Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how and when www.etnworkshops.com collects, uses, and shares your information when you use www.etnworkshops.com website (hereinafter, the “Website”). This Website is provided by ETN Business LAB established in Sofia, Ul. William Gladstone 48, ap. 1 fl. 1, 1000, Bulgaria - data controller for the website related activities (the “data controller”). ETN Business LAB receives your personal data through your interaction with its website. When using any of our services your personal data are processed as described in this Privacy Policy. We therefore ask you to please read it carefully before communicating any of your data to www.etnworkshops.com.
The data controller informs you that your personal data will be processed in full compliance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and that the present privacy policy is provided pursuant to Article 13 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter, “GDPR”).

Information you provide

You may provide personally identifiable information (“personal data”) about yourself when you use our services, when you register for any of our events, by providing your name, surname, email address and contact details of your organization and when you subscribe for our newsletter.

Information collected automatically

We collect some data automatically when you use our services. These data may be your name, e-mail address, the institution you are part of and your postal address.

Purposes of the processing and legal basis

We process personal data for the provision of our service and more specifically for the following purposes:
- A: for the organisation, management and functioning of the website;
- B: for the promotiong and organisation of events to which users may decide to register using the www.etnworkshops.com website;
- C: for the publication on the website of information connected to the participation to any of our events (upon registering to events, the following details can be published for public view: first name, surname, position, organization name, small testimonial as transcript of a given interview during the event and profile picture);
- D: for the establishment of valuable connections between events attendees;
- E: for the promotion of ETN Focus related activities.
The legal basis for the processing of your personal data for the purposes indicated above is Article 6.1.b. of the GDPR.
By ticking the boxes before registering to any of our event or subscribing to our newsletter you give your consent to the processing of your personal data for the purposes listed above.
You can withdraw the consent contacting the data controller as described in the section dedicated to Exercise of users’ data protection rights.

Together with the other Services offered though our website, www.etnworkshops.com also offers the possibility to request the subscription to our Newsletter and be kept up to date with www.etnworkshops.com news and results.

Recipient of Data

We may share your data with the following entities:
Affiliates and Partners. We may share your data with ETN Business LAB affiliates – companies, member of ETN International. These entities may receive your information only to the extent necessary for the execution of the services connected to ETN Focus activities. We may share your data with other events participants, with the purpose of facilitating the establishment of networking opportunities before, during and after the events as part of the services we provide as a result of your registration.
Persons in charge of data processing activities. We may share your data with persons authorized and instructed by the data controller to data processing activities.
Parties When Required by Law or as Necessary to Protect Our Services. There may be instances when we disclose your information to other parties in order to:
- protect the legal rights of ETN Business LAB and of the users of the Services;
- protect the safety and security of users of the Services;
- prevent fraud (or for risk management purposes);
- comply with or respond to the law or legal process or a request for cooperation by a government entity, whether or not legally required;
Other Parties in Aggregated Form. We may also share your data with third parties or disseminate them through the www.etnworkshops.com website in aggregated or non-personally identifiable form.

Security

Pursuant to Article 25 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679, we implement appropriate technical and organisational measures, which are designed to implement data-protection principles, such as data minimisation, in an effective manner and to integrate the necessary safeguards into the processing in order to meet the requirements of the Regulation and protect the rights of data subjects. Furthermore, according to Article 32 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679, we implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk and safeguard personal data in our possession against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, theft, alteration or unauthorised use or disclosure. Please note, however, that no data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect the information we maintain, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us.

Period of storage

Your personal data will be kept for no longer than is necessary for the specific purposes for which the personal data are processed. More precisely, personal data is kept as long as follow-up actions to the etnworkshops.com website and events are necessary with regard to the purpose(s) of the processing of personal data.

Changes to this policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the policy will govern our use of your information and will be located at https://www.etnworkshops.com/privacypolicy. We may make changes to this policy at our sole discretion. By continuing to access or use the Services after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

Exercise of users’ data protection rights

You may contact us, via email at contact@etnfocus.com in order to assert your rights, as described in Articles 15 to 22 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679, namely to demand: the confirmation of the existence of data concerning yourself and their origin and processing and the purposes thereof; the erasure (Article 17) or the rectification of data (Article 16); the restriction of processing (Article 18); the right to object (Article 22) and the right to data portability (Article 20).

Cookie Policy

Like many websites, we use “cookie” technology to collect additional website usage data and to improve our Services. Cookies may be stored on your device and be transmitted again to you when you use the services a second time. Cookies are used to log in users, monitor browsing sessions, store information relating to the users who access the website and may contain a unique identification code that makes it possible to track the user’s navigation within the website for statistical and advertising purposes. Users may download cookies on their devices owned by sites and web servers different from the site that they are actually visiting (“third-party cookies”). Some cookies are necessary for the technical functioning of the Site; if you do not accept the latter cookies, some functionalities and features of the Site may not be accessible.