posted for visitors of our Website.
If at any time you do not agree with this Privacy Policy (as revised from time to time) you must withdraw your consent by sending an email to: support@wes-med.eu
Confidentiality and Use of cookies
The WES-BCA Project recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of all information provided by users of the Campaign’s website and all other users of its services.
With the exception of personally identifiable information, the use of which is covered under our Privacy Policy, any material you send or post to this Website shall be considered non-proprietary and not confidential. Unless you advise to the contrary, we will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material for any and all purposes.
When using this website, you shall not post or send to or from this Website any material for which you have not obtained all necessary consents, is discriminatory, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, liable to incite racial hatred, in breach of confidentiality or privacy, which may cause annoyance or inconvenience to others, which encourages or constitutes conduct that would be deemed a criminal offence, give rise to a civil liability, or otherwise is contrary to the law. If you proceed to any of the above actions, the WES-BCA Project may suspend your access to the website and reserves all its legal rights against you. If the WES-BCA Project is requested to compensate any third party, due to your actions, you should compensate fully the WES-BCA Project. Moreover, the WES-BCA Project, reserving all its rights, may deny or delete any content that violates, as per its judgement, the present terms of use or the rights of any third party. You are exclusively responsible for the content that you submit or upload to the website or for the information that you transmit to other users of the website.
Subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy above, we may retain emails and other information sent to us for our internal administrative purposes, and to help us to serve users better. We may contact you to elicit feedback on the service we have provided – this is to help us make sure our users continue to receive the best service possible.
You will be prompted to accept or reject non-essential cookies. A detailed Cookie Policy is provided separately on the Website.
Security
We use reasonable precautions to protect our users’ personal information and to store it securely. Access to users’ information is restricted, and the servers on which we store information are kept in a secure environment.
The Campaign’s website contains links to other sites. The WES-BCA Project is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other sites. We encourage users of the website to be aware when they leave the site and to read the privacy statements of each website to which we may link that may collect personally identifiable information.
This Legal Notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with EU law. Any dispute(s) arising in connection with this Legal Notice are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the codes of Athens, Greece.