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Personal data – Welcomeurope account creation

In accordance with the regulations in force, www.welcomeurope.com undertakes to protect the personal data collected and processed relating to its users and to inform you about the use of cookies by users of its site.

Purpose of the data processing

The purpose of the processing is the access to the account when visiting the website, the management of the user account (Orders, subscriptions, account details,..) as well as Welcomeurope communications (services, offers, news).

It allows Welcomeurope :

  • – The management of subscriptions
  • – The management of electronic mailings
  • – To communicate by electronic mail
  • – Administer your account
  • – Provide products and services you request
  • – To contact you occasionally about our products and services, and other content that may be of interest to you
  • – To share new funding opportunities on a weekly basis (free service called « Eurofunding »)

What is personal data?

Personal data » means any information about you as an individual that you voluntarily provide to us or that we collect in the course of your browsing and that allows you to be identified directly or indirectly.

This information notice is intended to provide information about the personal data processed by www.welcomeurope.com, how it is used and the rights of individuals whose personal data is collected.

www.welcomeurope.com can be contacted to answer any questions regarding the protection of personal data by post or e-mail:

  • Postal address:
  • Welcomeurope
  • 161 rue Montmartre, 75002 Paris
  • +33(0)1 42 54 60 64
  • Email : contact@welcomeurope.com 

What personal data is collected by www.welcomeurope.com?

When we are contacted on our website, by mail, email, telephone or when we are directly solicited in an establishment, we collect the following personal data relating to the persons interested in our services: – Their identity and contact details. – The information necessary to meet their expectations (such as the sector of activity).

Why is this personal data processed?

We process personal data on the basis of
  • – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or for the performance of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject.

  • – The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of www.welcomeurope.com

  • – The prior consent of individuals for the sending of e-mails with our offers, surveys and newsletters by electronic means.

What are the legal bases for www.welcomeurope.com to process personal data?

We process personal data on the basis of

  • – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or for the performance of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject.

  • – The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of www.welcomeurope.com

  • – The prior consent of individuals for the sending of e-mails with our offers, surveys and newsletters by electronic means.

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Duration of data storage

Welcomeurope keeps the e-mail address as long as the person concerned does not unsubscribe (via the unsubscribe link integrated in the newsletters).

 If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This allows subsequent comments to be automatically recognised and approved instead of being left in the moderation queue. For users who register on our site (where possible), we also store the personal data specified in their profile. All users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of their username). Site managers can also view and modify this information.

 

Subcontractors

We host personal data with data hosts that comply with applicable legislation and also share this data with subcontractors who act on our behalf.

However, if sub-contractors have access to personal data, they will comply with the relevant data protection legislation and this privacy notice.

 

Legal obligations

Personal data is not disclosed to third parties without the prior consent of the data subject, except in exceptional cases where required by law or government authorities such as the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL) or the competent judicial authorities.

 

What are the rights of the persons whose data www.welcomeurope.com collects and how can they be exercised?

The European Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) and the amended Data Protection Act give individuals certain rights over their data.

For any processing of personal data concerning him/her, any person can exercise the following rights:

– Right of access: everyone has the right to obtain a copy of the personal data that www.welcomeurope.com holds and processes about them;

– Right of rectification: everyone has the right to rectify the personal data that www.welcomeurope.com holds about them if they are incorrect;

– Right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL: everyone has the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL if they have concerns about the way in which www.welcomeurope.com processes their personal data.