Privacy & e-Privacy Statement

This Privacy & ePrivacy statement (‘Statement’) is an integral part of the website and its content if and to the extent provided or otherwise made available in any way and from time to time by PopEye, a Research and Innovation Action funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme (HORIZON-CL3-2023-BM-01) under Grant Agreement No. 101168317 (‘PopEye’) to the visitor and/or user of the website (‘User’). This Statement governs the privacy and related matters when using the website and its content and how a User can exercise their rights regarding their Personal Data, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) and otherwise related laws and regulations. The PopEye website and content made available on https://popeye-project.eu are hereinafter collectively referred to as: ‘Website’.

By accessing, browsing, or using the Website (which includes without limitation any services, whether from PopEye or third parties) User acknowledges that User has read, understood, and agrees to be bound by this Statement and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. If User does not agree to this Statement or the compliance obligations, please do not use PopEye’s Website.

For purposes concerning this Statement, the Website is hosted in The Netherlands, and is operated by the European Association for Biometrics, as consortium partner of PopEye, which is for the benefit of PopEye and the mission of the project. The content on this Website is provided only for general information purposes and ‘as-is’, which may not be accurate, correct and/or complete and does not constitute strategic or any other professional advice.

When visiting the Website, PopEye does not collect or process any Personal Data of Users, except as expressly provided herein. PopEye may collect and process Personal Data of Users only under the following circumstances: (i) when a User contacts PopEye for the purpose of obtaining information, accessing certain content, or engaging in activities related to the ordinary business operations of the Owner; (ii) when a User subscribes to the PopEye newsletter or other electronic communications, in which case the User’s contact information is collected and processed solely for the purpose of providing such communications; or (iii) when a User exercises their rights as a data subject in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

When visiting the Website, PopEye does not collect and process any Personal Data of Users. PopEye solely collects and processes Personal Data of Users when (i) a User contacts PopEye in order to inform User about and to make available certain content, information, and related matters for the benefit of the normal project operations of PopEye, to develop, modify, reproduce, distribute and make the Website and related activities available, and (ii) when a User wishes to use it data subject rights as per the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

When a User completes the newsletter registration form on this Website or sends an email to popeye@eab.org, PopEye may retain those communications in order to process the queries, respond to requests, improve this Website or to provide assistance to Users regarding PopEye’s activities. In such cases, PopEye will need to collect the following personal information: name, organisation, and email address.

Information that Users provide will only be used to contact Users; for example, for information, updates or other content in connection with Website and related activities, unless User informs PopEye (through our Website or via email) that User does not wish to receive any communication from PopEye. PopEye will not use this Website to collect special category personal data such as information regarding political views, race, religious beliefs, health, criminal-law, financial data, or other matters.

User is strongly encouraged not to include personal details in User’s answers or other feedback, and to limit the sharing of personal details when contacting and otherwise engaging with PopEye.

When visiting this Website, PopEye sets only essential/required Cookies (such as: language settings, login details, device information and IP-address) to remember a User’s choices in order to optimise user experience and to recognise the User’s device or browser upon any subsequent access to the Website using the same device or browse No other Cookies will be set by PopEye on this Website.

In addition to the cookies collected via the Website, PopEye will work with various companies to help PopEye analyse how the Website is used, and to optimise the Website to deliver the best possible user Currently, PopEye uses (i) Google Analytics by Google Inc. in order to help PopEye monitor the Website traffic, (ii) Google Search Console in order to help PopEye improve the website visibility, troubleshoot technical issues, and optimize the search performance, (iii) Brevo in order to help PopEye manage newsletters and contact forms, (iv) Google Capthca v2 by Google Inc. in order to help PopEye monitor the Website traffic, and (iv) LinkedIn in order to enable Users to conveniently access their LinkedIn account in order to follow PopEye or engage with related content on that platform.

This Website may include links to or from other internet sites. Those websites are provided by independent third parties over whom PopEye has no control. PopEye does not accept any responsibility for the content, policies, or practices of third-party sites nor  for their availability and/or content of those sites. PopEye does not control the dissemination of these third-party Cookies and cannot block Cookies from those sites.

PopEye makes every effort to respect the User’s cookie preferences; however, it cannot be ensured that every Cookie will be detected or managed accordingly. If this is a concern, Users are advised to adjust their cookie settings directly through their browser. Further information on how to do so can be found in the help section of the respective browser. This Statement does not apply to third-party websites that may be accessed through hyperlinks on the Website.

From time to time, PopEye will revise this Statement, PopEye recommend that User regularly checks whether it has been revised. However, PopEye will notify User via prominent notification on the Website about any major changes that would negatively impact User’s interests, although PopEye does not envision any such changes in the near future.

This Statement is exclusively governed by the laws of The Netherlands. Any and all disputes that may arise with respect to this Statement will be referred exclusively to the competent court in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Queries regarding this Statement, regarding insight into and the accuracy of information or Personal Data that User provides to PopEye via its Website, or requests to have outdated information and Personal Data deleted or other Personal Data rights request, may be submitted to popeye@eab.org

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