Privacy Policy of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (hereinafter “FEPS”)
Our Company is part of the Our Company Group which includes Our Company International and Our Company Direct. This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
Topics:
- What data do we collect?
- How do we collect your data?
- How will we use your data?
- How do we store your data?
- Marketing
- What are your data protection rights?
- What are cookies?
- How do we use cookies?
- What types of cookies do we use?
- How to manage your cookies
- Privacy policies of other websites
- Changes to our privacy policy
- How to contact us
- How to contact the appropriate authorities
What data do we collect?
Our Company collects the following data:
- Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.)
- Organizational identification information (Name, Registration number, Legal Form, Legal address, VAT, etc.)
- Project proposals information (contact details, project description, etc.)
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide Our Company with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
- Register online or place an order for any of our products or services.
- Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
- Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
- Forms submitted through the identification and expression of interest to work with the Foundation for European Progressive Studies
How will we use your data?
Our Company collects your data so that we can:
- Process your order and manage your account.
- Email you with special communications on other activities we think you might like.
- Fulfill all necessary reporting obligations included in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union as a European political foundation
If you agree, our Company will share your data with our subsidiary and controlling authorities for compliance purposes:
- Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations
- Directorate-General for Finance of the European Parliament
When Our Company processes your order, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.
How do we store your data?
Our Company securely stores your data in the physical server of the Foundation for Eu
Our Company will keep your personal identification details, organizational details and projects submitted during the time of your membership at FEPS. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data by remove it upon request from our physical server.
Marketing
Our Company would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like, as well as those of our partner companies. In the form of a non-exhaustive list, you may receive communications such as:
- Activities organized by other members of FEPS’ network
- Dossiers & debates produced by FEPS
- Election Analyses
- Weekly opinion articles included in the Progressive Page
- Articles from the Progressive Post magazine produced by the FEPS
If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.
You have the right at any time to stop Our Company from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your data to other members of the Our Company Group.
If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please click here.
What are your data protection rights?
Our Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request Our Company for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Our Company correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Our Company to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Our Company erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Our Company restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Our Company’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Our Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email:
Call us at: + 32 2 234 69 00
Or write to us: roberto.paredes@feps-europe.eu
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology
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How do we use cookies?
Our Company uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
- Keeping you signed in
- Understanding how you use our website
- Enabling you to share pages and content that you find interesting in our website
What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
- Essential website cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
- Analytics customisation: These cookies information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Websites are being used or how effective are marketing campaigns are, or to help us customise our Websites for you.
- Social networking cookies: These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Websites through third party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes too
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites
The Our Company website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 18 October 2020.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about Our Company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: roberto.paredes@feps-europe.eu
Call us: + 32 2 234 69 00
Or write to us at: FEPS. Avenue des Arts. 1000 Brussels. Belgium.
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Our Company has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Head of Finance and Audit.
Email: roberto.paredes@feps-europe.eu
Address: FEPS. Avenue des Arts. 1000 Brussels. Belgium.