This page informs you of 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 by this policy.  

Data Controller 

ESIL project website https://www.europeanesil.eu/ is run by META Group and as the case may be by third-party subcontractors, under the responsibility of META Group.   

When we refer to ‘’we’’ or ‘’our’’ in this Privacy Policy we are referring to META Group and any of its affiliates. When we refer to “you” or “your”, we are referring to any user of https://www.europeanesil.eu/ (the “Service”).   

You can contact us at: 

META Group 
Via Francesco Mancini, 23
Terni, Italy 
info@meta-group.com  

Information Collection And Use 

We may collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you. 

Types of Data Collected 

Personal Data 

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 (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: 

• Email address 
• First name and last name (optional) 
• Phone number (optional) 
• Organisation name (optional) 

• Country (optional) 
• Role (optional) 
• Cookies and Usage Data (for website statistical analysis) 

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us. 

Usage Data 

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s 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. 

Tracking Cookies Data 

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. 

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Service. 

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. 

Examples of Cookies we use: 

• Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service. 
• Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings. 
• Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes. 

Use of Data 

META Group uses the collected data for various purposes: 

• To allow you to contact us via the Contact Form 
• To allow you to subscribe to our newsletters 
• To notify you about changes to our Service 
• To monitor the usage of our Service 

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), META Group legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We are committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with the EU Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereafter the “GDPR”). Please note that, no website can be completely secure. 

All information that we use and/or gather will be used in accordance with the GDPR. To find out more about the EU Data Protection Rules click here. 

META Group may process your Personal Data when: 

• we need to perform a contract with you, 
• we need to share your Personal Data with partners and collaborators involved in ESIL project, 
• you have permitted us to do so the processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights to comply with the law. 

Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. META Group aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. 

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights: 

• The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you. 
• The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete. 
• The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data. 
• The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information. 
• The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format. 
• The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where META Group relied on your consent to process your personal information. 

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. 

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA). 

Retention of Data 

META Group will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. 

META Group will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods. 

Transfer Of Data 

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction. 

If you are located outside Italy and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Italy and process it there. 

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. 

META Group 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 organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information. 

Disclosure Of Data 

Disclosure for Law Enforcement 

Under certain circumstances, META Group may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency). 

Legal Requirements 

META Group may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: 

• To comply with a legal obligation 
• To protect and defend the rights or property of META Group 
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service 
• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public 
• To protect against legal liability 

Security Of Data 

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We ensure that our project partners and service providers also maintain data security standards. 

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. 

Service Providers 

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analysing how our Service is used. 

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. 

Analytics 

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service. 

• Google Analytics 

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. 

Links To Other Sites 

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’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services. 

Children’s Privacy 

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). 

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers. 

Changes To This Privacy Policy 

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. 

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. 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. 

Contact Us 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.