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id="main-content"></a> <section> <div> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div><div data-history-node-id="24" class="node node--type-page node--view-mode-full ds-1col clearfix" typeof="schema:WebPage"> <div class="group-basic-page-body-data"> <div property="schema:text" class="body field field-node--body field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div property="schema:text" class="field-item"><div class="rtejustify"> <p><a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32018R1725" style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">Regulation (EU) 2018/1725</a><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> applies to the processing of personal data collected for European Circular Economy Platform website.</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">1. Name of the processing operation and short description</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><em>European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform website</em>:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Third party individuals and organisations will upload their contact information either to contact the ECESP secretariat, subscribe to the ECESP newsletter, submit content to the platform or make use of its interactive features.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">For contact requests and newsletter subscriptions, the EESC will store this information in its application for managing contact information (Dynamics).</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Personal data collected in the process of submitting content or using the forum is stored in the website's application for managing contact information (Drupal). The ECESP Secretariat and will, after collecting the consent of the data subjects, publish (part of) this contact information on the public website dedicated to the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">For a detailed specification of the data processed according to purpose, see point 5.</span></span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">2. Who is responsible for the processing of personal data?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The European Economic and Social Committee is responsible (as controller) for the processing of personal data. The responsible service is:</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">NAT Section secretariat, Directorate C</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">European Economic and Social Committee</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Belliardstraat 99, 1040 Brussels</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><a href="https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/en/data-controller-contact">Send an email to the responsible service</a></span></span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">3. What is the purpose of the processing?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">As the purpose of this platform is to facilitate contacts and information sharing between stakeholders in the Circular Economy field, the processing of contact information is a key feature of this online platform.</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">4. What is the legal basis for the processing?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Article 5(a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, as the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in a Union institution or body. The EESC exercises its tasks as set out in Articles 300-304 of the </span><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12012E/TXT" style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union</a><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. The processing of certain categories of your personal data as described in this privacy statement will be carried out based on your consent (Article 5(d) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725). </span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">5. What personal data is processed?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When users visit the ECESP website, the following data is stored:</span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">IP address</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Pages visited</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When users make use of the ECESP contact form or submit content directly to the platform, the EESC will process the following data:</span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">nature of the organisation or company</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">organisation or company name</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">organisation or company physical address</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">organisation or company e-mail address</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">organisation or company website address</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">(optional) contact person name + surname, telephone number, e-mail address, physical address</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">link to organisation or company online contact form</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">organisation of company main field of activity</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">In case of a partnership, the EESC will also process the following data:</span></span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">potential partner's nature of the organisation or company</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">potential partner's organisation or company name</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">potential partner's organisation or company physical address</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">potential partner's organisation or company e-mail address</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">potential partner's organisation or company website address</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">potential partner's (optional) contact person name + surname, telephone number, e-mail address, physical address</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">potential partner's link to organisation or company online contact form</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">potential partner's organisation of company main field of activity</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Where users subscribe to the ECESP newletter, the EESC will collect the following data:</span></span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Individual's or organisation name</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Individual's or company e-mail address</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Where users opt to register for the interactive section of the platform, the EESC will also process the following data separately:</span></span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">user's name + surname, email address</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">(optional) user's area of expertise, country, organisation + type, sector and social media accounts.</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>6. </strong><strong>Who are the recipients or categories of recipients of your personal data?</strong></span></span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Staff of the European Economic and Social Committee.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Staff in the European Commission's</span></span></li> </ul><ul class="rteindent1"><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">DG Environment, Unit B1 - Sustainable Production, Products and Consumption</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Unit C1 - Clean Technologies and Products</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">When users register for the interactive section, they can opt to disclose personal data submitted during registration. While optional personal data can be made visible to all other registered users, platform moderators and administrators also have access to all mandatory personal data submitted during registration. Moderators can use the private message or email information from users solely for moderation purposes. Moderators or Administrators have strictly no access to personal messages sent and received by users.</span></span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">7. </strong><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Are your personal data transferred to a third country (non-EU Member State) or international organisation?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Your personal data will not be transferred to non-EU member states or international organisations.</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">8. </strong><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">How can you exercise your rights?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">You have the right to request access to your personal data. Also, you have the right to request rectification or erasure or restriction of the processing of your personal data.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Where applicable, you have the right to object to the processing of your data. Where applicable, you have the right to receive your personal data provided to the controller or to have your personal data transmitted directly to another controller (data portability). You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">You can direct your queries to the responsible service by </span><a href="https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/en/data-controller-contact" style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">e-mail</a><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Newsletter subscribers can unsubscribe from within the newsletters they receive or by making use of the subscription management page.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Registered users can temporarily or permanently deactivate their accounts per private message to a moderator or administrator of the interactive section.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Requests will be processed within 15 days upon receipt.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">You have the right to lodge a complaint to the European Data Protection Supervisor (</span><a href="mailto:edps@edps.europa.eu" style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">edps@edps.europa.eu</a><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">) if you consider that your rights under Regulation EU 2018/1725 have been infringed as a result of the processing of your personal data by the EESC.</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">8. </strong><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">How long are your data kept for?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Technical personal data (IP address and pages visited) collected in the framework of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform is stored for a period of maximum 365 days.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Personal data submitted for the purpose of sharing good practices on circular economy, enabling networking between stakeholders and being updated by the platform will be kept for the duration of the platform's existence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">9. </span><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Are personal data collected used for automated decision-making, including profiling?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The EESC will not use your personal data to make automated decisions about you or in order to profile you. “Automated decisions” are defined as decisions made without human intervention. You have the right to opt out of automated processing at any time and to require that decisions are assessed by a person.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">10. </span><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Will your personal data be further processed for a purpose other than that for which the data were obtained?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Your personal data will not be further processed for a different purpose.</span></p> <p><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">9. </strong><strong style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Who can you contact if you have queries or complaints?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">If you have any further questions about the processing of your personal data, please contact the responsible service by </span><a href="https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/en/data-controller-contact" style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">e-mail</a><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. 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