Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://eao-academy.eu.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
- Comments. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- Media. If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
- Contact forms. If you use our contact forms, we collect the personal information you provide (such as your name, email address, and the content of your message) strictly for the purpose of responding to your inquiry. We keep contact form submissions for a certain period for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.
- Cookies. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
- Embedded content from other websites Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
- Analytics We may use third-party analytics services to monitor and analyze the use of our website. These tools collect non-personally identifying information, such as browser type, operating system, and pages visited, which helps us improve our website’s performance and user experience.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential in compliance with GDPR.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
If you have any privacy-specific concerns or wish to exercise your data rights, you can contact our Data Protection Officer at: [ae.grzybowski@gmail.com].
Additional information
- How we protect your data. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. Our website uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption to ensure that all data passed between the web server and browsers remains private and integral.
- What data breach procedures we have in place. In the event of a data breach that is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals, we will notify the affected users and the relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach, in accordance with standard European regulations.
- What third parties we receive data from. Currently, we do not receive any personal data pertaining to users from third parties.
- What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data. We do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling using the personal data we collect from our users.
- Industry regulatory disclosure requirements. As an organization operating within Europe, the European Academy of Ophthalmology is fully committed to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to ensure the highest standards of privacy and data protection for all our members and visitors.