Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes the terms and conditions according to which the ERUA Biennale 2025, organized by the European University Alliance ERUA (European Reform University Alliance) and hosted by the University of the Aegean, collects, uses, manages or shares information and personal data of users who visit its website and the services provided through it.

The personal data collected during platform use is analyzed in the following two basic categories:

Personal Information

Information that identifies or can lead to the identification of a natural person:

Contact Form:

For the use of the communication services of the ERUA Biennale 2025 from the visitor/user, personal and demographic information is requested, which may be recorded in the registration and communication form. The personal data of the ERUA Biennale 2025 user can never be disclosed to third parties.

Newsletter:

For registration to the newsletter of the website, it is necessary to complete the user's email address.

Non-personal information is information that cannot identify you as a natural person. Non-personal information collected during platform use includes:

• Usage Data: This includes information about how users interact with the platform. This may include browsing information, such as the pages they visit, the time spent on each page, the type of browser they use, the type of device they use (e.g., computer, smartphone, tablet), the device's operating system, and screen resolution.
• Referral Mechanisms: Websites can record information about how users found the website, such as references from other websites, search engines, or advertisements.
• Anonymous Demographic Data: Anonymous data related to users' demographic background (geographic location, age, gender, etc.)

The ERUA Biennale 2025 website hosted by the University of the Aegean uses "cookies" to improve the User's browsing experience. Details regarding the storage and use of cookies while browsing the platform can be found in the "Cookie Policy".

The ERUA Biennale 2025 hosted by the University of the Aegean may collect and use users' personal information for the following purposes:

• To visit and use our website and services: May be necessary for the proper display of your information on the website pages and services.
• To improve user service: The information you provide helps us respond more efficiently to user service and support needs.
• Customize user experience: We may use this information for a personalized browsing experience on the website and provided services.
• To send periodic email messages: We may use your email address to respond to your inquiries, questions and/or other requests.
• Display targeted communications: We may use your personal data to send information for your better awareness/information regarding promotional activities and special offers (emails, newsletters, etc.). If you wish to stop receiving updates or offers, you can use the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of emails received from us or send a relevant request for immediate cancellation of your registration to erua-eui@aegean.gr.

Your personal data is retained only for the reasonable period required by the nature of data processing and only as long as required to achieve its purpose, unless there is a contrary legal obligation for their further retention.

We adopt and implement appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and required security measures to protect against unauthorized access, modification, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password and data stored on our website and information systems. We use encryption techniques, access restriction only to authorized persons and implementation of strict security policies to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure.

We do not trade personal information and data with any individual or entity in any way. However, we retain the right to share aggregate demographic information that is not connected to any personal information or data related to users or visitors of our platform and services with trusted partners or services of the University of the Aegean.

Personal data may be shared with ERUA consortium partners for consortium-related activities and communications:

The ERUA Biennale 2025 website hosted by the University of the Aegean may contain references (links) to third-party websites for the exclusive purpose of user information. Reference to links belonging to third-party websites does not constitute adoption of their views and actions or acceptance of the content they express, publish or post. Third parties, responsible for their websites according to law, bear exclusive responsibility for the content of their websites or for any damage that may result from their use when the user accesses them. The user accepts that by visiting third-party websites, they leave our website and are subject to their terms of use.

The ERUA Biennale 2025 hosted by the University of the Aegean has the discretionary ability to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Beyond the relevant change on the relevant page of our website, we usually notify users by email message. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we protect the personal information we collect. It is your responsibility to periodically review this privacy policy and be aware of modifications.

Continued use of the ERUA Biennale 2025 website hosted by the University of the Aegean means that you explicitly consent to the collection, recording, processing and retention of Personal Data for the educational, research, statistical and administrative purposes of the Alliance and for the absolutely necessary period. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use our website and offered services. Continued use of the website after recording changes to this policy and related user notification assumes that you accept each change to the policy.