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 AI4PublicPolicy, an Innovation Action via a consortium funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 101004480 (‘AI4PublicPolicy‘) 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 of the AI4PublicPolicy and how a User can exercise its rights regarding its Personal Data, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR‘), the ePrivacy Directive and otherwise related laws and regulations.

The AI4PublicPolicy’s website and its content, including the Stakeholders’ Database, available on www.AI4PublicPolicy.eu, are hereinafter collectively referred to as: ‘Website’.

By accessing, browsing, or using the Website (which includes without limitation any services, whether from AI4PublicPolicy or third parties) User acknowledges that User has read, understood, and agreed 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 the AI4PublicPolicy Website.

For purposes concerning this Statement, the Website is owned and operated by AI4PublicPolicy and to the extent applicable also for the benefit of AI4PublicPolicy. 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 this Website, whether or not as a User of the services of AI4PublicPolicy, AI4PublicPolicy may register Personal Data. All Personal Data collected on this Website shall remain within the European Union. Any connection with the server of this Website is encrypted. AI4PublicPolicy will only use Personal Data for the purposes as described in this Statement and will protect any Personal Data collected in accordance with the applicable laws.

When visiting the Website, AI4PublicPolicy does not collect and process any Personal Data of Users. AI4PublicPolicy solely collects and process Personal Data of Users when a User contacts AI4PublicPolicy in order to inform User about and to make available certain content, information, and related services for the benefit of the normal business operations of AI4PublicPolicy, to develop, modify, reproduce, distribute and make the Website and/or its services available.

When a User completes the contact form on this Website or sends an e-mail to info@AI4PublicPolicy.eu, AI4PublicPolicy may retain those communications in order to process the inquiries, respond to requests and improve this Website or to give Users some assistance regarding the AI4PublicPolicy services. In such case AI4PublicPolicy needs to collect the following personal information: your name, organization, and e-mail address. When a User is registered in the Stakeholders’ Database, the User will need to provide certain Personal Data, namely, email address, name, last name, organization and affiliation). When a User subscribes to the newsletter of AI4PublicPolicy, User also provides their email address, name, last name, organisation and affiliation in order to receive the newsletter.

Information that Users provide will only be used to contact Users, for example, for information or updates of the services, or to offer newsletters, and other content in connection with the scope of the project, unless User informs AI4PublicPolicy through our email on the Website that User does not wish to receive any communication from AI4PublicPolicy.

When visiting this Website, AI4PublicPolicy sets only essential/required Cookies (such as: language settings, login details, device information and IP-address) so that we can remember User’s choices in order to optimize your user experience and to recognize the device of browser for the next time when a User visits the Website from the same device or browser. No other Cookies will be set by AI4PublicPolicy on this Website.

In addition to the cookies collected via the Website, AI4PublicPolicy will work with various companies to help AI4PublicPolicy to analyze how the Website is used, and to optimize the Website to deliver the best possible experience. Currently, AI4PublicPolicy uses (i) WordPress Cookies to recognize a computer when a User visits our website, track users as they navigate the website, improve the website’s usability and to facilitate the use of our website search, (ii) Google Analytics by Google Inc. to analyse the use of our website, (iii) Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube in order to easily log in if a User may want to follow AI4PublicPolicy on those platforms, or follow the social stream or share content from the Website.

This Website contains links to or from other internet sites, for example links to websites of project partners or organizations for matchmaking purposes related to the AI4PublicPolicy project. Those websites are provided by independent third parties over whom AI4PublicPolicy has no control and AI4PublicPolicy is not responsible for the availability and/or content of those sites. AI4PublicPolicy does not control the dissemination of these third-party Cookies and cannot block Cookies from those sites.

Please, also, be aware that we make every effort to respect your choices, however, there is the possibility that not all Cookies will be captured. If this is a concern, then we would recommend that you change your cookie settings via your browser; your browser help function will tell you how. This Statement does not apply to third-party websites that may be accessed through links on the Website.

From time to time, AI4PublicPolicy will revise this Statement, AI4PublicPolicy recommends that User regularly checks whether it has been revised. However, AI4PublicPolicy will notify User via prominent notification on the Website about any major changes that would negatively impact User’s interests, although we are not envisioning any such changes in the near future.

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

Queries regarding this Statement, regarding insight into and the accuracy of information or Personal Data that User provides to AI4PublicPolicy via its Website, or requests to have outdated information and Personal Data deleted or other Personal Data rights request, may be submitted via email to info@ai4publicpolicy.eu.