Privacy Policy

We, the European Diabetes Forum AISBL (EUDF), are pleased that you are interested in our online presence and service. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal regulations of the relevant data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as this privacy policy.

Data controller and contact information:
European Diabetes Forum AISBL
Bart Torbeyns
Marcel Broodthaers square 8/5
1060 Brussels
Belgium
[email protected]

1. Access data and hosting

You may visit our website anonymously. Each time a website is accessed, the webserver automatically stores a so called server log file to record the request. The log file for example includes the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of the visit, amount of transferred data and referrer url.

This access data is solely collected to give information about which functions of the respective website are frequently used and where misunderstandings may occur. The data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which permits the processing of data to safeguard the legitimate interests of the data controller. All access data will be deleted no later than 7 days after the visit to the website.

Services in relation to hosting and display of the website are partially carried out by service providers which have been contracted to carry out data processing on our behalf. If not explicitly stated differently within this privacy policy, access data as well as data entered into forms on this website will be processed on servers operated by our service providers. In case of any questions referring to our service providers and the business relation, please contact the data controller mentioned above in this privacy policy. Our service providers are based in the USA. Currently there is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. Our business relation is based on the EU Commission’s standard data protection clauses.

Content Delivery Network
In order to reduce loading time we use in some cases a so called Content Delivery Network (CDN). With this service, content such as large media files will be delivered through regionally distributed servers operated by external CDN service providers. Our service providers have been contracted to carry out data processing on our behalf. In case of any questions referring to our service providers and the business relation, please contact the data controller mentioned above in this privacy policy. Our service providers are based in the USA. Currently there is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. Our business relation is based on the EU Commission’s standard data protection clauses.

2. Data storing and processing if you are contacting us

If you are contacting us e.g. by email, we will process your personal data only if we have a legitimate interest in the processing of this data (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR), if you have consented to the processing of your data (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), if the processing of the data is required for the development, establishment, content or modification of a legal relationship between you and our company (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) or if any other legal provision permits the processing of this data. Your personal data will remain in our possession until you ask us to delete the data or you revoke your consent to store the data or if the purpose the data stored is required for no longer exists (e.g. once your request has been conclusively processed). You have the right to at any time receive free information concerning the origins, recipients and purpose of your data archived by us. You also have a right to object, to data portability and a right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency. Moreover, you can demand the correction, eradication and, under certain circumstances, the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

3. Cookies and further technologies

3.1 General information
We use so-called cookies on our website, among other things to be able to offer you website-specific services, to recognize you when you visit our website again, and/or to adapt our offer to your personal preferences. Cookies are small text files that are stored on a visitor's device. Some cookies used by us are erased automatically, as soon as you close your browser. This applies in particular to the session cookies. Other cookies will remain on your device and enable us to identify your browser when you visit our website again (persistent cookies). We use these cookies to provide full features and functionality of our website. Your IP address, date and time of your visit, device and browser setting as well as your preferences settings for the website will be stored and processed though these cookies. This data processing is then carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR, which permits data processing to serve the legitimate interests of the data controller.

In addition we use technologies to fulfil our legal obligations (e.g. to prove that we have your consent to process your personal data), for web analysis and online marketing. Further information as well as information regarding the legal framework for processing your data for these purposes are available from the following sections of our privacy policy.

You will find the cookie settings for your browser by following the links provided here: Microsoft Edge™ / Safari™ / Chrome™ / Firefox™ / Opera™. However, if you deactivate cookies for our website, you may not be able to use the site’s features to the full.

3.2 Use of the Jimdo Consent Manger Tool to mange your consent
We use the Jimdo Consent Manager Tool on our website to inform you about cookies and other technologies we use on our website. This tool is also used to obtain, manage and store your consent to process your personal data. This data processing is then carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. c GDPR to fulfil our legal obligations in accordance with Art 7 para. 1 GDPR to prove your consent to process your personal data. The Jimdo Consent Manager Tool is a service provided by Jimdo GmbH, Stresemannstrasse 375, 22761 Hamburg, Germany ("Jimdo"). Once you have entered your cookie preferences on our website, the Jimdo web server will store and process your IP address, date and time of your consent, browser settings, language and url from where the consent has been sent as well as information regarding the extend of the consent. In addition a cookie will the stored on your device which includes information regarding the extend of your consent. Your personal data will be deleted after a period of 365 days if you have not explicitly consented to the continued processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR or if we reserve the right to process your data further within the legal regulations and as outlined in this privacy policy.

3.3 Use of Google Analytics to analyze and improve usage of this website
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”), if you have consented to this data processing. Google Analytics uses a specific form of cookie, which is stored on your computer and enables an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server and stored there, and may also be transferred to the servers of Google in the USA.

However, since IP anonymisation is activated on our website when using Google Analytics, your IP address will be shortened by Google in member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before this is done. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website in question, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

The data transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your anonymised IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. You can also deactivate Google Analytics via the Cookie Settings here: https://www.eudf.org/cookie-settings/.

For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en as well as Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. We would like to point out once again that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "anonymizeIp" to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP-Masking).

Important in the context of data processing in the US: The European Court of Justice considers that the standard of data protection in the US is insufficient and that there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities, for control and monitoring purposes and possibly without any possibility of legal recourse.

The aforementioned data processing may be carried out on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR in conjunction with Art. 49 para. 1 S.1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time. You can revoke your consent by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser, by installing the aforementioned opt-out plugin or by changing the Cookie Settings for this website here. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

4. Social Media

Our online presence on Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn

When visiting our online presences on social media networks the operator of these networks process data from visitors for the purpose of market research and advertising and a user profile may be created by the respective operator of the social network. Such user profiles can be used, among other things, to display advertisements within the respective social network and possibly on other websites, which are individually adapted to the respective user profile. Cookies (see above) may be stored on the visitors' devices, with the help of which data on usage behaviour can be collected. The collection of this data can, especially in the case of logged-in members of the respective social network, also be realised across several browsers and/or end devices used by a user. Even if a visitor does not have a profile with the respective social network, it cannot be ruled out that personal data on this visitor will be stored when visiting the respective website. Requests for information regarding the data stored in social networks via our online presence or the use of other relevant rights of data subjects can be addressed to the provider of the respective service. Only the providers of the social networks have access to the respective data stored there and can provide the corresponding information, etc. With regard to the purpose and scope of data processing by the various social networks, we refer additionally to their respective data protection notices and the respective contact options:

Twitter is a service operated by:
Twitter Inc.

One Cumberland Place

Fenian Street

Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Irland

Google Ireland Ltd.
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4, Irland

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
Wilton Place
Dublin 2, Ireland
Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

5. Contact information and rights of the person concerned

Insofar as the requirements described in the respective regulations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are met, each user has the following rights in particular:

the right to information pursuant to Article 15 GDPR,
the right of notification pursuant to Article 16 of the GDPR,
the right to cancellation pursuant to Article 17 of the GDPR,
the right to restrict processing pursuant to Article 18 of the GDPR,
the right to data transferability pursuant to Article 20 of the GDPR,
the right of objection pursuant to Article 21 of the GDPR, and
the right to appeal to a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 GDPR.

The user may, at any time and free of charge, request access to his personal data, verify them, transfer them, and, in some case, limit their processing and rectify them, by using the contact information provided in the imprint. If you have given us your consent to process personal data for specific purposes, you can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.
The user may also request rectification and, where applicable, request the deletion of all his personal data from EUDF's database – except those which EUDF has a legal obligation to keep on record – and object to the use and, where appropriate, request the limitation thereof by using the contact information provided in the imprint.