Privacy Policy

Introduction

EUN Partnership aisbl (European Schoolnet) is developing this website, which is subject to the Privacy Policy set out below.

This website is developed as part of the EVIDALI (Evidence-informed Data Literacy for Policy & Practice) project, a 36-month ERASMUS-EDU-2024-POL-EXP-DIGITAL (ERASMUS-Granting Authority) project (Grant Agreement N. 101195904). EVIDALI project is a project managed by European Schoolnet in collaboration with other 8 partners from different countries: Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP, Italy), European Institute of Education and Social Policy (EIESP, France), Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Castilla y León (EDUCACYL, Spain), Regional Association for the Development of Information Technologies in Madeira (DTIM, Portugal), Provincia autonoma di Trento (PAT, Italy), and the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research, and Innovation (MEYR, Malta), and Secretaria Regional de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia, Madeira.

The EVIDALI project addresses the question of what conditions are necessary for data literacy strategies to enable the effective use of data for teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools, depending on the local context.

This website is developed as part of the EVIDALI project and is hosted by MailerLite, a third-party service provider (i.e. ‘’data processor’’) European Schoolnet is responsible (i.e., the "data controller") for processing your personal data collected through the EVIDALI website as explained in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons regarding the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (the “GDPR”). In line with its obligations under the GDPR, European Schoolnet takes the protection of your privacy seriously. We exclusively collect, store and retain the website users’ personal data to provide the best possible service and treat this data with the utmost care. In this Policy, we explain which data we collect, why we do this, how we collect and store it, who has access to it and how users of the website may exercise their rights.

1. When do we collect and process your personal data? 

You directly provide European Schoolnet with most of the personal data we collect through EVIDALI website. We collect your personal data when you:

• Visit the EVIDALI website,
• Voluntarily register in events, courses, webinars, conferences promoted/announced in the EVIDALI website from time to time,
• Contact us directly via social media, phone, or e-mail,
• Voluntarily sign up for European Schoolnet’s newsletters.

2. For which purposes do we process the information we collect?

We will process your personal data collected through this website to:

• Allow for the communication between you and us,
• Improve the website’s content and the overall user experience,
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious activity, and fix system errors,
• Assist you in the registration for events/webinars/conferences/courses organised and promoted by European Schoolnet on this website,
• Send you European Schoolnet’s newsletters.

3. What kind of information do we collect?

To achieve the above-mentioned purposes, we process the following personal data in the following circumstances:

a. Website visits

As a general policy, you are not required to disclose your personal data as a condition of using the EVIDALI website. No basic identity information, such as your name, postal address, or email address is automatically collected from your visit to the website. However, when you visit our website, we automatically collect certain technical data to ensure the website operates securely and efficiently. Moreover, MailerLite, who hosts this website, may automatically collect technical data and information about your visit, from each of your visits to our website, as detailed in point g. below.

b. Event/webinar/course/conference registrations

When you visit the EVIDALI website, you may want to register to the events, courses, webinars, conferences which are organised by European Schoolnet, and/or its private spaces/projects and/or partners of the EVIDALI project which may be promoted from time to time on this website.

The types of personal data collected when you register for events, webinars, courses, or conferences are outlined in the respective privacy statements. These statements also explain the purpose and legal basis for processing your data, identify who will have access to it, and specify the period for which it will be retained. Additionally, they inform you of your rights under data protection law, provide guidance on where to find further information, and list the official supervisory authorities you may contact if you believe your data protection rights have been violated.

c. Subscription to our newsletters

When you visit our website, you can sign up for European Schoolnet’s newsletters.

When you sign up for these newsletters, the website requires you to submit the following personal data as part of the registration process: first name, last name, email address.

You will also be asked to consent to the privacy notice of European Schoolnet’s corporate website (http://www.eun.org/legal-notices-and-privacy) where this data processing activity is explained in detail

You will always have the opportunity to unsubscribe from the newsletters by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us, or by contacting us at privacy@eun.org. If you no longer receive any newsletters from us, we delete your data.

d. Contacting European Schoolnet

We also collect personal data such as your full name, email, telephone number, professional title, and any other personal data you choose to share when you communicate with us through the project and/or European Schoolnet social media accounts, phone, or e-mail. If you choose to contact us directly, we will only use the personal data you have provided us with for the purposes of responding to your message and, in case, providing the service you require.

This technical data is collected to understand how the website is used and how it performs under different conditions, to detect unusual access patterns, block malicious users, investigate incidents, and to identify bugs or errors in the system. These will not be linked to specific user accounts.

We also collect information about your activity on our website in order to improve our website, content, services and the user experience. We use Matomo, a web analytics platform, for this (see ‘Cookie notice' section below).

We do not use this data for profiling or marketing purposes, and it is stored only for as long as necessary to fulfil the legitimate purposes.

Because this website is hosted on MailerLite’s servers, MailerLite may use certain types of cookies. More information about how and why MailerLite uses cookies and what types of cookies it uses can be found at https://www.mailerlite.com/help/which-cookies-are-used-by-ma...

Some parts of our website use the video services of YouTube. YouTube may use cookies to collect usage and user-related information about your visit to the EVIDALI website. No personal data is automatically transmitted to YouTube when you visit the EVIDALI website. For more information on Google’s privacy policy for YouTube, please see: https://policies.google.com/

4. The legal basis of data processing 

In terms of personal data processing activities for the purpose of facilitating communication between you and us, we rely on our legitimate interest to be able to respond to requests, questions, or remarks when you contact us via social media, phone or e-mail.

In terms of personal data processing activities for the purpose of improving the EVIDALI website’s content and the overall experience, we rely on our own legitimate interest in providing an interesting online space to our visitors.

In terms of personal data processing activities for the purposes of detecting and preventing malware, illegal content, and other types of misuse, we rely on our legitimate interest to keep our online presence safe.

When you register any event/course/webinar/conference promoted on this website, or subscribe for European Schoolnet’s newsletters, your consent serves as the legal basis for our processing of your personal data.

If you consent to us processing your personal information, please note that you may withdraw this consent at any time. If you have problems withdrawing your earlier given consent, you can contact us as indicated in the Section 11 below.

Please note that your consent can only be withdrawn with future effect and such a withdrawal does not have any influence on the lawfulness of past processing. In some cases, we may be entitled despite your withdrawal to continue to process your personal information on a different legal basis—to perform a contract, for example.

5. Who can access this data? 

In principle we will not share your personal data with anyone except European Schoolnet designated staff as this is necessary to ensure the security and efficiency of the website operations, to respond to you, to send you newsletters, or to process your participation in events.

Apart from the third parties referred to by this Privacy Policy, no third parties will receive your data, unless this is explicitly disclosed to you in advance in a separate privacy policy or unless we are required to do so by law, e.g., in the framework of a judicial enquiry or at the request of the competent legal authorities.

The third-party service providers set forth in this Privacy Policy process your personal data only on behalf of the European Schoolnet. When we use a third-party service provider, we only disclose to them any personal data that is necessary for them to provide their services. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes.

Because the EVIDALI website is hosted by MailerLite, a third-party service provider, MailerLite has access to your personal data that you share when you visit this website or subscribe to newsletters. MailerLite dos not regularly checks these data, but reserves its right to monitor the content of the website, to make sure that it complies with their Terms of Service which can be reached at https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/terms-of-service. Please note that we have entered into a data processing agreement with MailerLite, which guarantees that your personal data will not be shared further with any third parties and will be maintained securely on MailerLite's servers.

Aggregated data collected through Matomo (see the ‘Cookie notice' section below) such as visitor interaction data, session data during a specific period is reported in aggregated form to the EVIDALI project partners (see the ‘Introduction’ section) and to the EC regularly.

6. How long do we store your data?

Your personal data are only processed for as long as needed to achieve the purposes which are described above or, when we asked for your consent, up until such time where you withdraw your consent. As a general rule, we will de-identify your personal data when they are no longer necessary for the purposes outlined above or when the retention period as explained in this section has expired.

All personal data we collect through our interactions with you via the EVIDALI website, the project and/or European Schoolnet social media accounts, phone, and e-mail will be kept for as long as required to communicate with you, in any case no longer than five years after the project end, which is 28 February 2028. This allows us to revert back to earlier communications if you return to us with new questions, request, or other input.

All personal data we collect to send you the European Schoolnet’s newsletters will be kept for as long as you remain subscribed, up until such time when you withdraw your consent.

Certain types of personal data collected through event registration will have their own retention periods, which will be specified in their respective privacy statements. Beyond these periods, your data will not be retained, except in an anonymised form, or insofar as required to show that we've performed this project in accordance with applicable laws and the EC's audit regulations.

7. International data transfers

Your personal data may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside the European Union (‘’EU’’)/European Economic Area (‘’EEA’’) in which our third-party service providers specified in this Privacy Policy are located or have servers. We ensure that the recipient of your personal data offers an adequate level of protection, by engaging into data processing agreements with our third-party service providers, which provide for standard contractual clauses for the transfer of data as approved by the European Commission.

Your personal data may also be accessible to parties outside the EU/EEA via the projects and/or European Schoolnet’s social media pages, links to which are embedded in EVIDALI website. Transfer may also occur if you are located outside the EU/ EEA, and we need to follow-up with you regarding your submission.

9. What are your rights concerning your personal data and how can you exercise them?

European Schoolnet would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every EVIDALI website user is entitled to the following:

Right to access: Request copies of your personal data. Please specify which processing activities you want information about.

Right to rectification: Ask us to correct or complete inaccurate or incomplete data. Specify the context (e.g., newsletters, event registration) to help us process your request quickly.

Right to erasure: Request deletion of your data if it is no longer needed, was collected unlawfully, or if you withdraw consent or object to processing. We will delete your data promptly unless legally required to keep it. We also have necessary procedures in place to erase your personal data, including any backups stored on the servers of MailerLite, the platform that hosts this website.

Right to restrict processing: Request a temporary halt to data processing while we verify your correction or objection request, or when processing is unlawful, but you prefer restriction over erasure.

Right to object: Object to data processing based on our legitimate interests when no consent or legal obligation applies.

Right to data portability: Request transfer of your data to another organisation or directly to you, under certain conditions.

Right to withdraw consent: You can withdraw consent at any time when processing is consent-based. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, we ask that you send us an e-mail at privacy@eun.org. Your request should clearly state and specify which right you wish to exercise. We will notify you as soon as reasonably possible and at the latest thirty (30) days after having received the request. Please note that whenever you wish to exercise a right, we may ask you to provide proof of identity to avoid that we have a data breach on our hands, e.g., because an unauthorised person pretends to be you and exercises a right in your name.

10. Privacy policies of other websites

EVIDALI website contains links to other websites including project partners’ websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to this website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

This website includes links to third-party websites, including the project’s and/or European Schoolnet’s X, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn social media pages. Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share personal data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their use of your personal data. We recommend that you read any privacy notices on their websites carefully. In addition, if you linked to our website from a third-party website, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party website and recommend that you check the privacy notice of that third party website.

11. Contacting European Schoolnet

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the processing of your personal data, if you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, or if you have any complaint regarding the processing of your personal data by European Schoolnet, you can always contact us:

via email:

privacy@eun.org

via post:

Data controller

EUN Partnership aisbl

Rue de Trèves 61

B-1040 Brussels, Belgium

via telephone:

+32 2 790 75 75

12. Making an official complaint

If you feel that we have infringed your data protection rights, you may make an official complaint to the Data Protection Authorities where you are resident or to the Belgian Data Protection Authorities at the following address:

Belgian Data Protection Authority

Rue de la Presse 35

B-1000 Bruxelles

13. Changes within this privacy policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. Any and all changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here will take effect upon their publication. Your further use of this website and our services after a change to our Privacy Policy will be subject to the updated Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 30 June 2025.

Cookie Notice

To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too.

1. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It 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.

2. How do we use cookies?

On our site, we only use a limited number of cookies.

Analytics: Matomo is a web analytics tool that uses cookies to track visitor interactions, helping website owners understand how visitors engage with their website. Matomo uses cookies to track visitor behaviour and provides website owners with aggregated reports to improve site performance and user experience. Matomo collects information about your visit, such as your browser type, device, operating system, language preference, location, session data, visitor interaction data and aggregated demographic data (age group, gender, interests), but it does not identify you personally. The data collected is anonymized and reported in aggregate to protect your privacy. You can opt out of Matomo without affecting how you visit our site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Matomo across all websites you use, visit this page.

More detailed information about the type of cookies we are using can be found on the following table:

3. How to control cookies?

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see http://www.aboutcookies.org. Most browsers allow you to delete existing cookies or configure settings to prevent new ones from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionalities may not work.