Data collection on our website

The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the website’s required legal notice.

The WoodCircus consortium, represented by the project coordinator VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., has an internal data management and security agreement. All partners in the consortium are involved in compliance of the agreement.

All data gathered by this website is be processed and stored in accordance to the applicable law including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR ; Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council). Any information collected through the WoodCircus project website is used only for the purposes of the project.

Privacy of data subjects is secured by following the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.

Contact form

Should you send us information via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.

3W Factor application form

Should you send us your submission via the 3W Factor application form, we will collect, process and store the data entered on the form in accordance to the applicable law including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR ; Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council). The provided data are used for evaluation purposes of the 3W Factor Call. We do not share this information without your permission.
All applicants likely to submit any confidential information by the application form (e.g. regarding your efficiency solution) are kindly asked to contact the Call coordinator Uwe Kies, uwe.kies@innovawood.com, before any submission.

For any specific questions, please contact Project Coordinator Anne-Christine Ritschkoff (Anne-Christine.Ritschkoff@vtt.fi), Co-coordinator Andreas Kleinschmit von Lengefeld (Andreas.Kleinschmit@fcba.fr) or Call coordinator Uwe Kies (uwe.kies@innovawood.com).

Data protection

If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities

If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from « http:// » to « https:// » and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion

As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.

Opposition to promotional emails

We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.

Data protection officer

Statutory data protection officer (DPO)

Seppo Viinikainen
Compliance Officer
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
seppo.viinikainen@vtt.fi

Social media

Twitter plugin

Functions of the Twitter service have been integrated into our website. These features are offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. When you use Twitter and the “Retweet” function, the websites you visit are connected to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In doing so, data will also be transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it will be used by Twitter.

For more information on Twitter’s privacy policy, please go to https://twitter.com/privacy.
Your privacy preferences with Twitter can be modified in your account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings.

LinkedIn plugin

Our site uses functions from the LinkedIn network. The service is provided by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn features is accessed, your browser establishes a direct connection to the LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages from your IP address. If you use the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, it is possible for LinkedIn to associate your visit to our website to your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it will be used by LinkedIn.
More information can be found in the LinkedIn privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.