MOST Privacy Notice

Introduction

Dear Subscriber,

We are glad to share with you the  latest news on the developments and results of the MOST Project, as well as on future developments of this research area.     

This Privacy Notice is a document addressing you as  Data Subject, i.e. the owner of your personal data. Your privacy is important to us.

This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that the MOST Data Controller, WIP - Renewable Energies, collects, and the ways in which WIP- Renewable Energies uses that personal information.

1. Personal information collection

WIP – Renewable Energies may collect and use the following kinds of personal information:

• information that you provide for the purpose of subscribing to the website services

• any other information that you send to WIP - Renewable Energies using the web site's contact form or newsletter subscription form

2. Using personal information

WIP – Renewable Energies may use your personal information for the following treatments:

• enable your access to and use of the website services

• send you informational email about the project

• carry out statistics and reports in anonymous form (e.g. assessment the download of material provided, the number of times a website was accessed, the most visited pages, the average visit duration, the country of origin of Users, etc.)

• carry out other legitimate purposes such as communication activities in relation to other similar areas, projects or about other networking activities as Data Controller.

We commit to ensure that Subscribers will always be free to opt-out and exercise their rights as regard to the treatments mentioned above. Each communication has an opt-out link where you can inform us about your decision.

3. Where do we store and protect your data?

The data will be stored exclusively for the purpose of providing the service as long as it is available, or you remain subscribed to it. It will be processed for the whole duration of the project that you subscribed to. You will always have the possibility to opt-out from any of the projects if you are not interested in them anymore.

The data provided will be stored and processed electronically for the sole purpose of distributing the newsletter in the selected area of interest, to ensure that the interested user may receive targeted and relevant information and/or invitations. It will be stored exclusively for the purpose of providing the service as long as it is available, or you remain subscribed to it. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data for the purposes indicated above is your consent to the processing of your personal data.

The data processing related to the website’s services takes place at the WIP Renewable Energies headquarters located in Munich (Germany), Sylvensteinstraße 2, 81369. The data processing is performed by authorized members of the WIP Renewable Energies staff who have been appointed and trained in maintaining security and confidentiality of your personal data.

4. Who is processing your data?

WIP - Renewable Energies is the MOST Data Controller. This means that the WIP Renewable Energies management has the accountability and the responsibility to set structure and procedures to treat and protect your data.

Appointed members of the staff are responsible for the actual treatment of your data; concretely they will treat your data as described in the previous questions.

Other consortium member might occasionally operate as Data Processor, in that case, they will comply with the same rules as stated in this privacy notice. As data controller, WIP - Renewable Energies will ensure similar protection of the rights of the data subject.

5. Securing your data

WIP – Renewable Energies will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. There are no automated decision-making processes that could produce an adverse legal effect or have a similar significant negative impact upon you.

6. Your rights

• You have the right to be informed: about our purposes for processing the personal data, retention periods for that personal data, and whom it will be shared with.

• You have the right to request access to your personal data, to have it corrected or deleted, or to limit its processing at any time.

• You have the right to data portability, and to lodge a complaint inter alia with the competent supervisory authority.

• When data processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

• You may exercise the above-mentioned rights and all other rights pursuant to current data protection regulations (art. 15 et seq. GDPR) by writing an email to info@smartgridsmaster.eu.

7. Updating this statement

If necessary, WIP – Renewable Energies may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website. If there are material changes in the way we use or process your personal data, we will notify you by posting a notice of the changes before these come into effect or by sending a notification to you directly. We encourage you to re-read this statement regularly to gain more information on how we use and protect your data and to ensure you are familiar with any changes.

8. Other websites

This website contains links to other websites.

WIP – Renewable Energies is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.