This privacy policy sets out how The EuropeWave Project (“us”, “we”, or “our”) uses and protects any data that you give when you use this website (the “Website”).

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and we shall endeavour to use any data that you provide when using this Website in accordance with this privacy policy.

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 22 June 2021.

Our data protection policy and procedures are governed by the Data Protection Act 1998 and, from 25th May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Types of Data Collected

When using the Website, personal data may be collected from you in various ways, for example:

1. Data about your computer and about your visits to and use of this Website (these are data about your browser, your IP address, your general location as determined from your IP address and provided by your browser, the site from which you come, and the links followed when leaving our site). This data is also collected through cookies.

2. When you voluntarily provide data through the newsletter sign-up form on the Website. The personal data provided by the user will be saved onto the project’s mailing list and used to send you information by email regarding the project. You can ask to be removed from this list at any time via the ‘unsubscribe’ link in our newsletters, or by emailing info@europewave.eu.

How is the Data Used?

We use this data to understand your need and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

– For statistical purposes and analysis for management purposes, in order to administer the Website or improve our products and services. As EuropeWave is a part EU-funded project, aggregate data will be used for reporting purposes within the framework required by the European Commission. The same aggregate data may also be used by the project partners for their own internal reporting purposes.

This is done through the third-party SquareSpace Analytics. This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

• Information about your browser, network, and device

• Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

• Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

• Clicks

• Internal links

• Pages visited

• Scrolling

• Searches

• Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

– We may disclose aggregate statistics about our site visitors in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will include no personally identifying data.

– To contact you directly with latest news. We will not use this data to contact you with regards to anything other than our service offering and this data will not be disclosed to any third party unless you have given your consent to such disclosure.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and are stored on your device. Like many sites, we use “cookies” to collect data. For more information on the cookies that we use, please visit our Cookie Policy here.

Log Files

Our systems automatically gather some anonymous data about visitors, including IP addresses, browser type, language, and the times and dates of webpage visits. The data collected does not include personally identifiable data and is used, as described above, for statistical analysis, to understand user behaviour, and to administer the site.

Security

The internet is not a secure medium. However we take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal data.

We have put in place various security procedures as set out in this policy. For example, our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorised personnel have access to user data. The Website domain name is secured over an SSL certificate and our database is hosted in a secure data centre. Whilst we cannot ensure or guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of data will not occur, we use our best efforts to prevent this.

Changes

We may make changes to this privacy policy from time to time. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page. If the change in our privacy policy affects the use of your personal data we will use our best endeavours to contact you by email to seek your consent to the use. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.

Your Acceptance of this Privacy Policy

If you do not agree to this privacy policy, please do not use our site. By using our site, you consent to the collection and use of date by us.

How to Contact Us

Owner and Data Controller:
The EuropeWave Project
Managed by Amy Parsons at Ocean Energy Europe
info@europewave.eu +32 2 400 1043

You may request details of personal data which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998 and, from 25th May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

If you would like a copy of the data held on you or if you have any questions relating to this Privacy Policy or how we use the personal data we have about you, please send an email to info@europewave.eu or write to us directly at:

The EuropeWave Project , c/o Ocean Energy Europe, rue d’Arlon 63-67, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

Last updated: 22 June 2021