The EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS ALLIANCE (ECA) pays particular attention to the protection and security of data concerning visitors to its site (www.european-champions.org). Through this personal data protection policy, the ECA wishes to give you full information about the data we collect.
Your personal data is collected and processed by the ECA, which is the “data controller”. This means that the ECA determines the purposes and means of processing.
The ECA has appointed a Data Protection Officer who can be contacted at any time at the following address: welcome[at]european-champions.com, specify “DPO request” in the subject of the email.
The ECA, as data controller, is required to collect and process personal data concerning you. By “personal data” we mean all information relating to you and enabling you to be identified directly or indirectly.
Example: your name, your address, your e-mail address, your IP address, your behaviour.
Connection data
When you simply visit our site and do not register or give us any information about yourself, we only collect the data about you that is transmitted to us by your web browser:
These data, which are necessary for secure and stable access to our website, are collected on the legal basis of Article 6, para. 1, 1st sentence, f) of the GDPR, i.e. our legitimate interest in ensuring secure and stable access to our website.
The ECA is not in a position to attribute this data to a specific person and does not cross-reference this information with other of its information sources.
Furthermore, when you visit our site, cookies are installed on your hard drive by the ECA or its partners. For more information on cookies, see below.
You can decide whether or not to receive the ECA newsletter. To do so, simply fill in the corresponding form on the website and provide your first name and email address.
This data, which is necessary for processing your subscription request and for the distribution of the newsletter, is processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Article 6, para. 1, 1st sentence, a) of the GDPR. The ECA is also likely to measure the audience (openings and clicks) of its newsletters and in this context will need to collect data concerning the recipients of its newsletters. The corresponding processing operation is based on the ECA’s legitimate interest in continuously improving its communications (Article 6(1), first sentence (f) of the RGPD).
You can contact us via welcome[at]european-champions.com.
The collection and processing of your data to respond to your contact request is based legally on your consent (Article 6, paragraph 1, first sentence, c) of the GDPR).
Furthermore, if you consent, once your request has been processed, the data will be kept by the ECA and may also be used for the purpose of sending invitations to events or for the distribution of the ECA newsletter. These processing operations will be carried out on the basis of your consent (article 6, paragraph 1, first sentence, a) of the GDPR) which may be withdrawn at any time. Otherwise, your data will be deleted once your contact request has been processed.
The ECA keeps personal data only for the time necessary for the operations for which they were collected and in compliance with the regulations in force.
Thus, the data collected :
– when you register for the newsletter, is kept until you inform us that you no longer wish to receive the newsletter.
– when a contact request is made, are kept for the duration of the processing of the contact request, unless you have consented to your data being used to continue to be informed of ECA activities and news. In this case, your data will be kept until you inform us of your wish to no longer receive the newsletter.
For accounting purposes, the data is converted 10 years after the end of the accounting year.
In accordance with the applicable regulations, you have various rights over your data (access, rectification, opposition, deletion, portability, limitation of processing and the right to define general and specific directives on the fate of data after death).
To find out more about your rights, the ECA invites you to visit the CNIL website https://www.cnil.fr/fr/vous-avez-des-droits-sur-vos-donnees-profitez-en.
All rights can be exercised by email at welcome[at]european-champions.com, specify “DPO request” in the subject of the email. If you consider that the processing of data concerning you infringes your rights, you have the right to file a complaint with the CNIL.
The purpose of these cookies is to make the visit to the site more fluid and user-friendly.
The information collected by the cookies implemented by the ECA and listed below is subject to computer processing based on the ECA’s legitimate interest in offering a fluid browsing experience on its site and as the number of visitors to the site increases (article 6 (f) GDPR) intended for :
Cookies are valid for a maximum of 13 months.
You can oppose cookies and delete them using your browser’s settings. However, your user experience may be altered.
You can also choose to disable Google Analytics cookies directly by going to the following page: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=fr.
Data security and privacy of Google Analytics data available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=fr
Finally, during your visit to the site, a banner informs you of the presence of cookies and invites you to indicate your choice.
We use a consent management platform to collect and manage your consent in compliance with applicable data protection laws. When you first visit our website, you are presented with a cookie banner that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies, such as those used for analytics.
You can modify your cookie settings at any time via the link in the footer.
Our website uses plugins from Vimeo to embed video content. Vimeo is operated by Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.
When you access a page on our site that includes a Vimeo video, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. This informs Vimeo which of our pages you have visited and transmits your IP address. If you are logged into your Vimeo account, this data may be associated with your personal profile. We recommend logging out before interacting with Vimeo content if you do not wish your data to be associated.
The integration of Vimeo videos only occurs after your explicit consent via our cookie banner. The legal basis for this data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG.
Data may be transferred to the USA under the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission (Art. 46 GDPR).
More information can be found in Vimeo’s privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy
We use Complianz, a Consent Management Platform developed by Really Simple Plugins B.V., Atoomweg 6B, 9743 AK Groningen, Netherlands. Complianz helps us manage your cookie preferences and consents in a legally compliant way.
Your consent decisions are stored for a period of 12 months or until you delete the cookie from your browser. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR (compliance with a legal obligation) and Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (your consent).
Our newsletter is sent using the services of Brevo (Sendinblue SAS), 106 boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris, France. Brevo acts as a data processor in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. We have entered into a data processing agreement with Brevo. Data is processed only within the EU/EEA.
We use Google reCAPTCHA v3 on our website to protect against abusive access attempts and to ensure the security of our web forms (e.g. contact forms). This service is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).
reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on our website (e.g. in a form) is made by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, mouse movements, browser settings, time spent on the website). The data collected during the analysis is transmitted to Google.
The processing is based on our legitimate interests under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in ensuring the security and integrity of our services and protecting them from automated abuse (e.g. bot attacks, spam).
Google may transfer the data to servers in the USA. In such cases, the data transfer is safeguarded by standard contractual clauses (Art. 46 GDPR) or other appropriate safeguards.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please refer to the following links:
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users interact with our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
We use Google Analytics with IP anonymization enabled. This means that your IP address is shortened within the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened there.
The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG (consent for storing information on your device). You can revoke your consent at any time via our cookie management tool.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46 GDPR). For more information, please refer to Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
