Specific Privacy Statement Competition Tell Us Your Story

Competition "Tell us your story" referred as competition in the text

1. OBJECTIVE
The objective of this competition is to receive the stories of stakeholders or people concerned by the topic of the competition and potentially to publish them on the Internet, under the responsibility of the Head of the Unit B.3, Directorate-General Internal Market and Services, acting as the Controller.
As this online service collects and further processes personal data, Regulation (EC) 45/2001, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data, is applicable.

2. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND THROUGH WHICH TECHNICAL MEANS?

Identification Data
The personal data collected and further processed are data necessary for the participation in the competition, such as name/surname/profession/ postal & e-mail addresses/phone number/fax number..., of the contributors, together with their views on the topics concerned.

The processing operations on personal data linked to the organisation and management of this competition are necessary for the management and functioning of the Commission, as mandated by the Treaties, and more specifically article 17 of the Treaty Treaty of the European Union.

Technical information
The system uses session "cookies" in order to ensure communication between the client and the server. Therefore, your browser must be configured to accept "cookies". However, it does not collect personal or confidential information of any kind, nor any IP address from your PC. The cookies disappear once the session has been terminated.

The system also uses a third party sharing tool 'Add this'. The privacy policy of this third party tool can be read

3. WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION AND TO WHOM IS IT DISCLOSED?
Received contributions, together with the identity of the contributor, will be published on the Internet, unless the contributor objects to publication of the personal data on the grounds that such publication would harm his or her legitimate interests. In this case the contribution may be published in anonymous form. Otherwise the contribution will not be published nor will, in principle, its content be taken into account. Any objections concerning publication of personal data should be sent to the service responsible for the competition (see Contact information below).

4. HOW DO WE PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD YOUR INFORMATION?
The collected personal data and all information related to the above mentioned competition is stored on a computer of the external contractor, acting as processor, who has to guarantee the data protection and confidentiality required by the Regulation (EC) 45/2001.

5. HOW CAN YOU VERIFY, MODIFY OR DELETE YOUR INFORMATION?
In case you want to verify which personal data is stored on your behalf by the responsible controller, have it modified, corrected or deleted, please contact the Controller by using the Contact Information below and by explicitly specifying your request.

6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA?
Your personal data will be part of a list of contact details shared internally amongst the staff of Commission for the purpose of contacting you in the future in the context of the Commission activities. If you do not agree with this, please contact the Controller by using the Contact Information below and by explicitly specifying your request. Your contact data will in any case not be kept longer than 2 years

7. CONTACT INFORMATION
In case you wish to verify which personal data is stored on your behalf by the responsible controller, have it modified, corrected, or deleted, or if you have questions regarding the competition, or concerning any information processed in the context of the competition, or on your rights, feel free to contact the support team, operating under the responsibility of the Controller, using the following contact information:

DG MARKT, Unit B3

Tel. +32.2.29.95495

Fax. +32.2.29.92106

Markt-b3@ec.europa.eu

8. RECOURSE