Effective date: 4th of April 2025
This privacy policy applies to all services of EURACTIV Media BV (“Euractiv”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) with registered office at Boulevard Charlemagne, 1 box 1, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium, company number 0457.860.784, RPR Brussels.
Euractiv offers the following websites and their newsletters (collectively called the “Service”): www.euractiv.com and its subdomains, www.euractiv.fr, www.euractiv.de, and www.euractiv.es.
This privacy policy details our use of your personal data in terms of categories, purposes, recipients, retention period, data sharing and your rights.
This privacy policy does not affect, and should be read together with, our cookie policy and terms and conditions.
Processed personal data
We process personal data
- that you share directly,
- about your use of our Service, and
- from third parties.
Data provided by you
If you visit our domains, subscribe, register, log in, sign up for a newsletter, participate in a marketing campaign or survey, contact us, or otherwise use the Service, we process personal data you provide such as
- Contact data: first name, last name, email address, telephone number
- Geographic data: address, country, city, ZIP/postal code
- Organisation and position
- Demographic data such as gender and age
Data obtained via cookies and similar technologies
We also collect information about your use of the Service through cookies and similar technologies such as local storage and pixel tracking (‘Usage Data’). Usage data include:
- Online identifiers, such as IP address, an account ID, and identifiers of your device or browser;
- information about your device, operating system and browser when accessing the Service such as the version of the operating system and the type of your browser;
- information on your use of the Service, such as page visits and how often the Service is used.
You can find more information about cookies and similar technologies in our cookie policy.
Purposes and legal basis of data processing
As a new user, you will see a consent banner with privacy choices about your Usage Data. Privacy choices related to newsletters and other e-mail communications are part of registering to an account. Registered users can amend their choices in their account.
We always process your personal data for specific purposes based on a legal basis such as the performance of a contract, a legitimate interest, consent, or a legal obligation.
Performance of a contract
When you register for an account, we use your data to give access to the Service (e.g., access to restricted articles). We may also notify you about changes to our Service.
Legitimate interest
We have a legitimate interest for the following purposes:
- to provide customer support;
- to share your privacy settings with advertising partners;
- to detect, prevent and combat fraud or abuse of our Service;
- to show you specific Euractiv advertisements on our own domains;
- to show you specific Euractiv advertisements on social media using your e-mail address (if you have registered);
- to send direct marketing
Consent
We ask for your consent for the following purposes:
- to send promotions, offers and other marketing content about Euractiv;
- to subscribe to our newsletters;
- to build advertising profiles based on your Usage Data and provided data;
- to show you personalised editorial content or advertisements;
- to improve products and services based on your Usage Data.
Legal obligation
We retain your data to comply with applicable laws, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies for the following reasons:
- To comply with applicable legislation and regulations;
- To protect and defend the rights or property of Euractiv;
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service;
- To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public;
- To protect against legal liability.
Transfer of data to third parties
We may share your personal data with the following types of third parties.
Entities within Euractiv
Subcontractors of Euractiv
For each of the specific processing operations listed above, we will transfer personal data to subcontractors who work on our behalf (‘processors’). We engage processors for software and SaaS (Software as a Service) services, marketing services, and hosting services.
We ensure that these recipients only have access to personal data that is relevant, adequate, and necessary for the processing.
Advertising and social media partners
Third parties can use cookies and similar technologies to identify your browser or device and collect personal data about your use of our Service. First, we engage advertising partners including advertisers, media agencies, advertising networks and/or data partners to sell advertising space and serve personalized advertisements. Second, we embed social media functionality on our domains (e.g., a share button or video player). Third, you may end up on the platform of a third party through our Service, for example via an (embedded) link.
In all these cases, the conditions and privacy rules of the relevant third party are applicable. You can find more information about cookies and similar technologies and the use thereof by third parties in our cookie policy.
Mandatory provision
We may be required, based on applicable laws and regulations, to provide certain data, to law enforcement (e.g., in the context of a criminal investigation). We will only disclose strictly necessary data to meet such obligations.
Business Transaction
If Euractiv is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will inform you when transferring personal data or making changes to this privacy policy.
Transfer outside the EEA
The European Economic Area (EEA) includes all countries of the European Union together with Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland. Some of the parties that collect data about your use of the Service process your data outside of the EEA (e.g., Google).
We ensure that the transfer is covered by the appropriate safeguards, including a European Commission adequacy decision and the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses, to ensure the same level of protection for your personal data under the GDPR.
If you wish, you can obtain a copy of the adapted contractual clauses by sending an email to privacy@euractiv.com
Security of data
We ensure that personal data are treated confidentially and with the greatest possible care. We also make reasonable efforts to secure our systems against loss and/or against any type of unlawful use or processing through appropriate technical and organisational measures.
Your rights
Subject to the terms, limitations and conditions provided for by applicable law, you may always contact us to exercise the following rights.
- You have a right of access to your personal data. This allows you to verify which personal data we process about you.
- You always have the right to have your personal data corrected. This allows you to rectify or correct, inaccurate or incorrect personal data we process about you.
- You have the right to have your personal data erased. This allows you to permanently delete personal data that we process about you. You can update your personal data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to change your personal data, please contact us to make the required changes.
- You have the right to limit the processing of personal data related to you. This allows you to ‘freeze’ the use of your personal data by Euractiv, without deleting it.
- You have the right to object to a processing of your personal data. This allows you to object to Euractiv further processing your personal data.
- You always have the right to withdraw your consent.
- You always have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
- You have the right to data portability. This allows you to easily move, copy or transfer your personal data from one controller to another. You can request a copy of your personal data in a commonly used electronic format.
To exercise your rights, please contact us by email on privacy@euractiv.com. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
You are entitled to file a complaint with your national supervising authority. For Belgium this is: Data Protection Authority, Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, contact@apd-gba.be, https://www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be/, tel: +32 2 427 48 00.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time.
You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us:
By email: digital@euractiv.com
By visiting this page on our website: http://www.euractiv.com/privacy