Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 15, 2024

1. Introduction

At MiCAR Whitepapers EU ("we", "our", or "us"), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our services, website, or engage with us in any way.

We are committed to compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.

2. Data Controller

MiCAR Whitepapers EU is the data controller responsible for your personal data. For all data protection matters, please contact our Chief Data Officer:

Name: Matthew Hagen
Email: info@micarwhitepapers.eu
Address: MiCAR Whitepapers EU, 123 Regulatory Compliance Street, EU Financial District, Brussels, Belgium

3. Personal Data We Collect

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, including:

• Identity Data: First name, last name, title, company name, and position
• Contact Data: Email address, telephone numbers, postal address
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website and services
• Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties, and your communication preferences

4. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We collect personal data through various methods, including:

• Direct interactions when you contact us, subscribe to our publications, request materials, or provide feedback
• Automated technologies or interactions via cookies and similar technologies when you use our website
• Third parties or publicly available sources, such as business partners, analytics providers, or public databases

5. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, including:

• To provide and improve our services
• To manage our relationship with you
• To administer and protect our business and website
• To deliver relevant content and measure or understand its effectiveness
• To send you marketing communications if you have opted in to receive them

6. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

• Consent: Where you have given us explicit consent to process your data for specific purposes
• Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you
• Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary for compliance with legal obligations
• Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party

7. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

8. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right to Access: Request access to your personal data
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
• Right to Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your personal data
• Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your personal data
• Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact our Chief Data Officer. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

10. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

11. Third-Party Disclosure

We may share your personal data with:

• Service providers who provide IT and system administration services
• Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers
• Regulatory authorities and other bodies as required by law

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law.

12. International Transfers

Whenever we transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring appropriate safeguards are implemented.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact our Chief Data Officer:

Name: Matthew Hagen
Email: privacy@micarwhitepapers.eu
Address: MiCAR Whitepapers EU, 123 Regulatory Compliance Street, EU Financial District, Brussels, Belgium