1. Introduction

Body and Earth: Ecosomatic Practices for Green Ageing is an Erasmus+ project co-funded by the European Union under project number 2024-2-IT02-KA210-ADU-000294960.

The project promotes lifelong learning, social inclusion, environmental awareness, digital inclusion and well-being through ecosomatic practices and educational activities involving adults aged 55+, educators and social workers in Italy, Lithuania and Greece.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and processing personal data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation, and other applicable data protection legislation.

2. Data Controller

The organisation responsible for the operation of this website and the processing of personal data collected through it is:

The project consortium consists of partner organisations from Italy, Lithuania and Greece. Where a project partner independently collects and processes personal data in connection with project activities, that organisation is responsible for providing the relevant privacy information to participants.

3. Personal Data We May Collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may process:

• information you voluntarily provide when contacting the project;
• technical information necessary for secure and reliable website operation;
• cookie and analytics information, where applicable and subject to consent;
• information submitted through project surveys, registration forms, questionnaires, focus groups, workshops or other project activities.

Specific privacy information and, where necessary, consent forms may be provided separately for research, surveys, workshops, photographs, video recordings, interviews or other project activities involving personal data.

4. Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing

We process personal data only where there is an appropriate legal basis under the GDPR. Personal data may be processed to:

• operate, maintain and secure the website;
• respond to enquiries and communications;
• provide information about project activities, events and outputs;
• administer voluntary project participation;
• understand website usage and improve the website where analytics technologies are used with the required consent;
• comply with legal, administrative, contractual or funding-related obligations.

Depending on the processing activity, the legal basis may be consent, legitimate interests, performance of a task or service requested by the individual, or compliance with a legal obligation.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website may use cookies and similar technologies for essential website functions and, where enabled, for analytics, preferences, embedded content or other optional functions.

Strictly necessary cookies may be used without consent where permitted by applicable law. Non-essential cookies and tracking technologies will only be activated after the visitor has provided the required consent.

Visitors can accept, refuse or manage optional cookie categories through the website’s cookie consent tool. For more information, please read the Cookie Policy.

6. Third-Party Services and External Links

The website may contain links to external websites or use third-party services, for example for embedded media, maps, social media content, online forms, document hosting or website analytics.

Third-party providers may process personal data according to their own privacy policies. Where such services require the storage of or access to non-essential information on a visitor’s device, they should be blocked until the visitor provides the required consent.

7. Data Sharing

Personal data is not sold. Personal data may be shared only where necessary with:

• authorised project personnel;
• project partner organisations where necessary for a specific project activity;
• website hosting, maintenance, IT and technical service providers;
• competent public authorities where disclosure is required by law.

Where service providers process personal data on behalf of the Data Controller, appropriate contractual and data protection safeguards are used.

8. International Data Transfers

Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, appropriate safeguards will be used as required by applicable data protection law.

These safeguards may include an adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission or appropriate contractual safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses, where applicable.

9. Data Retention

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with applicable legal, contractual and Erasmus+ project documentation and audit requirements.

Website server logs and technical information are retained according to the retention periods of the relevant hosting and technical service providers. Enquiry correspondence is retained only for as long as necessary to respond and manage follow-up, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

10. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

• request access to your personal data;
• request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
• request deletion;
• request restriction of processing;
• object to certain processing activities;
• request data portability where applicable;
• withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent;
• lodge a complaint with the competent Data Protection Authority.

To exercise your rights or ask a question about the processing of your personal data, contact: vulcanicamente.info@gmail.com.

11. Security

Appropriate technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access.

However, no method of transmission or storage on the internet can guarantee absolute security.

12. Children

This project website is primarily intended to provide information about an adult education project. It is not designed to knowingly collect personal data directly from children.

If project activities involving minors are introduced, appropriate information, consent and safeguarding procedures will be established before personal data is collected.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, project activities, service providers or applicable legal requirements change. The latest version will always be published on this page with its most recent update date.