Privacy Policy

Weave Privacy Notice

Weave respects the privacy of everyone it works with and everyone who visits its website. We will treat your personal information with strict confidentiality and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of 25 May 2018 and any other applicable legislation.

This privacy notice gives you more detail on what information we collect, why, and what your rights are. We regularly review this privacy notice to make sure that it is up to date and complies with the law. If there are significant changes in how we treat your personal information, we will make this clear on our website and we may also inform you directly.

The last update to this privacy notice was made on 16 December 2020.

The websites and/or platforms that this privacy notice applies to are located at the domain weave-research.net. They contain links to other websites: we have no control over the content of those websites, or over what personal information their operators gather. Please check the privacy statements for these websites to learn more about how they handle your personal information.

Contact

Weave is supported by Science Europe. If you have any questions about the use of your personal data by Weave, or wish to make use of your rights regarding your personal information, please contact us in one of the following ways:

By email:          privacy@scienceeurope.org

By post:            Science Europe AISBL
Rue de la Science 14
1040 Brussels
BELGIUM

The Science Europe business registry number in Belgium is 0840.275.663.

What information does Weave collect?

We collect personal information about you when you visit our website through the use of cookies and server logs. This includes your IP address, the pages that you visit, and the files that you download. Where possible, this information is anonymised or pseudonymised. Please see the Cookie Notice for more information on this type of information collection. This type of collection happens on the basis of our legitimate interest to analyse the use of our website or take security measures if necessary.

How does Weave use this information?

We only use the information for the purposes it is intended for, in other words optimising and improving the website and the “Find your Funding” tool, and taking any security measures if necessary.

Does Weave protect my information?

We make every effort to ensure that our servers and data storage are secured, and that your personal information is not disclosed, destroyed, lost, used, accessed, or modified without authorisation.

What are my rights regarding personal information and how do I make use of them?

  • inform you what personal information we have on you
  • update your information
  • delete your information
  • provide you with a portable copy of your information
  • object to us using your information
  • request us to limit the use of your personal information

You are also free to withdraw consent that you have given for us to store and use your personal information. As long as your request does not prevent us from complying with applicable laws and regulations, we will make the requested changes as soon as possible.

To ask us to make any of the above changes, please send an email or letter to Science Europe with your request, along with a copy of your ID card or passport. We need this identification in order to verify that you are indeed the person who the personal information belongs to.

Complaints

If you have any complaints related to how Weave handles your personal information or its response to a request to exercise your rights related to that personal information, please contact Science Europe and we will make every effort to address your complaint in a timely manner. Should you not be satisfied with this, you can also file a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority in Belgium:

Belgian Data Protection Authority
Rue de la Presse 35
1000 Brussels
BELGIUM
contact@apd-gba.be
www.dataprotectionauthority.be