PRIVACY POLICY ON THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
The protection of personal data is a fundamental commitment for “ASSOCIATION OF THE CLUSTER “TECHNOLOGY ENABLED CONSTRUCTION – TEC” and for the CLUSTER TEC – “TEHNOLOGY ENABLED CONSTRUCTION”. We will therefore make every effort to process your data in full compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“General Data Protection Regulation”) or “GDPR”), as well as with any other legislation applicable on the territory of Romania. Next we want to inform you about how we process and protect your personal data when you interact with us.
We reserve the right to periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect as accurately as possible any changes in the way we process your personal data. If we make any changes, we will post the amended version of the Privacy Policy on our website, so please check the content periodically.
About us and how to contact us
THE “TECHNOLOGY ENABLED CONSTRUCTION – TEC” CLUSTER ASSOCIATION is an association constituted on the basis of O.G. 26/2000, with legal personality, without patrimonial purpose, with headquarters in Bucharest, Sector 1, Str. Alexandrina nr, 20 – 22, bl. C4, et. 2, ap. 3, cam. 7. The Association was established by the Court of 14.01.2021 pronounced by the Court of Sector 1 Bucharest.
TEC CLUSTER – “TECHNOLOGY ENABLED CONSTRUCTION” is an independent and emerging cluster to support mainly the digital transformation in construction and intelligent construction management.
For the purposes of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR”), we are a personal data controller when we process personal data.
What categories of personal data we process
As a visitor to our website you transmit (for technical reasons) your internet browser data to our server. The following data is recorded during an ongoing connection for communication between your internet browser and our internet server: date and time of the request, name of the requested file, page on which the requested file is, access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.), internet browser used and operating system used, full IP address of the requesting computer, amount of data transferred.
As a personal data controller, we process personal data on the basis that there is a legal requirement to do so. We may also process personal data on the basis of a contractual relationship. Thus, we will process data such as: name, surname, telephone number, e-mail address, home address, date of birth, facial image, data about professional training, other data that may derive from the performance of a contract.
What are the purposes and grounds for processing
We will process your personal data for the following purposes:
- To deal with your requests/requests/questions.
When you contact us by any means, your personal data will be processed so that your message can be forwarded to the department responsible for dealing with your request/application. The legal basis for the processing is Article 6(b) of the GDPR. Your data provided through your requests/submissions are not used for any other purpose, especially not for advertising. After we respond to your question/request/request, we delete the content of your personal data.
- For security reasons of our website.
When you access our website, for technical security reasons, in particular to avoid attacks on our web server, your personal data mentioned above is stored by us for a short period of time. It is impossible to make a statistic about each person based on this data.
- To improve our services
We always want to provide you with a high quality service, and to this end we may invite you to fill in questionnaires in order to improve the services through which we process personal data.
Processing grounds:
We process personal data on the basis of your consent, according to Article 6 para. (1) lit. (a) of the GDPR.
With regard to the data you voluntarily provide us by filling in and submitting forms or by contacting us in any way, the legal basis is “to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract”, according to Article 6 para. (1) lit. b) of the GDPR.
We process personal data whenever we have a legal obligation to do so, according to Article 6 para. (1) letter c) or whenever we justify a legitimate interest in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 para. (1) lit.f) of the GDPR.
- For the conclusion and execution of consultancy/training contracts, etc.
Given the specific nature of our activities, consulting in the field of construction and technology, we process personal data under Article 6 para. (1) lit.b) of the GDPR.
- For marketing purposes – only with your consent. to send you news and offers (newsletter).
If you wish to participate in our information campaigns and subscribe to our newsletter, we need your express consent to process your data for this purpose;
If you have given it to us, you may withdraw this consent at any time, for any or all of the options you have had, without giving any reason, by written request as follows:
- by e-mail to:[office@cluster.ro]
- by post/ courier to the following address: [Bucharest, sector 1, Str. Alexandrina nr. 20-22, bl. C4, et. 2, ap. 3, cam. 7]
How long we keep your personal data
As a general rule, we will store your personal data for as long as it takes to respond to your requests/requests/questions. We will also retain your personal data associated with your visit to our website for as long as our legitimate website security interests require. You can always ask us to delete some or all of your information. We will comply with such requests, subject to the retention of certain information, where required by applicable law or our legitimate interests.
In all other cases, we will keep your personal data for the length of time required by the conditions under which it was collected, as the case may be: for as long as we are legally obliged to keep each category of data, and whenever we justify a legitimate interest.
To whom we transmit your personal data
The recipients of the personal data may be employees of the undersigned in various departments such as HR, IT, accounting, etc., as well as state institutions/public authorities, which by law have duties in this regard.
In the process of collecting, storing or archiving personal data, we may disclose personal data collected to processors or associated controllers. We will only transmit personal data to other TEC Cluster companies, members of the Technology Enabled Construction Association, upon request, to be processed for marketing and/or advertising purposes.
We ensure that access to your data by third parties, private legal entities or public authorities, is carried out in accordance with the legal provisions on data protection and confidentiality of information, on the basis of contracts concluded with them which will contain specific clauses.
To which countries do we transfer your personal data
We currently store and process your personal data exclusively on the territory of Romania.
We will always take steps to ensure that any transfer of personal data is carefully managed in order to protect your rights and interests. Transfers to processors, associated operators or other third parties will always be protected by contractual commitments.
How we protect the security of your personal data
We are committed to ensuring the security of personal data by implementing appropriate technical and organisational measures in accordance with industry standards.
The collection, storage and transfer of your personal data is done using state-of-the-art encryption algorithms, secure storage servers while ensuring data redundancy.
Despite our efforts to protect your personal data, we caution you that transmission of information over the Internet in general, or through other public networks, is not completely secure and there is a risk that your data may be seen and used by unauthorized third parties. We don’t take responsibility for vulnerabilities in systems we can’t control.
What rights do you have
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“General Data Protection Regulation”) establishes a number of rights in relation to your personal data. In general terms, you can request access to your personal data, correct any errors in our files and/or object to the processing of your personal data. You can also exercise your right to complain to the competent supervisory authority or go to court. Under the terms of the GDPR, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data, the right to restrict data processing and the right to data portability.
| Rights concerned | Description |
| Access | You can ask us to:confirm whether we process your personal data;provide you with a copy of this data;provide you with other information about your personal data, such as: what data we hold, what we use it for, who we disclose it to, whether we transfer it abroad and how we protect it, how long we keep it, what rights you have, how you can make a complaint, where we obtained your data, to the extent that the information has not already been provided to you through this notice. |
| Correction | You can ask us to rectify or complete your inaccurate or incomplete personal data.We may try to verify the accuracy of the data before rectifying it. |
| Deleting data | You can ask us to delete your personal data, but only if:it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected;you have withdrawn your consent (if the processing was based on consent);you exercise your legal right to object to the processing of your personal data;your personal data has been unlawfully processed;we have a legal obligation to do so.We are not obliged to comply with your request to delete personal data if the processing of personal data is necessary:to comply with a legal obligation;to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim;to protect our rights or those of another natural or legal person. |
| Restriction of data processing | You may request restriction of the processing of personal data, but only if:their accuracy is contested (see rectification section), to allow us to verify their accuracy;the processing is unlawful, but you do not want the data to be deleted;they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, but you need them to ascertain, exercise or defend a right in court;you have exercised your right to object, and verification of whether our rights prevail is ongoing.We may continue to use your personal data following a request for restriction if:we have your consent;to establish, exercise or defend a right in court;to protect our rights or those of another natural or legal person. |
| Data portability | You can ask us to provide your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, or you can ask for it to be “ported” directly to another data controller, but in each case only if:the processing is based on your consent or the conclusion or performance of a contract; andthe processing is carried out by automated means. |
| Opposition | You may object at any time, for reasons relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest, if you consider that your fundamental rights and freedoms prevail over this interest. |
| Automatic decision-making | You are not subject to a decision based solely on automatic processing of your personal data. |
| Complaints | You have the right to lodge complaints with the supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data. In Romania, the contact details of the data protection supervisory authority are as follows:Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Preluctarea Datilor cu Caracter PersonalB-dul G-ral. Gheorghe Magheru nr. 28-30, Sector 1, postal code 010336, Bucharest, RomaniaPhone: +40.318.059.211 or +40.318.059.212;E-mail:anspdcp@dataprotection.roWithout prejudice to your right to contact the supervisory authority at any time, please contact us in advance, and we promise to make every effort to resolve any issues amicably. |
- We remind you that you can contact us:
– by e-mail to office@clustertec.ro
– by mail to: Bucharest, sector 1, Alexandrina Street no. 20-22, bl. C4, et. 2, ap. 3, cam. 7
– by phone: +4 0762.248.170