Privacy policy

At ERNST, accessible from https://cost-ernst.eu/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by ERNST and how we use it. If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us. This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in ERNST. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Subscription to the newsletter

In the case in which you have filled in the subscription form to the existing newsletter on the ERNST website, we inform you that, in accordance with the provisions of the data protection legislation, the personal data provided will be processed by ERNST to manage your subscription to the newsletter, ERNST relying on the consent of the interested party, by filling in and sending the form and by checking the box accepting this Privacy Policy. Likewise, we inform you that your personal data will be processed for the time strictly necessary to meet your request, as long as you do not revoke your consent or exercise the rights of deletion or opposition, and without prejudice to its conservation while the applicable legal obligations persist to ERNST.

Log Files

ERNST follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, ERNST uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

Third Party Privacy Policies

ERNST’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

Data maintenance

The interested party agrees to keep the data provided to ERNST duly updated. When the data provided by the interested party is false, incomplete, outdated or inaccurate, the latter will be responsible for any damage, direct or indirect, material or immaterial, that may occasionally occur to a third party or ERNST. The latter reserves the right to terminate the services provided to the interested party, as well as any relationship, without prejudice to other actions that may proceed by law.

Data security

ERNST has implemented the security measures that the Personal Data Protection regulations require. It has also adopted the logical, physical, organizational, contractual measures, etc., that prevent third-party access to data without authorization, destruction, modification, reproduction, disclosure, transmission or reuse of the same. Despite this, whenever you provide personal information online, there is a risk that third parties, whose control is beyond our reach, may intercept this information and use it. Although at ERNST we strive to protect personal information and your privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of the information that you disclose over the network and under your responsibility.

Validity and modification of the privacy policy

The Privacy Policy established by ERNST is in force from the date of its publication on the corresponding website; the user can archive and / or reproduce it. This Policy may be modified due to changes in the requirements established by the legislation in force at all times, by judicial decisions and jurisprudential changes, as well as by changes in the performance and business strategy of ERNST. The publication and access by users will be made through this same site, it being understood that the relationships established with them prior to the change will be governed by the rules provided at the time the website was accessed for its establishment.