This Privacy Policy explains how the RISE Balkans website (www.risebalkans.eu) processes personal data, in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). RISE Balkans is funded by the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV), Grant Agreement No. 101253022, and is coordinated by the European University Center for Crime & Justice (EUROCRIM).
1. Data controller
The website is operated by the European University Center for Crime & Justice (EUROCRIM) of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, 136 Syngrou Avenue, 176 71 Athens, Greece, as coordinator of the RISE Balkans project. Contact: risebalkans@gmail.com. Data Protection Officer of Panteion University: [DPO e-mail].
2. What data we process
- Contact form and e-mails: your name, e-mail address, country and organisation (optional), and the content of your message.
- Photos of activities: photos of people taking part in RISE Balkans activities, published in the news posts and in the press material.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type and the pages visited, recorded in the server logs for the security and operation of the website.
- Cookies: strictly necessary cookies and, only with your consent, statistics cookies (see section 7).
3. Why we process your data
- To reply to your messages and requests, on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
- To show the activities of the project in news posts and press material, as foreseen by the communication rules of the EU grant [legal basis to be confirmed by the DPO]. People who are not members of the RISE Balkans consortium appear with their faces blurred, unless they have given their consent.
- To operate the website and keep it secure, on the basis of our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- To measure the use of the website, only if you accept statistics cookies (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
4. Who receives your data
Your data is accessible only to the authorised staff of the project. Where your message concerns activities in a specific country, it may be forwarded to the RISE Balkans partner in that country. The website is hosted by [hosting provider], which processes data on our behalf. Messages sent to risebalkans@gmail.com are stored in the Gmail mailbox of the project (Google). We do not sell your data or use it for marketing.
5. How long we keep your data
Messages are kept for as long as needed to answer them and for no longer than [12 months]. Server logs are kept for no longer than [90 days]. Photos of activities stay on the website as a record of the project, unless you ask us to remove a photo in which you appear.
6. Your rights
You have the right to access, rectify or erase your data, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability and to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. To exercise your rights, write to risebalkans@gmail.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (www.dpa.gr).
7. Cookies
The website uses strictly necessary cookies for its operation. Statistics cookies are used only if you accept them in the cookie banner, and you can change your choice at any time. The embedded flipbooks may set their own cookies (see section 8). [List of cookies to be completed according to the plugins used.]
8. Links, embedded content and social media
The website contains links to other websites and to our accounts on Instagram and LinkedIn. Our publications are shown as flipbooks embedded from Heyzine (heyzine.com). These services have their own privacy policies, for which RISE Balkans is not responsible.
9. Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy. The current version is always published on this page.
Last updated: [date of publication]