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The European Commission maintains this website to enhance public access to information about its initiatives and European Union policies in general. Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them.
However, the Commission accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information on this site.
This information is:

1. of a general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity; 

2. not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date; sometimes linked to external sites over which the Commission services have no control and for which the Commission assumes no responsibility; 

3. not professional or legal advice (if you need specific advice, you should always consult a suitably qualified professional).

Please note that it cannot be guaranteed that a document available on-line exactly reproduces an officially adopted text. Only European Union legislation published in paper editions of the Official Journal of the European Union is deemed authentic.

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Terms of Use

Your use of semic.eu constitutes your agreement with this Legal Notice (including the Terms of Use, the Disclaimer, the Copyright Notice and the Data Protection Statement) and the Licence Framework which is incorporated by reference into these. Your use of any Asset available through the SEMIC.EU platform constitutes acceptance of and agreement to the individual licence attached to the Asset.

 

Privacy Statement

1. The Specific electronic Service: "SEMIC.EU – Semantic Interoperability Centre"
The objective of this portal is to act as a platform which serves as a web repository that provides interoperability assets for eGovernment projects as well as communication and collaboration functionalities.

2. What personal information do we collect, for what purpose and through which technical means?

Identification Data

The following data are collected: first name, last name, email address, country, organisation, position.
These data serve to create a mailing list of potential stakeholders for the platform to whom news and information will be sent. 

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 any personal or confidential information of any kind, nor any IP address from your PC. The cookies disappear once the session has been terminated.

3. Who has access to your information and to whom is it disclosed?
The portal will be managed by the contractor INIT. Therefore the list of registered people will be held and maintained by INIT, as mandated by the European Commission. This list will not be published and the European Commission will not share data with third parties for direct marketing.

4. How do we protect and safeguard your information?
Immediately after the submission of the registration to create your account, the information will be recorded in a secured and protected database hosted within the data Centre of INIT. The database is not accessible from anyone outside the Contractor.

Access to the application is via a non-encrypted connection using the normal http protocol.
5. How can you verify, modify or delete your information?
Once you have registered and your application is validated, you will receive a user name and password which will grant you access to different services on the portal. One of these services will be the possibility to change your personal information.

6. How long do we keep your data?
Your personal information will remain in the database until you decide to close your account. Following which these will be rendered anonymous when they have been usefully exploited, and at the latest 3 years after closing your account.

7. Contact Information
In case you have questions or requests concerning the information submitted by you with this questionnaire, please contact the

Controller of the file:

Mr Aldo LAUDI
Project Officer
DIGIT
European Commission
B-1049 Brussels
e-mail: idabc@ec.europa.eu

Queries on Personal Data Protection issues may be addressed to:

The European Commission's Data Protection Officer,
e-mail: data-protection-officer@ec.europa.eu

You may address your complaints to:

The European Data Protection Supervisor, e-mail: edps@edps.europa.eu

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