Privacy
Privacy Policy:
1. General-Information about H2020-IMAGE EU-Project and Privacy Policy about IMAGE
IMAGE is a non-commercial European Commission Horizon 2020 research project to improve lithium-ion battery technology for electrical vehicles (EV). More information about the project members and their mission can be found here. The Project Site is beeing managed by AVL List GmbH, along with VARTA Microbattery GmbH. AVL List GmbH can be contacted for each request regarding this website (see below).
The protection of your privacy is important to IMAGE
We know that you care about which information about you is used and stored. We strictly observe the legal provisions and regulations applicable to us when processing your personal data and we are committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for all our users.
This IMAGE Privacy Notice is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide. It explains how we handle your personal information and how you can access and update your preferences. The IMAGE Privacy Notice applies to all of your interactions with IMAGE through www.h2020-image.com.
Personal data you share with us through this site will be processed by us according to the principles set out below.
2. General Information about Data we Collect
We collect “Non-Personal Data” but also “Personal Data”.
Personal Data
include, for example, your email, contact and company address information etc. that you provide us (e.g. through CONTACT form on www.h2020-image.com).
Non-Personal Data
include all information that cannot be used to identify you as a person, such as requested website or file, browser type and browser version, operating system used, time of access, IP address in anonymous form (used only to determine the location of access). When Non-Personal Data is being linked to Personal Data it becomes Personal Data.
3. Areas of the IMAGE Website
Anyone may visit the public areas of the IMAGE website http://www.h2020-image.com
without disclosing his or her name, address, etc. Such information is only requested by IMAGE if needed to provide services to you or to fulfil requests you may have (such as by contact form, subscribing to a newsletter, etc.).
When you use our website for informational purposes only, and for as long as you do not provide us with any information about you, then we only collect data on a very limited, anonymised basis via our service provider, see chapter 7.
You may register for the IMAGE newsletter to get information on the project’s progress on a regular basis. We do not apply Newsletter Tracking or any similar techniques. You can cancel the newsletter anytime using the Unsubscribe Link included in every newsletter.
Information about the collection of Personal Data when you email us or fill in a form
When you contact us by e-mail, through the contact form on our website, or through other areas on the website made available to you to fill information, the information you provide (your e-mail address and, if applicable, your first name and last name, plus information explicitly asked for, or further information you provide us with) will be stored by us to answer your questions, to process transactions that you have requested, or to pass on information about IMAGE research project (legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
4. Privacy and trust go hand-in-hand. Both are valuable to us
Responsible Body ("Controller")
The body responsible for this website and for the privacy aspects of this website (collection, processing and use of your Personal Data) in accordance with Art. 4 para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its contact details are mentioned in the imprint.
Our data protection manager can be reached by email at: privacy@avl.com
Your Rights as a Data Subject
You have the right to access according to Art. 15 GDPR, rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR, erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR, restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR, and - if applicable - data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR.
Where we use your Personal Data based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR you further have the right to object against our use of your Personal Data. We shall no longer process such Personal Data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms. If you want to exercise your right to object in such a scenario please contact us at: privacy@avl.com
Where we process your Personal Data on the basis of your consent you can revoke that consent at any time. The revocation does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent prior to the revocation. If you want to withdraw your consent please contact us at: privacy@avl.com
For your safety and ours, we may need to authenticate your identity before fulfilling your request.
Furthermore, if applicable to you, there is also a right to lodge a complaint with an appropriate data privacy regulatory authority (Article 77 GDPR).
You can find a list of data privacy regulation authorities under the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm
To What Extent Is There Automated Decision-Making?
We generally do not use any automated decision-making pursuant to Article 22 GDPR. If we use this procedure in individual cases, we will inform you of this separately, as long as this is a legal requirement.
5. Storage of Your Personal Data
Retention of Your Personal Data
In order to offer you the best service, we are storing the Personal Data that have been provided by you during your interactions with IMAGE.
We delete these data after the storage is no longer required. This will happen at the latest when the project ends, and after a retention period of eight month which is end of 2021. We may need to keep data on file beyond that period if statutory retention rules require us to do so. In such scenarios, we will restrict the processing to what is needed to fulfil the statutory retention rules.
Deletion of Your Personal Data
IMAGE will provide you with information about what Personal Data of yours we store. You can get information about your stored data at any time free of charge, and you may at any time assert your right to correct incorrect information, or to delete your data. If you wish to do so please contact our data protection manager at privacy@avl.com.
Security Measures we Apply When Holding Your Data
Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons IMAGE makes appropriate effort to protect Personal Data against accidental and illegal destruction and loss. IMAGE endeavours to ensure that Personal Data is used in a proper manner and to protect it from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We use a combination of process, technology and physical security controls to help protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
Further, access to personal information is restricted to those employees, contractors, and agents who work for the IMAGE project.
6. Are Your Personal Data being Shown to Others?
Sharing your Personal Data
A transfer of your personal data to third parties, outside the H2020 consortium, does not take place.
Any Personal Data that you provide online may be passed on to the partners of the consortium. We will do so only if deemed appropriate. The partners of the IMAGE consortium are:
1. AVL LIST GMBH (AVL), established in HANS-LIST-PLATZ 1, GRAZ 8020, Austria
2. VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (VUB), established in PLEINLAAN 2, BRUSSEL 1050 Belgium
3. BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (BMW GROUP), established in Petuelring 130, MUENCHEN 80788, Germany
4. VARTA MICROBATTERY GMBH (VARTA), established in DAIMLERSTRASSE 1, ELLWANGEN JAGST 73479, Germany
5. UMICORE (UMICORE), established in RUE DU MARAIS 31, BRUXELLES 1000, Belgium
6. ARKEMA FRANCE (ARKEMA), established in RUE ESTIENNE D ORVES 420, Colombes 92700, France
7. HYDRO-QUEBEC (HYDRO-QUEBEC), established in 75, Boulevard Rene-Levesque Ouest, MONTREAL H2Z1A4, Canada
8. CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVADE ENERGIAS ALTERNATIVAS
FUNDACION (CIC ENERGIGUNE), established in CALLE ALBERT EINSTEIN 48 PARQUE
TECNOLOGICO DE ALAVA, MINANO 01510, Spain
9. FUNDACION CIDETEC (CIDETEC), established in PASEO MIRAMON 196 PARQUE
TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON, SAN SEBASTIAN 20014, Spain
10. RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN (RWTH AACHEN), established in TEMPLERGRABEN 55, AACHEN 52062, Germany
11. TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ (TU GRAZ), established in RECHBAUERSTRASSE 12, GRAZ 8010, Austria
12. VARTA STORAGE GMBH (VS), established in NURNBERGER STRASSE 65, NORDLINGEN 86720, Germany
13. Manz Italy Srl (MANZ ITALY SRL), established in via San Lorenzo 19, Sasso Marconi 40037, Italy
Use of other Service Providers
We ensure compliance with the requirements under Art. 28 GDPR (provision describing the safeguards to apply when data processors are being used).
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small files that are stored on a user's computer. They are designed to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website, and they can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer. This allows the server to deliver a page tailored to a particular user, or the page itself can contain some script that is aware of the data in the cookie and so is able to carry information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next (see http://www.whatarecookies.com/).
What are Cookies being used for?
Cookies help to improve your experience with our website by helping you resume where you left off, remembering your login, your preferences, and or providing you with various tailored functions, such as showing you content targeted to your interests. We use information derived from cookies to improve the navigation structure of the IMAGE website and optimize the user-friendliness (legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). A large part of the IMAGE website may also be viewed without cookies.
What kind of Cookies?
On our website, we use functional cookies. These are necessary for the proper functioning of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and these cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
The provider hosting the IMAGE website sets analytical cookies. They help our provider to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.
These cookies may be session cookies or persistent cookies. Session cookies will be deleted when you close the browser, or shortly after having logged out. Session cookies store a session ID. With this, different requests from your browser can be assigned to the shared session so that your computer can be recognized when you return to our website. Persistent cookies are stored on your device for a certain period of time, and then automatically deleted after that period of time, specified for each individual cookie, has lapsed.
How can I avoid the placing of Cookies on my device?
You may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website by means of a corresponding setting of the browser used, and may thus deny the setting of cookies. This is possible in all popular internet browsers.
Deleting Cookies Manually by You
You can at any time delete cookies that already have been stored on your device. Files containing cookies are usually stored in your browser directory.
Information about Webanalytics
Our provider hosting the IMAGE website uses web tracking technologies to improve its services. The tool is hosted by www.1und1.de
and provides statistics and tracks web traffic (and analyses are being performed by 1und1).
The collected data are:
• Referrer (previously visited website)
• Requested website or file
• Browser type and browser version
• system used
• Device type used
• Time when access has occurred
• IP-address in an anonymized form (used only to determine the location from where access has been requested)
8. Amendment of the Privacy Policy
It might become necessary from time to time to adapt this privacy policy, in particular to further develop this website or with changes of laws. Therefore, IMAGE reserves the right at any time to change the privacy policy with effect for the future. If significant changes are made to the privacy policy we will inform you proactively.