Privacy Policy – Publication repository of ICI Bucharest

This is the Privacy Policy for the Publication repository of ICI Bucharest, owned and maintained by the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest. The National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest is dedicated to safeguarding personal data subject to processing, as well as to developing and applying data protection solutions that are effective, fit for purpose and demonstrate an understanding of, and appreciation for the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) and applicable national data protection legislation.

We are committed to ensuring ongoing and continued compliance with data protection legislation and guidance provided by the supervisor of our general work and practices and all of our service offerings, to protecting any personal data, limiting any collection to what is strictly necessary by consent and complying with the GDPR and national legislation.

This Privacy Policy concerns the processing of your personal data for which the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest is the Data Controller or Data Processor, in other words, the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest collects personal data directly or indirectly from you and describes personal data that is needed to provide you with the service, the purposes for which your personal data is being collected, how it is stored, shared and how long it will be retained.

Considering the significance of this responsibility, the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest works daily to put in place adequate measures and controls to protect your personal data and ensure that you can exercise your rights at any time.

Personal identification information from the users is collected through:

Reasons for data collection

Reasons for collection of your personal data are:

Main service

Whenever a user visits the service, the following information is automatically collected and stored:

Registration

When you submit a registration through the registration form, the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest stores your name, email address, institutional affiliation, position. This data is stored in Romania. The data processor for this service is ICI Bucharest.

Feedback form

When using the feedback form, the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest collects the information you enter, including your email address and name, if you provide it. The legal basis is the legitimate interest to provide user support and the user consent implied by submitting the entered data. The data processor for this service is ICI Bucharest.

Newsletter

If you sign up for the newsletter, you give consent to record and use your email address to send you regular newsletters. The data processor for this service is the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest. You may withdraw your consent and unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any received newsletter.

Data storage and retention periods

All data is stored in Romania. The website and services are running on a server in Romania. Data stored by third parties is covered by appropriate data processing agreements.

Your personal information is stored for the duration of your use of the service provided. We keep this data to deal with any queries that may arise following your use of our service.

Personal data is only stored as long as it is necessary to provide a requested service dependent on this data.

No identifiable IP addresses are stored. The National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest does not have legal means of obtaining sufficient additional data to link an IP address to a person's real-world identity.

In certain circumstances, data may be retained longer for archiving in the public interest, scientific or historical research and other similar purposes.

Security of personal data

The National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest takes the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your personal data very seriously. We take appropriate security precautions to protect your personal data from loss, misuse or unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. When you access the Publication repository of ICI Bucharest, the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest will provide adequate security controls to keep your personal data safe depending on the type of data collected from you.

Although we endeavour to ensure your personal data remains secure, there is no absolute guarantee of security when using services online. While we strive to protect your personal data, you acknowledge that:

If you feel this is not sufficient, then please do not provide any personal data.

When and how personal information is shared with others

We will disclose personal data in the following circumstances:

We do not sell personal information to anyone or share it with third parties who are facilitating the delivery of other services.

Data subject rights

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) establishes several rights for individuals concerning their personal data, such as:

You also have the right to inquire what personal data we hold about you, and to present a complaint to the relevant Supervisory Authority about our personal data processing activities if you feel your personal data is not being managed as described here.

Please note that submitting a Data Subject Access Request might be connected with providing information confirming your identity and the legal basis for this processing is compliance with a legal obligation (ensuring data subject access request).

The erasure of personal information or termination of your data processing by us may limit service, access to it or the results or outcomes of previous use of the service, especially if these results are inherently related to the presence of personal information.

Access to personal data

You may submit a Subject Access Request to the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest. The response will include a description of your data, any recipients of it, as well as a copy of your data. Any request regarding Data Subject Rights will be responded to within TODO.

Right to rectification and erasure

You have the right to correct any inaccurate personal data held by the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest. You also have the right to request the erasure of any data that is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Right to restriction of processing and withdrawal of consent

You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data or object to the processing of your data. You also have the right to withdraw previously given consent to process personal data.

Rights to data portability

You have the right to receive your personal data that the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest holds by consent in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit that data to another controller without hindrance from the National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest.

National legislation

The Publication repository of ICI Bucharest follows the Law No. 190/2018 Implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) ('the Law') which in principle reiterates the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) ('GDPR')

Changes and updates to the Privacy Policy

This service may change from time to time and this Privacy Policy will be updated appropriately. We reserve the right to amend the Privacy Policy at any time – in such case, an updated version of the Privacy Policy will be posted at this location and we encourage you to check it from time to time.

The National Institute for Reasearch and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest keeps this Privacy Policy under regular review; the last update was on (yyyy-mm-dd): 2023-02-03.