PRIVACY POLICY - PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

Designations

Partners / partnership: In the following text, “partner” / “partnership” designate partner institutions / organisations participating in the HARMONY project and likely to collect data within the framework of the project, namely: UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO, ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA PROTEZIONE E LA RICERCA AMBIENTALE, ISTITUTO PER LO STUDIO DEGLI IMPATTI ANTROPICI E SOSTENIBILITÀ IN AMBIENTE MARINO DEL CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, REGIONE SICILIA – ASSESSORATO REGIONALE PER LA PESCA, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES AUTHORITY.

Supervisory Authority: independent public authority established by a member State under article 51 of the GDPR. The Supervisory Authority is the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in Malta. The list of Supervisory Authorities is available here.

The HARMONY project partners carefully treat all data collected as confidential and strictly use it under the framework of HARMONY project activities in compliance with the EU legal regulations and the P.O. Interreg V-A Italia-Malta 2014-2020 rules.

All data collected and managed under the activities of the HARMONY project, namely accounts, newsletter subscribers, event registrations, surveys of any kind, is in strict compliance with the new Regulation (EU) 2016/679, General Data Protection Regulation.

The partnership appointed Dr Adam Gauci from the University of Malta to act as the HARMONY project Data Protection Officer (DPO).

Who is concerned by this notice?

This notice is addressed to the following public:

• All partners participating in the HARMONY project
• respondents to surveys
• registered participants in events
• account owners in the exchange areas of the project website
• newsletter subscribers of any outsourced database application

FOR WHAT PURPOSES DOES THE HARMONY PROJECT STORE YOUR DATA?

Project partners collect data to perform their legal obligations as an EU co-funded project.

The scope of the data collected is the minimum necessary for each purpose, avoiding as much as possible personal information. However, no personal information is collected without the knowledge and consent of the target audience.

No data will be shared with third parties outside the project and the Interreg MED Programme, other than the external providers or used for unintended purposes without the express consent and prior notification to the interested individuals. When personal data is collected, the purpose will be clearly expressed.

EXTERNAL PROVIDERS

The HARMONY project may use external providers to process your personal data. You will be informed and your express consent required whenever this is the case.

The HARMONY project partners make sure to demand their external providers to provide them with adequate safeguards regarding personal data protection.

External providers of HARMONY project will have a limited access to personal data strictly necessary for the completion of the services rendered. They will also be contractually bound to use the personal data in compliance with the current regulation regarding personal data.

WHAT ABOUT COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

The Programme web platform collects and stores information using cookies and similar tracking technologies to track web behaviors. We use this information to provide analytics of only statistical nature.

WHAT ARE YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AS DATA SUBJECT?

According to the GDPR Regulation (EU) 2016/679, “Every person may, on simple request addressed to the DPO of the HARMONY project, have free access to all the information concerning them in clear language (any codes must be explained) and obtain a copy against payment of a fee, fixed by the State, of 3 € for the public sector and 4,6 € for the private sector.

Every person may directly require from an organisation holding information about them the data to be corrected (if they are wrong), completed or clarified (if they are incomplete or equivocal), or erased (if this information could not legally be collected).

Anyone may oppose that information about them is used for advertising purposes or for commercial purposes;

They may also oppose to information concerning them being disclosed to a third party for such purposes. The persons concerned should have the possibility of exercising their right to oppose the disclosure of their data to a third party at the moment the data is collected. The use of automatic calling machines or faxes for advertising purposes is prohibited unless the person has given their prior consent.

List of the data subject rights as stated in the Chapter 3 of the GPDR:

• Transparency and modalities
• Information and access to personal data
• Rectification and erasure
• Right to object and automated individual decision-making

For detailed information on each specific right, please check Chapter 3 of the GDPR Regulation (CE) no 2016/679.

WHAT TYPE OF DATA IS COLLECTED AND HOW?

The project partners store data of different types and in several ways:

• E-mail, postal and telephone contacts;
• Newsletters subscription;
• Event registrations;
• Surveys;
• Contact forms;
• Data collected through the HARMONY project web site and other outsourced applications (Mailchimp)

WHO CAN YOU CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING DATA PROTECTION?

For questions or concerns regarding the collection of your personal data within the HARMONY project, please contact the Data Protection Officer.