Privacy Policy

NSAC Privacy Policy

The North Sea Advisory Council (NSAC) is one of the 11 Advisory Councils of the European Union. The NSAC is a membership organisation and is founded as an association under Dutch law (“vereniging”). The NSAC is part-funded by the European Commission.

This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website. This privacy policy is based on the guidelines for writing a privacy policy provided by the European Union through: https://gdpr.eu/privacy-notice/?cn-reloaded=1.

You will learn about:

1. What data we collect
2. How we collect your data
3. How we use your data
4. How we store your data
5. Updates and newsletters
6. What are your data protection rights
7. What are cookies
8. How we use cookies
9. What types of cookies do we use
10. How to manage your cookies
11. Privacy policies of other websites
12. Changes to our privacy policy
13. How to contact us
14. How to contact the appropriate authorities
    

1. What data do we collect?

The NSAC collects the following data:

• Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.)

2. How do we collect your data?

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

• Register online for one of our meetings or events;
• Sign up for our newsletter;
• Send us an email or reply to our emails;
• Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

3. How will we use your data?

The NSAC collects your data so that we can:

• Keep you informed about the developments of the organisation and developments regarding the drafting of NSAC advice.
• To inform and invite you for our upcoming meetings.
• To inform you about the advice published by the NSAC.

4. How do we store your data?

The NSAC securely stores your data at the NSAC SharePoint Team Site (powered by Microsoft 365) which can only be accessed by the NSAC Secretariat staff and is secured by passwords.

The NSAC will keep your personal data no longer than 5 years. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data by either deleting the document which contains the data, or – in case the document is still in use – by anonymising the personal identification information in the document.

5. Updates and newsletters

The NSAC will send you information about its developments, meetings and advice based on your indicated preferences.

If you have agreed to receive our newsletter and/or updates, you may always opt out at a later date. You have the right at any time to stop the NSAC from contacting you for information purposes or giving your data to other members of the NSAC.

If you no longer wish to be contacted for updates and newsletters, please contact the NSAC Secretariat through: 

Email: admin@nsrac.org

Post:    North Sea Advisory Council
Louis Braillelaan 80
2719 EK Zoetermeer
The Netherlands

6. What are your data protection rights?

The NSAC 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 the NSAC for copies of your personal data. We do not charge you a fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that the NSAC correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request the NSAC to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that the NSAC erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that the NSAC restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the NSAC’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that the NSAC 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: admin@nsrac.org.

7. Cookies

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

8. How do we use cookies?

The NSAC website uses cookies to improve the functionality of the NSAC website and to learn about how visitors use the NSAC website. The data collected by cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

 

9. What types of cookies do we use?

The NSAC website uses statistical cookies and functional cookies: 

• Statistics cookies, also known as “performance cookies,” collect information about how you use a website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions. This includes cookies from third-party analytics services as long as the cookies are for the exclusive use of the owner of the website visited.
• Functional cookies on the NSAC website are used to provide protection against hackers and to see whether the browser used by the visitor allows cookies.

10. How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and this 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.

11. Privacy policies of other websites

The NSAC 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.

12. Changes to our privacy policy

The NSAC keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated July 2021.

13. How to contact us

If you have any questions about the NSAC 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: admin@nsrac.org or tamarat@nsrac.org

Call us at: +316 25 31 81 92

Post:    North Sea Advisory Council
Louis Braillelaan 80
2719 EK  Zoetermeer
The Netherlands

14. How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that the NSAC has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Dutch Data Protection Authority (“Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens”).

Website: https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en
Information about filing a complaint (‘klacht”): https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/nl/zelf-doen/gebruik-uw-privacyrechten/klacht-melden-bij-de-ap

Phone (no charges): 088 1805 250

Address:          Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
Postbus 93374
2509 AJ Den Haag
The Netherlands