Foodity

Privacy Policy

The FOODITY project is committed to protecting your privacy and is developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the website of the FOODITY HEurope project (Grant Agreement No 101086105) and governs data collection and usage. The Website falls under the responsibility of the FOODITY Consortium. It concerns the dissemination and exchange of information about the research conducted during the project and the outcome of this work. By using the Website of the FOODITY project, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

  1. Policy scope

This Privacy Policy applies to this Website https://foodity.eu/ regardless of whether you use a computer, mobile phone, tablet, TV or another device.

  1. Personal data that this website collects provided by you and how we use it

Unless stated otherwise in detail in the relevant sections of the Website, Personal Data generated from the use of our Website is processed as follows:

(i) Contact via electronic mail (e-mail)

Should you choose to communicate with us via email, we invite you to provide your name, as well as your mailing address. Please note that your name and mailing address is the only data we collect required for the specified purpose. Without this information, we are unable to answer your message and address it to you personally. The legal basis for processing Personal Data for the purposes set out in this Section 2 is art. 6(1)(b) of GDPR as the processing is necessary for the response to requests from the interested party.

(ii) Social Media

Some of our web pages use social plug-ins from other organizations (such as Twitter’s retweet function). These other organizations may receive and use personal data about your visit to our sites or apps. If you browse our Website or view content on our apps, the information they collect may be connected to your account on their site. Please read their privacy policies for more information on how these organizations use personal data.

(iii) Site visitation tracking

We use Google Analytics (GA) to track user interaction and for statistical reasons. We use this data to determine the number of people using our site, to understand better how they find and use our web pages and to see their journey through the website.

Although GA records data such as your geographical location, device, internet browser and operating system, none of this information personally identifies you to us. Your computer’s IP address is anonymized by GA services and cannot be used to identify you personally. We consider Google to be a third party.

GA uses cookies, details of which can be found on Google’s developer guides. For your information, our Website uses the analytics.js implementation of GA. Disabling cookies on your internet browser will stop GA from tracking any part of your visit to pages within this website.

  1. How we store your personal data

If you submit your contact details via the preferred email message, the only personal data that will be stored is your name and email address we receive from you. We will not share your contact details with anyone, and will be securely stored by FOODITY with access only by authorized personnel. This is currently the only occasion where this Website will store personal data.

We utilize state-of-the-art technology to store your data. The following safeguards are used, for example, to protect your personal data from misuse or any form of unauthorized processing:

  • Access to personal data is restricted to a limited number of authorized persons for the stated purposes.
  • The IT systems used for processing data are technically isolated from other systems to prevent unauthorized access and hacking.
  • Access to these IT systems is constantly monitored to detect and prevent misuse in the early stages.
  1. How long will we keep your personal data for 

We will keep your personal information only for as long as it is relevant and useful for the intended purpose for which it was originally collected, or as required by law.

  1. Cookies and third-party cookies 

Cookies are small text files that websites can use to make a user’s experience more efficient. Our Website does not collect any cookies apart from the necessary ones. 

You reserve the right to set up your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, or you can set it to refuse them, although you may not have access to this website’s features if you do so. See your browser’s ‘help’ button for how you can do this. You do not need to have cookies on to use or navigate through many parts of this Website. Remember that if you use different computers in different locations, you will need to ensure that each browser is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences.

  1. Data breaches 

We will report any unlawful data breach of your data within 72 hours of the breach if it is apparent that personal data stored in an identifiable manner has been stolen.

  1. Your rights as a data subject concerning your personal data

Under the General Data Protection Regulation [Articles 15-21], you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary, those include rights to:

Right of access:

You have the right to be aware of and verify the legitimate nature of the processing. So, you have the right to access your personal data and receive additional information about how we process it.

Right to rectification:

You have the right to study, correct, update or modify your personal data by contacting FOODITY at contact@australo.org 

Right to erasure (right to be forgotten):

You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data when we process it with your consent or to protect our legitimate interests. In all other cases (such as, where there is a contract, obligation to process personal data legally required, or public interest), this right is subject to specific restrictions or shall not exist, as the case may be.

Right to restriction of processing:

You have the right to request a restriction of the processing of your personal data in the following cases: a) when the accuracy of the personal data is contested and until the accuracy is verified, b) when you oppose the deletion of your personal data and request the restriction of their use instead, c) when personal data are not needed for processing purposes, they are however required for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, and (d) when you object to the processing and the decision on your objection to processing is pending.

Right to object to processing:

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data where, as described above, the processing is based on the legitimate interests we pursue as data controllers, as well as, for direct marketing and consumer profiling, if applicable.

Right to data portability:

You have the right to receive your personal data free of charge in a format that allows you to access, use, and edit them with commonly used editing methods. You also have the right to ask us, in case it is technically feasible, to transmit the data directly to another controller. Your right to do so exists for the data you provided and is processed by automated means based on your consent or for executing a relevant contract.

Right to withdraw your consent:

In cases where processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please:

  • contact us using our contact details below,
  • let us have enough information to identify you,
  • let us have proof of your identity and address, and
  • let us know the information to which your request relates.
  1. Time limits for compliance with your rights as a data subject 

We make every effort to comply with all requests within 30 days. However, this period may be extended for reasons relating to your request’s specific right or complexity.

  1. Data controller and contact details

The data controller of this website is AUSTRALO Alpha Lab MTU (“AUSTRALO”), a Private Company established in Estonia whose registered office is at Narva mnt 7, 10117 Tallinn, Estonia. VAT number: EE102400317.

Email: contact@australo.org

All questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy may also be addressed to the following contact details contact@australo.org or postal address to our Company.

  1. How to complain 

We hope we resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your Data. However, suppose you believe we have not responded appropriately to your complaints or concerns. In that case, the General Data Protection Regulation also gives you the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection or supervisory authority, in particular in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred.

  1. Changes to our privacy policy

This privacy policy may change from time to time in line with legislation or industry developments. We will not explicitly inform our clients or website users of these changes. Instead, we recommend you check this page occasionally for any policy changes.