Tech 4 Tracing Privacy Policy

Stichting Tech 4 Tracing Europe (‘Tech 4 Tracing’ or ‘T4T’ hereafter) is a Netherlands-based registered non-profit foundation. This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our online services.

What data do we collect?

Tech 4 Tracing collects the following data:

• Your name and contact information (email or phone).
• Images and text, including chat messages, that you voluntarily upload to our services
• Log-File Information. Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you access a web page. Server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information. Log-File data will be used for debugging purposes and to improve our products and services.
• Cookies. Tech 4 Tracing uses web cookies to enable essential functionality in our online services.

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide Tech 4 Tracing with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

• Register online.
• Voluntarily upload images for processing in our services.
• Provide image annotations or participate in discussion forums.
• Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

How will we use your data?

Tech 4 Tracing collects your data so that we can:

• Enable annotation and image collection management functionality in our online services.
• Email you with announcements pertaining to Tech 4 Tracing or our online services.
• Incubate new technologies in the pursuit of Tech 4 Tracing’s charitable mission.
• When Tech 4 Tracing processes your order, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.

How do we store your data?

• Tech 4 Tracing securely stores your data in our cloud-based databases, which may reside with a third-party provider such as Azure or Amazon cloud services. We use best practices in security to ensure your personal data is protected from unauthorized access.
• Tech 4 Tracing will keep your all data associated with your account, including images, image annotations, and discussion messages, for as long as your account is active.
• Tech4Tracing will automatically delete any service logs, such as records of web visits, within 30 days.

Marketing

• Tech 4 Tracing would like to send you information about our charitable and technology incubation activities.
• If you have agreed to receive marketing materials, you may always opt out at a later date.
• You have the right at any time to stop Tech 4 Tracing from contacting you for marketing purposes.
• If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please write to us at [email protected]

What are your data protection rights?

Tech 4 Tracing would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access – You have the right to request Tech 4 Tracing for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Tech 4 Tracing correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Tech 4 Tracing to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Tech 4 Tracing erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Tech 4 Tracing restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Tech 4 Tracing’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

• The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Tech 4 Tracing transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email:

Write to us: [email protected]

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

Tech 4 Tracing uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

• Keeping you signed in
• Understanding how you use our website
• Enabling any essential functionality of our online services, such as caching unsubmitted annotations.

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

• Functionality – Tech 4 Tracing uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.

How to manage cookies

• You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

• The Tech 4 Tracing website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

• Tech 4 Tracing keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 27 November 2024.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Tech 4 Tracing’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: [email protected]

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Tech 4 Tracing has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.