This privacy policy describes the collection, use and processing of personal data by the Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform (FTP AISBL), acting as the data controller of this information as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (the EU GDPR).
1. About FTP and your data privacy rights
1.1 The Forest-based Sector Technology Platform
The Forest-based Sector Technology Platform is a European Technology Platform (ETP) dedicated to the forest-based sector. It is the meeting place for industry, forest owners and public authorities to discuss and build up a critical mass of knowledge on common research and innovation needs for the sector and make decisions for cooperation. By this means, FTP delivers scientific sound, strategic and EU relevant information to public funding providers, thus facilitating opportunities for targeted investments in research, technological developments and innovation.
FTP is established as a limited liability company under Belgian law (AISBL). FTP’s address is: Forest-Based Sector Technology Platform (FTP AISBL), rue du Luxembourg 66, B-1000 Brussels.
1.2 Your data privacy rights
FTP is committed to the highest data privacy standards and to protecting the personal data it collects and processes. FTP has to that end deployed this data privacy policy and organizational and IT technical measures to prevent data breaches and unlawful use.
As a data controller, our responsibility notably implies that we provide you with the right to consult, correct or remove any of your personal data.
→Should you wish to consult, complete, rectify or remove any of the information that we hold about you or your organization, please contact us at: ftp@forestplatform.org.
→To know more about your data protection and privacy rights please consult the Belgian supervisory authority – the Commission for protection of privacy – at https://www.privacycommission.be/en (site available in English, French and Dutch).
2. About the personal data we collect and the way we use them
2.1 Personal data
As an external stakeholder of FTP, you may provide us with personal data information when using our website, interacting with us on social media, registering for information or events.
The data we collect can include your organization’s name, title (or gender), job title, first name, family name, function, telephone number, mailing address, e-mail, social media account (s) and web address or photo, as well as where applicable, FTP working groups, subscriptions to FTP information and attendance at FTP meetings.
Some of this data is considered as personal data under the EU GDPR. In most instances, we collect personal data directly from the data subjects, but we may sometimes obtain personal data from third parties such as directories or EU institutions websites.
2.2 Purpose of use and processing
The information that you provide us with will be used for contacting you, fulfilling your online requests or facilitating your access to members-only content and/or providing you with relevant and updated information about our organization, its activities and positions. More specifically, as part of its general mission, FTP processes personal data for the following purposes:
- For general administration: FTP has legitimate interests in the processing of personal data of the contact persons for administering or informing its network or for the governance of the association (such as the organization of advisory committees or board meetings). FTP also processes the personal data of representatives and contact persons of entities with which FTP contracts, such as consortiums, services providers or consultancies.
- For research, publication and advocacy purposes: FTP processes contact details of journalists, Members of European Parliament, officials from the European Commission and from EU Member States, academics, consultants and industry experts and European affairs stakeholders for the purposes of carrying out its research and advocacy activities.
- For events organization: FTP processes identification details of individuals who register to participate to events and conferences it organizes for managing the registration, invoicing and participation to such events under the general terms and conditions that are expressly accepted by the individuals and/or based on consent for certain personal data.
- For websites security and content access: FTP processes identification data from individuals who register themselves on websites managed by FTP and give their express consent to receive newsletters or information from FTP. FTP also processes identification data from content subscribers to facilitate their personal access to the meeting documents of their working groups or subscribed content.
2.3 Explicit consent, retention and right of consultation + modification
Your prior informed, explicit, consent for the use and processing of your personal data will be requested for registering to FTP mass communication such as newsletters or event participation. Your consent will also be specifically asked for photos or multimedia content that may enable the recognition of participants at events.
Your personal data will be kept as long as you are a designated person of your organization in relation with FTP or its members and, otherwise provided by law, for the time that is strictly necessary to achieve the purpose(s) for which they were collected.
Should you wish to withdraw your prior informed consent, consult, complete, rectify or remove any of the information that we hold about you or your organization, please contact us at: ftp@forestplatform.org.
2.4 Data sharing
FTP does not share or sell any personal data to third parties for any commercial purposes.
Your personal data will not be shared with any other third parties unless we would be required to do so by law or to comply with a court order served upon us in connection with our website(s), social media, the implementation of the EU GDPR or to protect and defend our legal rights and interests and those of our members.
Personal data may be shared within the FTP network for the same legitimate interest and purpose FTP uses them.
Your personal data may be processed outside the European Union. In such case, the transfer of data is governed by a data processing agreement to provide adequate safeguards as defined by the EU GDPR.
2.5. Risk assessment
The processing of your personal data was self-assessed as presenting limited risks for your fundamental rights considering that only professional information is used and that adequate measures are in place to prevent data breaches.
3. About our website, social media and our cookies policies
3.1 Cookies
Our website or social media channels may use tracking techniques such as cookies for collecting technical information about your use for improving and tailoring their content and making it more user-friendly.
Cookies are stored on your computer and enable us to track your computer’s use of the website and, for registered users, to manage their access to specific content.
We use performance cookies to provide anonymous statistics on how our website is used (web analytics by Google Analytics). Data retention on users and events is set on 38 months.
It is possible for you to disable or delete cookies within your specific browser options, although this may impair your use of the website or will require you to resubmit your credentials to access subscriber’s content.
3.2 Social media privacy policies
When interacting with our social media channels (Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube) your consent and personal data use are covered by the terms and conditions and privacy policies of each of these social media platforms.
3.3. Third parties’ websites and social media
Our website (s), social media channels and electronic communication tools may also contain links to websites or social media channels of third parties. These links are provided for your information and convenience only. FTP does not endorse, approve or take any responsibility for the websites or social media channels which we provide links to. We also do not endorse, approve or take any responsibility for their availability, performance, content or for the use of such websites or social media channels or any information contained therein.
FTP’s data privacy policy applies only to FTP’s databases, website(s), and electronic communication media and not to any other websites or media that you would access by hyperlink from our website (s) or our social media. When you leave our website by linking to another site or through social media, you should read the privacy policy, if any, provided by such website or media.
4. Policy update and notifications
FTP may update this policy at any time by posting changes online. Any such changes will be notified to registered contacts and to website visitors to be read and accepted.
Brussels, 18 May 2018
