{"id":3,"date":"2026-09-14T11:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circ4food-alliance.eu\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:30:04","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/circ4food-alliance.eu\/fr\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3\" class=\"elementor elementor-3\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71c04c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71c04c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51677f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51677f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bcf47b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1bcf47b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Privacy Policy<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67446a2f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"67446a2f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc88dcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cc88dcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Who we are<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our website address is: https:\/\/circ4food-alliance.eu.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>LEGAL NOTICE<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The content of this website is produced by the CIRC4FOOD project, \u201cThe CIRC4FOOD Alliance: A New Ecosystem for Circular and Sustainable Functional Foods\u201d, funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme, call HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-01-ACCESS-01, under grant agreement No 101311070. The website is maintained to enhance public access to information about the project activities and to disseminate project results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the material in the website belongs to the CIRC4FOOD project and reflects only the authors\u2019 view. The European Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The content on this website is subject to copyright.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We care about your privacy\u2026 read how we handle it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data protection is a particularly high priority for the management of a European project. The webpages of CIRC4FOOD project can be used without having to specify any personal data. However, should a data subject wish to use special services through our website, the processing of personal data may be required. The processing of personal data will always be in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of this data protection statement is to inform you about our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Information collection and use<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Personal Data<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (\u201cPersonal Data\u201d). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email address<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First name and last name<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your organisation and role<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cookies and Usage Data<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Usage Data<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (\u201cUsage Data\u201d). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer\u2019s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Definitions<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><b>Name and address of the controller<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), as CIRC4FOOD project coordinator, is the proposed controller for the Website. You can contact the controller at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:info@circ4food-alliance.eu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@circ4food-alliance.eu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The website hosting service is provided by POINTER.GR<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which guarantees the Data Controller, in as much as of its competence, the observance of the normative in force on the matter of processing personal data.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Tracking &amp; cookies data<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. You can learn more how to manage cookies in the Browser Cookies Guide. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples of Cookies we use:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essential: some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statistics: these cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Functional: these are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preferences: these cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your consent applies to the following domain: https:\/\/circ4food-alliance.eu.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Use of data<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIRC4FOOD uses the collected data for various purposes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide and maintain the Service<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To monitor the usage of the Service<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Transfer of data<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During CIRC4FOOD project, access to your personal data will be granted to the departments that need it to perform our contractual and legal obligations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also pass on personal data when we are required to do so by law (Art 6, par 1, point (c) GDPR) or the data subject has given his or her consent to the processing (Art 6, par 1, point (a) GDPR). Under these conditions, recipients of personal data may, for example, be public authorities and institutions in the event of a legal or regulatory obligation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to \u2014 and maintained on \u2014 computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are located outside Greece and choose to provide information to us, please note that personal data may be processed by the project coordinator in Greece. The locations of website hosting and service providers must be reflected in this policy where applicable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIRC4FOOD will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Security of data<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Service Providers<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (\u201cService Providers\u201d), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Analytics<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (\u201cGoogle\u201d). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place of processing: Ireland \u2013 Privacy Policy<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Interaction with external social networks and platforms<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Application. The interaction and information obtained through this Application are always subject to the User\u2019s privacy settings for each social network. This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it. It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Application isn\u2019t being connected back to the User\u2019s profile.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Instagram button and social widgets (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Instagram button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Instagram social network provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place of processing: Ireland and, where applicable, other countries \u2013 Privacy Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place of processing: United States \u2013 Privacy Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>X button and social widgets (X, Inc.)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The X button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the X social network provided by X, Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal Data collected: Cookies; Usage Data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place of processing: United States \u2013 Privacy Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal Data is collected for the purpose of displaying content from external platforms. This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them. This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Google Fonts<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal Data collected: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place of processing: Ireland \u2013 Privacy Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Contact form<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes CIRC4FOOD project to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form\u2019s header.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal Data collected: Email address, First name, Last name<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Managing contacts and sending messages through Newsletter service<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User\u2019s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of promotional nature concerning CIRC4FOOD project. MailerLite is the email address management and message sending service used in this website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal Data collected: Email address, First name, Last name<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place of processing: Lithuania, Privacy Policy<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Links To Other Sites<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party\u2019s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>You have the right to obtain<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">access to your personal data (Art 15 GDPR)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the rectification of your personal data (Art 16 GDPR)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the erasure of your personal data (Art 17 GDPR)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the restriction of the processing of your personal data (Art 18 GDPR) and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the portability of your personal data (Art 20 GDPR).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data (Art 21 GDPR)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In so far as the processing of your personal data is based on consent (Art 6, par (1), point (a) GDPR), you can withdraw the consent at any time; the legality of the data processing performed on the basis of the consent remains unaffected until the consent is revoked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should you wish to assert these rights or have any questions concerning personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time by email at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:info@circ4food-alliance.eu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@circ4food-alliance.eu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or using the contact information provided in the footbar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irrespective of this, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority \u2013 in particular in the EU Member State in which you reside, or work or the place of the alleged infringement \u2013 if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR or other applicable data protection laws (Art 77 GDPR).<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Comments<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor\u2019s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https:\/\/automattic.com\/privacy\/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Media<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>What rights you have over your data<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, 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 that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Changes To This Privacy Policy<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will let you know via email and\/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the \u201ceffective date\u201d at the top of this Privacy Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Contact Us<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email:<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:info@circ4food-alliance.eu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@circ4food-alliance.eu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Privacy Policy Who we are Our website address is: https:\/\/circ4food-alliance.eu. LEGAL NOTICE The content of this website is produced by the CIRC4FOOD project, \u201cThe CIRC4FOOD Alliance: A New Ecosystem for Circular and Sustainable Functional Foods\u201d, funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme, call HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-01-ACCESS-01, under grant agreement No 101311070. 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