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INFORMATION SHEET

Introduction:

Centre of ecological learning asbl. (CELL) and the DATer (Department of Spatial Planning) of the Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning initiated the project and are the main sponsors for the development of the platform.

In accordance with Articles 12, 13 and 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (hereinafter "GDPR") and Directive EU 2018/1725, this information sheet explains how CELL asbl. and its partners collect, process and protect personal data in connection with your registration and participation in the platform through the writing of articles on sustainability initiatives.

This notice applies to processing by all partners.

1) WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS?

To integrate your contribution into our website, you must create a free user account on our platform.

By creating this account, you provide personal data, meaning you are considered a data subject.

The personal data processed includes: - Your first name, surname - Your email address - Your password - Your affiliation (civil society, government, local authority, research, school or business).

2) WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING THE DATA?

This platform is being developed in collaboration with partner organisations, all of which play a role in shaping the platform’s content, structure and functions. The platform is a space where anyone can find out about sustainability initiatives and transition projects or write articles about them. All partners are joint controllers within the meaning of the GDPR.

At present, we have eight partner organisations:

  • Centre for Ecological Learning Luxembourg
  • The University of Luxembourg
  • Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning (DATer)
  • Ministry of the Environment
  • SCRIPT
  • SuperDrecksKëscht
  • IMS Luxembourg
  • iNDR
  • The Circle of Cooperation of NGDOs

The number of partner organisations may increase as the platform develops. The announcement will be updated accordingly.

Coordination between the partner organisations regarding the development of the platform’s content, structures and functions is ensured by the steering group, in which all partner organisations are represented. It is supported by the project manager, who is also in contact with the platform’s development team.

3) WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND TO WHOM IS IT DISCLOSED?

Only the partner organisations have access to your personal data for the purpose of reviewing your articles.

4) WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING?

The purpose of processing personal data is: - To complete your registration on our platform - To enable you to write and publish articles - To support your work on the articles.

5) HOW LONG DO WE STORE YOUR DATA?

The personal data you provided during registration will be stored for the duration of your account on our platform. If you decide to stop contributing to the platform and wish to delete your account, your personal data will be deleted as soon as possible.

6) WHAT IS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA?

The legal basis is set out in Article 6.1.(a) of the GDPR: The data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes. In fact, we require your personal data to create a user account.

7) WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights in particular: the right to information, the right of access to your personal data, the right to rectification, the right to erasure, the right to restriction of processing, the right to object, the right to data portability, and the right to lodge a complaint.

8) WHO SHOULD YOU CONTACT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

In practice, you can exercise your rights by contacting:

CELL asbl

info@cell.lu

9) HOW CAN YOU LODGE A COMPLAINT?

If you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR, you have – without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy - the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. In Luxembourg, the competent authority is the Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (CNPD).

CNPD contact details:

Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données

1, avenue du Rock'n'Roll

Complaints Department
L-4361 Esch-sur-Alzette

Tel.: (+352) 26 10 60 -1
Fax: (+352) 26 10 60 -29

You can also use the contact form: https://cnpd.public.lu/fr/support/contact.html

10) APPLICABLE LAW – JURISDICTION

This notice is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with Luxembourg law.

For any disputes relating to the existence, interpretation or implementation of this notice that cannot be settled amicably, the courts of Luxembourg City shall have jurisdiction, without prejudice to the rights of data subjects to bring proceedings before the court of their place of residence, as well as their right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

Terms and conditions for access to the BiBe & Aktioun Nohaltegkeet platforms

Legal notice

Use of this website is subject to the terms and conditions set out below. By visiting the pages of this website, you agree to these terms and conditions.

BiBe – Citizens’ Initiative for Sustainable Territorial Development in Luxembourg

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Link policy

Links to external websites or other sources do not constitute a recommendation or guarantee by Aktioun Nohaltegkeet regarding their content, which remains the sole responsibility of the respective authors.

BiBe is happy to allow any website (source site) to include a hyperlink to the website https://www.bibe.cell.lu or to one of its internal pages (pages or landing pages) for non-commercial purposes, provided that:

  • the originating site does not disseminate information of a political, religious, pornographic or xenophobic nature, or which could offend the sensibilities of others
  • the target page of the website https://bibe.cell.lu is not opened in a frame as part of the source page, but in a new window.

BiBe reserves the right to refuse this authorisation.

BiBe requests that it be informed by email (info@bibe.lu) of the creation of a link to the website https://bibe.lu.

Conditions for the publication of contributions and documents

Publication under a Creative Commons licence By submitting your contributions for publication on this website, you agree that they may be published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Under this licence, you authorise users to

  • Share – copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose.

You, as the licensor, cannot revoke these freedoms as long as users comply with the licence terms. Under the following conditions:

  • Attribution – The user must provide appropriate credit, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made. The user may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests that you endorse them or their use.
  • Non-commercial – The user may not use the material for commercial purposes.
  • NoDerivatives – If the user remixes, transforms or builds upon the material, they must not distribute the modified material.
  • No Additional Restrictions – The user must not apply any legal provisions or technical measures that legally prevent others from doing what the licence permits.

You retain the copyright and grant the BiBe platform the right to publish your contribution, which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence, which allows others to share the contribution provided they acknowledge the author of the contribution.

Terms of Publication By submitting your contributions for publication on this website, you accept the following terms of publication:

  • You warrant that the contribution to be published is your original work and that you have obtained all necessary permissions for the publication, citation or inclusion of images or other materials derived from sources outside the contribution.
  • You grant the BiBe Platform permission to publish and use your name in connection with the publication of the contribution.
  • You grant the BiBe platform a perpetual, non-exclusive right to publish your contributions as part of the BiBe platform in any format we choose (XML, PDF, etc.).
  • You retain the copyright to the contributions and are free to publish them elsewhere or in any other format of your choice.
  • All materials are published by the BiBe Platform under an open-access model, and all content on the BiBe Platform will always be freely accessible to everyone via the BiBe website.

Terms and conditions for registration as a contributor

By accepting these terms, you agree to:

  • create a secure password consisting of at least 8 characters, including numbers, lower-case and upper-case letters
  • not to disclose the unique login and password created for you during registration;
  • to publish/make available documents/protected contributions only if you hold the intellectual property rights to this material or are the owner of this material;
  • to respect the intellectual property rights of third parties (copyrights, trademarks, patents, etc.) and not to reproduce, transmit or extract data without permission;
  • to enter relevant metadata into the metadata form for every resource you upload, e.g. source, author, copyright, etc.;
  • to comply with recognised practices and standards
  • not to express defamatory, vulgar, illegal, etc. views
  • not to disclose any personal data or confidential information.

By accepting these terms, you acknowledge that:

  • the BiBe platform may amend its terms of use and access at any time
  • the BiBe platform may delete your posts at any time if it suspects that they infringe the rights of third parties or breach accepted standards
  • the BiBe platform may at any time remove content that it deems inappropriate.

Copyright

The website and the information and documents contained therein (texts, images, photographs, etc.) are protected by intellectual property laws and copyright laws in all countries. You undertake to respect these intellectual property provisions and the copyright usage restrictions provided with each document, without prejudice to the rights and exceptions provided for in the mandatory provisions of applicable law. All rights of reproduction, public communication, adaptation, distribution or dissemination via the internet, an intranet or any other medium are strictly reserved in all countries. The documents available on this website are the exclusive property of CELL and/or the University of Luxembourg and/or their authors or rights holders. You undertake not to remove or alter the copyright notice indicating the author or source of a document, and not to circumvent the digital rights management protection of the documents, such as restrictions on printing or downloading and visible or invisible watermarks. Any infringement may result in civil or criminal proceedings.

The photographs and personal documents made available on the website may also be subject to the exclusive rights of the persons photographed or the owners of the documents in question, meaning that any use is subject to their prior authorisation.

Requests for authorisation should be addressed to CELL at the address given below or to the relevant authors or rights holders.

The content provided by BiBe is not necessarily complete, exhaustive, accurate or up to date. Should errors occur despite our best efforts, BiBe cannot be held responsible. However, CELL would appreciate being informed of any such errors.

Permitted use Short quotations are permitted, provided that the name of the author of the quoted document and its source are stated.

Users are solely responsible for the use of the material provided on the website.

Applicable law and jurisdiction Luxembourg law applies, and the courts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes relating to this website.

Contact

info@bibe.cell.lu

Disclaimer

1. Content of the online offering

Despite careful checking of the content, we accept no liability for the topicality, accuracy and completeness of the information provided. All offers are subject to change and non-binding. We reserve the right to amend or supplement parts of the pages or the entire website without prior notice.

2. References and links

The operators of the linked sites are solely responsible for their content.

3. Copyright and Trademark Law

The copyright for published objects created by the author remains solely with the author of the pages. Any reproduction or use of such graphics, sounds or texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express consent of the author. Reproduction or use of such graphics, audio files, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the author’s express consent. Exceptions to this are the official press releases from the press office and the images posted there for the media: these releases may be used and reproduced in large numbers.

4. Legal validity

This disclaimer is to be regarded as part of the internet publication from which this page was referenced. Should parts or individual formulations of this text not, no longer or not fully correspond to the applicable legal situation, the remaining parts of the document shall remain unaffected in their content and validity.