LEGAL MENTIONS

FUSION NOW is committed to conducting all project activities responsibly and ethically. This page provides information on how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data, ensuring compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY?

The FUSION NOW members are responsible for the treatment of users’ personal data and informs its users that this data will be treated in accordance with the provisions in the regulations in force regarding the protection of personal data (2016 European GDPR regulation).

Therefore, this privacy statement applies to the entire lifespan of information within the FUSION NOW website, from obtaining information to the final deletion of that information.

As explained further, additional guidelines or procedures are established for specific areas or processes – such as research, interviews, or surveys – within FUSION NOW that provides a detailed explanation of the measures that are taken in order to achieve the desired level of data protection.

FUSION NOW considers it very important to treat the input and contributions from stakeholders as confidential during its activities and in the FUSION NOW public reporting. No personal information will be shared within the FUSION NOW community of stakeholders, nor towards third parties, unless the concerned stakeholders agree. Below we go further into detail about how personal data is to be treated.

FOR WHAT PURPOSES MAY WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

FUSION NOW collects personal data to the extent required to fulfil a specific purpose. The collected data may be shared with the European Commission and with the GO4FUSION project’s consortium for compliance with reporting, monitoring and auditing requirements, but personal information will not be shared, nor sold to third-party marketers. Personal data may be collected and further processed under FUSION NOW Association for the following purposes:

• To notify users about website changes, updates and project news
• To communicate about upcoming events
• To manage project webinars, workshops and training activities
• To build the platform that steers the development of strategic partnerships.
• To deliver and monitor demand-driven and tailored capacity support towards project stakeholders
• To deliver and monitor emailing

WHICH PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?

LGI Sustainable Innovation, located in Paris, France, is responsible for managing and coordinating FUSION NOW website, mailing list, and LinkedIn account. LGI collects personal data that you provide via web forms, including your name and email address:

• IP address
• Browser information
• The external webpage from which you visited our site
• Pages you visited on our website
• Time at which the pages were visited
• How long the pages were visited
• Device details
• Cookies

HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA PROTECTED?

FUSION NOW takes reasonable measures to ensure that website user data and the personal data that they make available are protected against:

• Loss: data are no longer available
• Leaks: data falling into the wrong hands
• Errors: data are not correct; for example, obsolete or incomplete
• Not accessible: data are not accessible when required
• Wrongful access: viewed by persons who are not authorized to do so
• Processing that is not in line with legislation, guidelines, and standards.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COPYRIGHT INQUIRIES?

Note that content creators and contributors are the rightful owners of the materials they share on the FUSION NOW website. The organisation that manages the website (LGI Sustainable Innovation) assumes no ownership or responsibility for these materials and their content. For any copyright-related queries or concerns, feel free to contact us at secretariat@fusionnow.eu.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COPYRIGHT INQUIRIES?

You can get in touch with us at any time via secretariat@fusionnow.eu to find out:

• What data we have about you
• What the aim is of specific processing
• Who processes your personal data

You have the right:

• To have a copy of your personal data that we process for a particular purpose
• To submit a request about your data to be deleted
• To ask us to no longer process your personal data (if you have a valid and legal reason for this)