Privacy Policy

Dear visitor to this website,

the protection of your personal data is not only important to you, but also to us, the controller of the website (hereinafter referred to as „we“, „us“). We appreciate your trust that we will manage your personal data conscientiously and in accordance with the law. We will confidentially treat your data.

With this privacy policy, we not only wish to fulfil our legal obligation under Art. 15 and 16 EUDPR, but also to provide you with a clear description of what personal data is being collected when you visit our website and how we manage it.

1. Controller

The controller pursuant to Art. 26 EUDPR is

The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
Office PHS02C11
60, rue Wiertz
1047 Brussels
Belgium

Telephone: +32-2-2843095
Email: info@greens-efa.eu

You can contact the controller at any time with your concerns using the contact details above or by email to info@greens-efa.eu.

2. Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our group:

Guillaume Sellier

Brussels
European Parliament
PHS 02C003
Rue Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Brussels

Strasbourg
European Parliament
LOW T04069
Allée du Printemps – B.P. 1024/F
F-67070 Strasbourg Cedex

Telephone: +32-2-2843095

Email: guillaume.sellier@ep.europa.eu

3. Supervisor Authority

You have the right to complain to the European Data Protection Supervisor, about the processing of your personal data by us at

Bruxelles Headquarter

Postal address: Rue Wiertz 60, B-1047 Brussels
Office address: Rue Montoyer 30, B-1000 Brussels
Telephone: +32 2 283 19 00

Strasbourg Office

Postal address: 1 Allée du printemps, Louise Weiss Building, 67070 Strasbourg (France)
Telephone:  +33 3 88 16 43 46

Email: edps@edps.europa.eu
Website:  edps.europa.eu

4. Cookies and Web Beacons

4.1. Cookies

4.1.1. Description

Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called „session cookies.“ They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device’s memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

4.1.2. Categories

Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use are stored pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 23 October 2018. Through the storage of cookies, we ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyse your surfing behaviour) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.

Based on the origin cookies can be categorized as: first-party cookies which are stored directly on the domain that the user is visiting and allow the owners of the website to collect data for analytical purposes and enhance the browsing experience for the user by remembering the user settings. The other category involves third-party cookies which are stored under a different domain than the one that’s being visited. They are used to track users when switching between websites.

Another possible way to categorise cookies is based on their purpose. These categories include strictly necessary cookies, functional cookies, performance cookies and advertisement ones. Only the strictly necessary cookies are essential for the website to function properly while the other categories are useful to improve the user experience, enhance visibility or for marketing purposes.

4.1.3. Cookie List

The following list of Cookies states which Cookies are in use on our website now.

4.1.4. Web Beacons

A web beacon, also known as a pixel tag, tracking pixel, or clear GIF, is a tiny, transparent, graphic image that is placed on a website or in an email. Web beacons are usually used together with cookies to monitor user behaviour on websites or to track the performance of email marketing campaigns and collect user statistics about the webpage visits.

5. Provision of the Website

This section tells you which of your data we process to provide you with our website.

5.1. Provision of the Website

5.1.1. Purpose

This processing activity serves the external presentation of our company, in the language of the country from which you access our website, if available.

5.1.2. Types of Data

We process

• your IP address,
• Date and time of your enquiry,
• your time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
• the content of your request, i.e. the specific pages you are accessing,
• the access status/HTTP status code,
• the amount of data transferred in each case,
• the website from which the request originated
• your browser,
• the language and version of your browser software
• the operating system and the interface of your terminal device.

as categories of data relating to you.

We also store the necessary cookies “user_country_redirect”, “wp-wpml_current_language”, “wpml_browser_redirect_test” and “_icl_visitor_lang_js”, to ensure the presentation of our website in your country-specific language.

We also store a necessary user connection data key (“elementor”) in the session storage of your browser for the purpose of this processing activity.

5.1.3. Legal Basis

The legal basis is the necessity of processing for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest pursuant to Art. 5 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. a EUDPR.

The GREENS/EFA group is committed to respect your privacy and protect your personal data. We collect and further processes personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 23 October 2018, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.

5.1.4. Storage Period

The storage period of the above-mentioned data relating to you is as long as the browser session lasts.

The storage period for the “wp-wpml_current_language” and “wpml_browser_redirect_test” cookies is as long as the browser session lasts.

The storage period for the “user_country_redirect” and “_icl_visitor_lang_js” cookies is 24 hours.

The storage period for session storage data relating to you is as long as the browser session lasts.

5.1.5. Recipient

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our website hosting service provider, DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstrasse 5, 80331 Munich, Germany.

5.1.6. Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 23 EUDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

5.2. Website Security

5.2.2. Purpose

This processing serves to ensure the uninterrupted functionality of the website.

5.2.3. Types of Data

We process

• your IP address,
• Date and time of your enquiry,
• your time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
• the content of your request, i.e. the specific pages you are accessing,
• the access status/HTTP status code,
• the amount of data transferred in each case
• the website from which the request originated,
• your browser,
• the language and version of your browser software
• the operating system and the interface of your terminal device.

as categories of data relating to you.

5.2.3. Legal Basis

The legal basis is the necessity of processing for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest pursuant to Art. 5 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. a EUDPR.

The GREENS/EFA group is committed to respect your privacy and protect your personal data. We collect and further processes personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 23 October 2018, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.

5.2.4. Storage Period

The storage period of the above-mentioned data relating to you is 14 days.

5.2.5. Recipient

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our website hosting service provider, DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstrasse 5, 80331 Munich, Germany.

5.2.6. Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 23 EUDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

5.3. Website analytics

5.3.1. Purpose

We use Matomo to analyse the user behaviour of our website users to optimize our website and its advertising.

5.3.2. Types of Data

We process user behaviour data as a category of data that can be related to you.

5.3.3. Legal Basis

The legal basis is the necessity of processing for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest pursuant to Art. 5 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. a EUDPR.

The GREENS/EFA group is committed to respect your privacy and protect your personal data. We collect and further processes personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 23 October 2018, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.

5.3.4. Storage Period

The storage period for your personal data is up to the withdrawal of your consent. We keep a deletion log for three years.

5.3.5. Recipient

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our website hosting service provider, DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstrasse 5, 80331 Munich, Germany.

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be transmitted to InnoCraft Ltd, 7 Waterloo Quay, PO Box 625, 6140 Wellington, New Zealand.

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be transferred to New Zealand as a third country with an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 47 EUDPR.

5.3.6. Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 23 EUDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

6. Making Contact

This section explains how you can contact us and which of your data we process when you contact us.

6.1. Election Reminders via Email

Purpose

This processing activity serves to remind you via email regarding when you can vote in the elections for the European Parliament.

6.1.1. Types of Data

We process your email address as data that can be related to you.

We also store the necessary cookie “_can2_session” to maintain user sessions.

6.1.2. Legal Basis

The legal basis is your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 5 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. d EUDPR.

6.1.3. Storage Period

The storage period is up to the withdrawal of your consent. We keep a deletion log for three years.

The storage period for the “_can2_session” cookie is as long as the browser session lasts.

6.1.4. Recipient

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our website hosting service provider, DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstrasse 5, 80331 Munich, Germany, and our email hosting service provider, Action Network and Action Squared, Inc., 1900 L Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, District of Columbia 20036, USA.

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be transferred to the USA as a third country with an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 47 EUDPR.

6.1.5. Your Right to Withdraw Your Consent

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on your consent until you withdraw it.

You can withdraw your consent to this processing activity at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the end of each email.

You can withdraw your consent to this processing activity at any time by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

6.2. Contact via Contact Form

6.2.1. Purpose

We offer the possibility to contact us via contact form.

6.2.2. Types of Data

We process your name, your email address, and the message content as data that can be related to you.

We also store a user identification (“Trengo_VisitorToken” and “Trengo_Visitor”) and the form status (“Trengo_panelState”) as well as the number of sessions and the number of page views (“Trengo_Session”) in the local storage of your browser for the purpose of this processing activity.

6.2.3. Legal Basis

The legal basis is the necessity of processing for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest pursuant to Art. 5 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. a EUDPR.

The GREENS/EFA group is committed to respect your privacy and protect your personal data. We collect and further processes personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 23 October 2018, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.

6.2.4. Storage Period

The storage period for your personal data is up to the withdrawal of your consent. We keep a deletion log for three years.

The storage period for local and session storage data relating to you is as long as the browser session lasts.

6.2.5. Recipient

When contacting us via the contact form, the above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our website hosting service provider, DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstrasse 5, 80331 Munich, Germany, and our contact form provider, Trengo B.V., Burgemeester Reigerstraat 89, 3581 KP Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be transferred to the USA as a third country with an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 47 EUDPR.

6.2.6. Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 23 EUDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

6.3. Contact via e-mail

6.3.1. Purpose

We offer contact by e-mail to answer enquiries.

6.3.2. Types of Data

We process your email address and the content of the enquiry as data that can be related to you.

6.3.3. Legal Basis

The legal basis is the necessity of processing for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest pursuant to Art. 5 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. a EUDPR.

The GREENS/EFA group is committed to respect your privacy and protect your personal data. We collect and further processes personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 23 October 2018, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data.

6.3.4. Storage Period

The storage period for your personal data is until your enquiry has been dealt with.

6.3.5. Recipient

When contacting us via email, the above-mentioned data relating to you will be sent to our email hosting service provider, Trengo B.V., Burgemeester Reigerstraat 89, 3581 KP Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be transferred to the USA as a third country with an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 47 EUDPR.

6.3.6. Your Right of Objection

In accordance with Art. 23 EUDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as described above if there are grounds relating to your particular situation or if your objection is directed against direct marketing.

You can exercise your right to object by sending an email to info@greens-efa.eu.

7. Rights of Data Subjects

As a data subject, data protection grants you rights regarding the handling of data relating to you. We guarantee you the realisation of your existing data subject rights towards us. You can find out more in this section.

7.1. Your Rights as a Data Subject

You have the following rights with regard to the personal data concerning you:

• Right to information and to receive a copy of your data,
• Right to rectification,
• right to erasure and to be forgotten,
• Right to restriction of processing,
• Right to object to processing,
• Right to data portability.

You also have the right to complain to the European Data Protection Supervisor, about the processing of your personal data by us at edps@edps.europa.eu.

7.2. Management of Data Subject Rights

7.2.1. Purpose

This processing activity serves the data protection compliant handling of data subject rights.

7.2.2. Types of Data

We process all categories of data as categories of data relating to you.

7.2.3. Legal Basis

The legal basis is Art. 5 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. b EUDPR in conjunction with Chapter III EUDPR.

7.2.4. Requirement

The processing of the above-mentioned data relating to you is necessary for the fulfilment of our legal obligations.

7.2.5. Storage Period

The storage period for the above-mentioned data relating to you is three years.

7.2.6. Recipient

The above-mentioned data relating to you will be processed by our e-mail server hosting provider.

8. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time with future effect. A current version is available at this point. Please visit the website regularly to find out about the applicable privacy policy.

As of: 08.05.2024