Privacy Policy
The CO-WATERS project is committed to conducting all project activities responsibly and ethically. This page provides information on how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data, ensuring compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY?
The CO-WATERS consortium is made up of 17 partners, which are responsible for the treatment of users’
personal data and informs its users that this data will be treated in accordance with the provisions in
the regulations in force regarding the protection of personal data (2016 European GDPR regulation).
Therefore, this privacy statement applies to the entire lifespan of information within the CO-WATERS
project website, from obtaining information to the final deletion of that information.
As explained further, additional guidelines or procedures are established for specific areas or
processes – such as research, interviews, or surveys – within the CO-WATERS project that provides a
detailed explanation of the measures that are taken in order to achieve the desired level of data
protection.
The CO-WATERS consortium considers it very important to treat the input and contributions from
stakeholders as confidential during its activities and in the CO-WATERS public reporting. No personal
information will be shared within the CO-WATERS community of stakeholders, nor towards third parties,
unless the concerned stakeholders agree.
Below we go further into detail about how personal data is to be treated.
FOR WHAT PURPOSES MAY WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
The CO-WATERS project collects personal data to the extent required to fulfil a specific purpose. The collected data may be shared with the European Commission and with the project’s consortium for compliance with reporting, monitoring and auditing requirements, but personal information will not be shared, nor sold to third-party marketers. Personal data may be collected and further processed under the CO-WATERS project for the following purposes:
- To notify users about website changes, updates and project news
- To communicate about upcoming events
- To manage project webinars, workshops and training activities
- To build the platform that steers the development of strategic partnerships.
- To deliver and monitor demand-driven and tailored capacity support towards project stakeholders
- To deliver and monitor emailing
WHICH PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?
LGI Sustainable Innovation, located in Paris, France, is the consortium partner responsible for managing and coordinating the CO-WATERS project website, Linkedin and Instagram accounts.
The forms available from this website (newsletter subscription, Coalition registration) are operated by third-party services — Brevo (newsletter) and Tally / EU Survey (Coalition registration). The personal data you provide there (such as your name and email address) is processed by those services under their own privacy policies, on behalf of the CO-WATERS project.
The website itself does not run any audience-measurement or advertising tool: we do not collect your IP address, browsing history or device details. Should third-party content (such as embedded videos) be added in the future, it will only load after you give your consent through the cookie settings panel described below. Please note that, as for any website, some technical resources (fonts and script libraries served by content-delivery networks, map tiles) are loaded from third-party servers, which technically receive your IP address in order to deliver those files.
COOKIES AND LOCAL STORAGE
This website currently sets no advertising and no analytics cookies. The only items stored on your device are listed below; they are all exempt from prior consent as they are either strictly necessary or store preferences you explicitly set:
| Name | Type | Provider | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cw_consent | Cookie | co-waters.eu | 6 months | Stores your cookie preferences (only created once you make a choice in the cookie settings panel) |
| ecotech-accessibility | Local storage | co-waters.eu | Until deleted or reset | Stores your accessibility settings (dark mode, contrast, font, text size) |
| ecotech-custom-colors | Local storage | co-waters.eu | Until deleted or reset | Stores custom colour settings of the accessibility widget |
You can review and change your choices at any time via the cookie icon at the bottom-left corner of every page, or by opening the Cookie Settings panel. Your choices are kept for 6 months, after which they will be requested again if consent becomes required.
HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA PROTECTED?
The CO-WATERS project takes reasonable measures to ensure that website user data and the personal data that they make available are protected against:
- Loss: data are no longer available
- Leaks: data falling into the wrong hands
- Errors: data are not correct; for example, obsolete or incomplete
- Not accessible: data are not accessible when required
- Wrongful access: viewed by persons who are not authorized to do so
- Processing that is not in line with legislation, guidelines, and standards.
Your rights
You can get in touch with us at any time via coalition@co-waters.eu to find out:
- What data we have about you
- What the aim is of specific processing
- Who processes your personal data
You have the right:
- To have a copy of your personal data that we process for a particular purpose
- To submit a request about your data to be deleted
- To ask us to no longer process your personal data (if you have a valid and legal reason for this)
