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Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

The MOBILISE Project (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is an EU-funded initiative under the Horizon Europe program, Grant Agreement ID 101073982.
Our website address is: https://mobilise-lab.eu.

The project is coordinated by the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany, and involves multiple European research partners.

2. Purpose of this Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. We are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable laws.

3. What Personal Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of information:

  • Comments: If visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.
  • Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.
  • Cookies:
    • If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience.
    • Login information and screen preferences are stored in cookies if you have an account on the site.
  • Embedded content from other websites: Articles or pages may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images) from external sites, which may collect data about you.

4. How We Use Your Data

We use your data to:

  • Manage and display user-submitted comments.
  • Improve website security and detect spam.
  • Enhance your experience through saved preferences.
  • Display embedded media content properly.

We do not use your data for marketing purposes or sell your information to third parties.

5. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on:

  • Your consent (e.g., when submitting a comment).
  • Our legitimate interest (e.g., maintaining website security).
  • Compliance with our legal obligations (e.g., GDPR compliance).

6. How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely.
  • Registered users (if any) can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time.
  • Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

7. Your Rights Under GDPR

You have the right to:

  • Access, correct, or delete your personal data.
  • Withdraw your consent at any time (where applicable).
  • Object to or restrict certain types of data processing.
  • Request a copy of your personal data in a portable format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [info@mobilise-lab.eu].

8. Sharing Your Data

We do not share your personal data except in the following cases:

  • When necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
  • With trusted service providers acting on our behalf (e.g., website hosting, spam detection services).

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

9. International Data Transfers

Your data is generally processed within the European Economic Area (EEA). If data must be transferred outside the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.

10. How We Protect Your Data

We implement technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data, including secure servers, regular software updates, and access controls.

11. Third-party Services

We may embed content from third-party services (such as LinkedIn, YouTube, or others) on our website. These services may collect data independently. Please refer to their respective privacy policies for more information.

Examples include:

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

Last updated: 29 April 2025

13. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact:

Project Coordination Team
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany
Email: info@mobilise-lab.eu

14. Cookies Policy

We use cookies to improve your browsing experience on our website.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device to store information about your preferences or past actions. Some cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the website; others help us improve its performance.

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential cookies: Required for basic website functionality (e.g., login cookies).
  • Performance cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the website (e.g., aggregated analytics, if used).
  • Functional cookies: Enable enhanced features like remembering user preferences.

Third-Party Cookies:

  • Some embedded content (such as LinkedIn posts, YouTube videos) may set their own cookies.

Managing Cookies: You can control or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. You can also configure your browser to block cookies entirely.

For more information about cookies, please visit www.aboutcookies.org.