Preamble

The web site https://nec.ro is owned and operated by New Europe College, a Romanian legal entity, with headquarters in 21 Plantelor Street, 023971, 2nd District, Bucharest Romania, To be able to easily track the information, you must know that we can refer to our organization using the terms “NEC ” , “us”, “our” etc., and to you as a user or visitor of the site using the terms “you”, “your” etc.

By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information (if provided) in accordance with this policy.

The site may contain links to and from other websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that they have their own privacy policies. NEC has no responsibility for these policies or the way these websites manage their data. Please check these policies before submitting any personal information to these sites.

What data we collect

What personal data is being collected and how do we protect your personal data?

Personal data means any information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify a specific individual. You are not required to provide NEC the personal data that we request, but if you choose not to do so, we may not be able to provide you our services or respond to any queries you may have.

If you use our site, we may collect and process the following personal data about you:

• Personal data you give us directly, and
• Personal data we collect automatically.

The personal data is stored as long as we have your consent. We will actively review the personal data we hold and delete it securely, or in some cases anonymise it, when there is no longer a legal or business need for it to be retained.

How we collect data

Ways in which we collect your personal data

We use your personal information in the following ways:

• Personal data provided by you through our web forms will be used to process your requests or to offer you our services. By submitting the request or when input your data, you agree to the processing of your contact data by NEC.
• The technical information we collect through the use of cookies will be used for the purposes set forth in “Cookie notice”.

How we protect data

How do we protect your personal data?

NEC takes the security of your personal data very seriously. We take every effort to protect your personal data from loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.

Our measures include implementing appropriate access controls, investing in the latest Information Security Capabilities to protect the IT environments we leverage, and anonymize personal data wherever possible. Access to your personal data is only permitted among our employees on a need-to-know basis and subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligation.

The web site is hosted at NEC headquarter in Romania.

Third party applications

We will respect and protect your privacy as set out in this Privacy Policy. We will share your personal data with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy – and do not and will not sell your personal data. Categories of Third parties with which we share your personal data include sub-contractors involved in the fulfilment of our obligations towards our site visitors or towards our clients.

The legal basis for these processing are Art. 6(1) (a), (b), (f) – GDPR.

Mail Chimp

In order to send our newsletters, we use Mail Chimp platform. Your contact data (first name, last name and e-mail address) are sent to Mail Chimp, who collect and process your information. In order to facilitate an analysis of your use of the Mail Chimp platform, Mail Chimp employs cookies that are stored to your computer, in accordance with their privacy policies. You can access their privacy policy via the following link: https://mailchimp.com/gdpr/.

Standard contractual clauses are used for the transfer of personal data from the UE to USA (controller to processor transfers).

What are your rights?

When we process your personal data, you have a number of rights over how the data is processed and you can exercise these rights at any point. We have provided an overview of these rights below , along with what this entails for you. You can exercise your rights by sending an email or submitting a request through the “Contact Us” form.

• The right to be informed. You have the right to be provided with clear, transparent and easily understandable information about how we use your personal data and your rights. Therefore, we’re providing you with the information in this Notice.
• The right to access and rectify. You have the right to access, correct or update your personal data at any time. We understand the importance of this and should you want to exercise your rights, please contact us.
• The right to data portability. The personal data you have provided us with is portable. This means it can be moved, copied or transmitted electronically under certain circumstances.
• The right to be forgotten. Under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we delete your data. If you wish to delete the personal data we hold about you, please let us know and we will take reasonable steps to respond to your request in accordance with legal requirements.
• The right to lodge a complaint with local Supervisory Authority. You have the right to lodge a complaint directly to local Supervisory Authority about how we process your personal data. More details can be obtained at http://www.dataprotection.ro/ .
• The right to withdraw consent. If you have given your consent to anything we do with your personal data (i.e., we rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data), you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time (although if you do so, it does not mean that anything we have done with your personal data with your consent up to that point is unlawful).

How do you contact NEC?

If you have any questions or if you would like to make a complaint about a possible breach of local privacy laws, please do so by sending an email to  ( dpo ) at ( nec . ro )  or submitting a request through the “Contact Us” form.