Privacy Policy

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

TEESlab respects its website users’ privacy and acknowledges its obligation to protect any collected Personal Data according to the European Regulation 2016/679 and Law 3471/2006, when visiting or using the services provided on our website. In doing so, TEESlab collects and process only data that is essential for this website to function and to facilitate and improve its users/visitors access and browsing experience.

As part of this procedure, in accordance with common practices on the internet, TEESlab’s website uses cookies for its basic functionality as well as an analytics service that gathers aggregate traffic data.

In specific circumstances, TEESlab may collect and processes its website visitors/users’ personal data, such as name/surname and contact details (mainly e-mail address), only when they provide it directly and at their own discretion. Such cases may include website visitor/user voluntary communication via the website contact form, or any account data submitted by the account owner.

In all these or similar circumstances, the consent of the data subjects serves as the legal basis for the lawfulness of processing any Personal Data, so a simple visit to the website does not necessarily mean that any such information is automatically gathered and processed by TEESlab. However, this is not applicable for the data collected by means of cookies for the website’s basic functionality.

Contact Form

TEESlab offers its website visitors and users of its online services the ability to contact us directly, through an electronic contact form. The name/surname and email address are the only necessary contact details on the user’s behalf and they, as well as their contact form message and the optional subject, are processed based on their consent, which is provided with their positive action when submitting a message/request and for receiving a response. However, any website visitor/user has the right to revoke their consent at any time, in accordance with the GDPR.

When using the TEESlab’s contact form or sending an email, the website visitor/user’s submitted data is only retained for relevant communication purposes and will not be processed in any other way. If the visitor/user wishes for their data to be erased at any point, they may exercise their right to erasure (right to be forgotten).

Social Media Communication

With official accounts on three social media sites – LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube – TEESlab encourages its website visitor/users to like, share, and comment on posts in order to foster an open dialogue with respect to differing viewpoints. TEESlab is not required to monitor anything posted by unaffiliated users on third-party platforms, though it works to maintain a safe online environment.

In that regard, any content that is judged to be against the terms of use of the website, such as offensive, obscene, pornographic, threatening, advertising, or intellectual property that infringes upon or contains false information about a visitor/user, may be removed by the administrators of TEESlab’s social media accounts, where possible. They also reserve the right to bar users from contributing such content.

Should you find any user-generated content on TEESlab’s social media accounts that is offensive or against terms of use, you may contact TEESlab’s administrators.

Cookies

Cookies are small files that contain a set of data transferred from the TEESlab web server and stored on the user’s browser and digital storage of their device through which they access TEESlab’s website. The process takes place automatically each time the website is accessed, and cookies are transferred and stored as a trace through which the visiting computer system can be identified but not with the intention of identifying its users.

Cookies are mainly used to save the user’s preferences and facilitate basic functionality, such as user authentication. They can also be used to determine unique visitors for statistical purposes, without needing to keep personal information about the user. Cookies storing preferences might be retained up to a year. Cookies used for statistical purposes expire after a few days, depending on the service used and are opt-out.

If you have an account, before attempting to log in, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When logging in, cookies will be stored to authenticate the user and they will expire when the browser exits or after up to a month, if the user uses the “remember me” option. The expiration date might be extended if the user returns before it expires. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Most browsers allow website visitors/users to refuse cookies. For blocking TEESlab website cookies visitors/users can activate the setting on their browser that allows them to refuse the setting of all or some of the cookies. More information about cookies, and how to delete and/or control them are available on aboutcookies.org.

Links and Embedded Content from Other Websites

Some articles and pages on the TEESlab website contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, etc.). When embedded material is accessed, it behaves exactly as if the user had visited the third-party website that is its source.

Each of them may collect data about TEESlab website visitors/users, use cookies and/or embed additional third-party tracking for monitoring interaction with that embedded content. In cases where visitors/users have an account and are logged in to these websites, their navigation behaviour and preferences may also be tracked.

TEESlab is not responsible for the privacy and cookie policy of any third-party websites or online service providers accessed through embedded content.

IP Addresses

Our servers log IP addresses to function and provide security to the services and the users of the system. Your IP address, will not be associated with you as a person. Your IP address will be associated with your account, when you log in. In the case of analytics, your IP address will not be stored in full (IP anonymisation), if at all, so individual users cannot be associated with stored statistical information.

Who We Share Your Data With

TEESlab does not share or transfer to outside parties any personally identifiable information or any other data gathered from this website, as detailed above. However non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to trusted third-parties or processors, such as funding agencies (e.g. European Commission, CINEA etc) on a need-to-know basis for research purposes and under TEESlab’s contractual obligations.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Communicating with TEESlab through the contact form means that any data submitted through it might be retained indefinitely. This is so TEESlab can review submissions at any later point.

Certain logs that contain IP addresses might also be kept indefinitely. These addresses are only retained specifically if deemed necessary for keeping TEESlab’s web services secure.

If you have an account, any data associated with it will be retained for as long as the account exists. This is data submitted by the account owner.

Any data we retain for analytics, is aggregated and not connected to individuals in any way. We retain that data indefinitely.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have communicated with us through our contact form or have an account, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request to find out how your personal data is being processed; erase or rectify your personal data we hold about you; restrict the processing of your data and object to the processing of your personal data. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

We inform you that you have the right to lodge a complaint to the competent data protection authority, pursuant to Article 77 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679, if you believe that your personal data have been processed in violation of any applicable law concerning data protection.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor contact form submissions may be checked through a third-party automated spam detection service.