Effective date: October 30th, 2026
MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, as website manager, in application of current regulations on the protection of personal data, informs that the personal data collected through the forms on the Website: www.circolink-project.eu is included in the automated files specific to users of CIRCOLINK services.
The purpose of the collection and automated processing of personal data is to maintain the business relationship and carry out information, training, advice, and other activities of CIRCOLINK.
These data will only be transferred to those entities that are necessary for the sole purpose of fulfilling the abovementioned purpose.
MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY adopts the necessary measures to guarantee the security, integrity and confidentiality of the data in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of April 27, 2016, regarding protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free circulation thereof.
The user may at any time exercise the rights of access, opposition, rectification, cancellation, limitation, and portability recognized in the abovementioned Regulation (EU). The exercise of these rights can be carried out by the user through email to: info@circolink-project.eu.
The user declares that all the data provided by him are true and correct, and undertakes to keep them updated, communicating the changes to MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY
At CIRCOLINK, a website managed by MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, we will treat your personal data collected through the Website: www.circolink-project.eu, with the following purposes:
We remind you that you can oppose the sending of commercial communications by any means and at any time, by sending an email to the address indicated above.
The fields of these records are mandatory, and it is impossible to carry out the stated purposes if these data are not provided.
The personal data provided will be kept as long as the commercial relationship is maintained, or you do not request its deletion and during the period for which legal responsibilities may arise for the services provided.
The treatment of your data is carried out with the following legal bases that legitimize it:
If you do not provide us with your data or do so in an erroneous or incomplete way, we will not be able to meet your request, making it completely impossible to provide you with the requested information or to carry out the contracting of services.
The data will not be communicated to any third party outside CIRCOLINK consortium, except legal obligation.
In cases where the user includes files with personal data on the shared hosting servers, CIRCOLINK consortium or MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY as website manager, we will treat your personal data collected through the Website: www.circolink-project.eu, with is not responsible for the breach by the user of the GDPR.
MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY informs that, as website manager and by virtue of the applicable Dutch and EU legislation on information society services, it retains for a maximum period of 12 months the essential information to identify the origin of the data hosted and the moment in which the provision of the service began. The retention of these data does not affect the secrecy of communications and they may only be used in the framework of a criminal investigation or for the safeguarding of public safety, making themselves available to the judges and / or courts or competent authorities that so require.
The communication of data to law enforcement authorities will be made by virtue of the provisions of the regulations on personal data protection.
CIRCOLINK consortium is the owner of all copyright, intellectual and industrial property, “know how” and how many other rights are related to the contents of the website www.circolink-project.eu and the services offered, as well as the programs necessary for its implementation and related information.
The reproduction, publication and / or non-strictly private use of the contents, total or partial, of the website www.circolink-project.eu is not permitted without prior written consent.
The user must respect the third-party programs made available by MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, even though they are free and / or publicly available.
MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY has the necessary exploitation rights and intellectual property of the software.
The user does not acquire any right or license for the contracted service, on the software necessary for the provision of the service, nor on the technical information for monitoring the service, except for the rights and licenses necessary to fulfil the contracted services only for the duration of the same.
For any action that exceeds the fulfilment of the contract, the user will need written authorization from MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, the user being prohibited from accessing, modifying, viewing the configuration, structure and files of the servers owned by MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, assuming civil and criminal liability derived from any incident that may occur in the servers and security systems as a direct consequence of a negligent or malicious action on your part.
The use contrary to the legislation on intellectual property of the services provided by MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY and, in particular, of:
The user has full responsibility for the content of its website, the information transmitted and stored, the hypertext links, the claims of third parties and legal actions in reference to intellectual property, third party rights and protection of minors.
The user is responsible for the laws and regulations in force and the rules that have to do with the operation of the online service, electronic commerce, copyright, maintenance of public order, as well as universal principles of Internet use.
The user will indemnify MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY for the expenses generated by the imputation of MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY in any cause whose responsibility was attributable to the user, including legal defense fees and expenses, even in the case of a non-final judicial decision.
MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY makes backup copies of the content hosted on its servers, however it is not responsible for the loss or accidental erasure of data by users. In the same way, it does not guarantee the total replacement of the data deleted by the users, since the abovementioned data could have been deleted and / or modified during the period that has elapsed since the last backup copy.
The services offered, except the specific backup services, do not include the replacement of the contents kept in the backup copies made by MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, when this loss is attributable to the user; in this case, a rate will be determined according to the complexity and volume of the recovery, always with the prior acceptance of the user.
The replacement of deleted data is only included in the price of the service when the loss of content is due to causes attributable to MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY.
In application of the applicable legislation on electronic commercial communications, MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY will not send advertising or promotional communications by email or other equivalent electronic means of communication that had not previously been requested or expressly authorized by the recipients of the same.
In the case of users with whom there is a prior contractual relationship, CIRCOLINK is authorized to send commercial communications regarding CIRCOLINK products or services that are like those that were initially contracted with the client. In any case, the user, after proving his identity, may request that no more commercial information be sent to him through the Customer Service channels.
