EWFC stands for “European Working Community for Food-Inspection and Consumer Protection” and is founded 23 February 1991 and registered in accordance with French law on associations at 19 September 1991, in Metz (France).
As of the 17th of October 2023 its registered legal seat is:
47, route de Pierrefitte 41300 SALBRIS (France) under n° W413005797.
EWFC has no physical office.
Contact is possible through the contact form on this website. (PS. the form uses 3rd party cookies)
This privacy policy ("policy") will help you understand how EWFC uses and protects the data you provide to us when you visit and use our website according to the provisions of REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 (EU-GDPR)
We reserve the right to change this policy at any given time. The latest version is noted in the footer with a date stamp. If you want to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes, we advise you to frequently visit this page.
What user data do we collect when surfing our pages?
The CMS (content management system) of our website is Joomla. Free modular software that has inherent cookie structure to track performance and possible threats. These are necessary for the basic function of our website. This website is monitored and maintained frequently to ensure safety of data and performance, however, as we make use of 3rd party software, we cannot give garantees on that.
When you visit our website, or use parts of the website or components of third parties or contact us, we do or may collect the following data:
- Your IP
- Your contact information, your geo-location and/or in case of correspondence, your email address
- Other information such as interests and preferences and visited parts of our information, including the used language
- Components in our website from third parties (all members of the Joomla project), may collect data (external server) on the performance and security of their software and/or the legitimate use of it.
Why we collect user data
We are collecting user data for several reasons:
- To improve our services to the visitors. To monitor and enhance the performance of our website and/or reacting on visitors questions or remarks (contactform) of the website and the type of store device identifiers (which your laptop and/or mobile device have).
- To customize our website according to your online behavior (like going back and forward) and personal preferences (like using the language switcher).
We have chosen to use the application “Cookieyes” – cookieyes.com, an all-in-one cookie consent management platform for businesses and organisations, that collects data that the browsers transmit to our server (so-called "server LogFiles").
When visiting our website, we collect the following information, which is technically necessary for us to display the website and keep the website “live” when used:
- Our visited website and pages
- Date and time at time of access
- Source/reference from which you reached the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address Used (if applicable: in anonymous form)
- When filling out a digital form, for example a subscription form to join a congress or symposium organised by or on behalf of EWFC or to obtain general information.
Processing is carried out in accordance with article 6 (1) lit. F of GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality and security of our website.
A transfer or other use of the data does not take place. However, we reserve the right to check the server logfiles retrospectively, should give specific indications of illegal use.
Safeguarding and securing the data
EWFC is committed to securing your data and keeping it confidential. EWFC has done all in its power to prevent data theft, unauthorized access, and/or disclosure by implementing the latest technologies and software and keeping the website up-to-date with the latest software and components, which help us safeguard the website and all the information we collect online. The website and its components are regularly checked and updated when nescessary or appropiate. This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transfer of personal data and other confidential content. You can see an encrypted connection on the string "https://" and the lock icon in your browser line.
Our cookies and securing the cookiepolicy and use
What are "Cookies"?
Cookies used on internet are small coded text files that are stored on your device when visiting. Some of these cookies are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies may remain stored on your device and enable us or our partner companies (third party cookies) to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information, such as browser and location data and IP address values, on an individual scale.
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which can vary depending on the cookie and its setting.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.
The data we collect by using analytic cookies is done by cookieyes.com, an external company who stores the data on our behalf and provides us with the information they store. We and cookieyes may use the data for internal statistical analysis and security reasons. Data is removed from the systems after 1 year and users need to reaffirm the cookie policy choice again when (re)visiting our website. A cookie logo may show in a corner of your website to show your cookie preferences.
In the case that you have agreed in the cookie banner message to allow (or partially allow) our website to use cookies on your device that enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
You also may agreed to us on using your data we may collect regarding your online behavior (analyze web traffic, web pages you visit or have visited etc,) All this information is anonymous and aggregated, but is traceable by an IP address. Your agreement on the cookie banner is valid for 1 year, unless changes on our website or policies makes it nescessary to reaffirm your consent. We will then reset the cookie app to ask you again to do so.
Please note that cookies don't allow us, and can not, gain control of computers in any way. Cookies are little pieces of text-coding that make a computer perfom specific tasks and are strictly used and placed to monitor page visits and preferences, and help with better use of, and provide a better experience for visitors and to help them go around in the website easily.
The cookie-related information is not used to identify you or any other individual personally, it identifies the system you use and gives an indication on the location you may be and counts to the amount of visits and/or interest in our pages. These cookies are aggregated and not used for any purpose other than those described here. Please note that you can set your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and to decide on their acceptance individually or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Each browser is different in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the Help menu of each browser, which tells you how to change your cookie settings to your likings. You can find them for the respective browsers under the following links:
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/manage-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-view-allow-block-delete-and-use-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en/kb/allow-and-reject-cookies
GoogleChrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-en/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/en/cookies.html
Please note that if cookies are not accepted or rejected or removed, the functionality of the website you visit may be restricted.
Links to other websites
Our website contains numerous links that lead to external websites. If you click on these links, you may go outside the EWFC environment and control. External websites you visit are not in control by EWFC and we are not responsible for your data and privacy protection when visiting external websites. The visited website may ask you again to agree on their cookie settings. Visiting those websites is not governed by this privacy policy agreement of EWFC and may be hosted outside the area of the European Union and may not comply with the European legislation. Make sure to read the privacy policy documentation of the website you go to before you agree on their policy statement.
Contact
When contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data will be processed - exclusively for the purpose of processing and responding to your request and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Your data will be deleted when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
In the case of a entry in a congress or gathering organised by EWFC or its members, your data will be stored and processed for that purpose/event only, unless given prior permission with the form of subscription that we may store your data for future events or related information.
Restricting the collection of your personal data
If, at some point, you might wish to restrict the use and collection of your personal data, you can achieve this by doing the following:
If you have already agreed to share your information with us, feel free to contact us via the contact form and we will be more than happy to change this for you or delete information (like Email addresses).
If you want to disable cookies in your website(s), you can do it by accessing the settings of your internet browser. You can visit https://www.internetcookies.com, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers and devices.
For more detailed control over site-specific cookies, check the privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser.
EWFC will never give, sell or distribute any personal information to any third parties, unless we have your clear permission to do so if asked. By law and if the law lawfully forces us in investigations, we might do so if necessary and other options are not available.
Page functionalities
Google reCAPTCHA
On this website and its applications we (may) use the “reCAPTCHA” function of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This function is primarily used to distinguish whether an input is made by a natural person or is abused by machine and/or automated processing. The presence on our website of reCaptcha is visible (badge) and invisible. The service includes the sending of the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the “reCAPTCHA” service to Google and is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in determining individual ownership on the Internet and the prevention of abuse and spam on internet.
For the visual design of the captcha window, Google uses "Google Fonts", i.e. fonts loaded from the Internet by Google. There is no processing of information other than that mentioned above, which is already transmitted to Google via the functionality of “reCAPTCHA”.
The use of Google reCAPTCHA may also involve the transmission of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
For more information on Google “reCAPTCHA” and Google's privacy policy, please see: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
For the transfer of data from the EU to the USA, Google invokes so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection in the USA.
Rights of the data subject
The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the stated legal basis for the respective exercise prerequisites:
- Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR;
- Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
- Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR;
- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
- Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
- Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR;
- Right to revoke consent given in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.
Right to Object
If we process your personal data in the context of a balancing of interests based on our predominantly legitimate interest, you have the right at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to violate this processing Appeal with effect for the future.
If you make use of your right to object, we will terminate the processing of the data concerned. However, further processing is reserved if we can prove compelling reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms, or if the processing of the assertion, exercise or defence of Legal claims.
If your personal data are processed by us in order to run direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising. You can exercise the opposition as described above.
If you make use of your right to object, we will terminate the processing of the data concerned for direct advertising purposes.
Duration of the storage of personal data
There is no exact timeframe set by law to store or remove data, however or, when data is obsoleted then we will remove it as soon as possible.
Legally, we will store the data for as long as necessary to perform the original purpose of the data collection, subject to any other laws that may require the data to be held for longer periods when the data may be used later to renew contact in the case of a new event or information.
Data controller
The controller of data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
The "Royal College of Food and non-food products Inspectors" (Koninklijk College van Keurmeesters)
The controller of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
The responsible party has appointed a data protection officer, who can be reached as follows:
Mr. Jan Homma, treasurer and webmaster, .
NL Chamber of commerce nr. 40345075
Netherlands, August 2024