Privacy Policy for PPI4Cities

1. Introduction

Welcome to PPI4Cities at https://ppi4cities.eu ("Website"). This Website is operated by the Lithuanian Innovation Centre ("us", "we", or "our"), located at Mokslininkų g. 6A, LT-08412, Vilnius, Lithuania. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect the personal data you provide to us when you access our Website, register, and participate in online tests.

2. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal data is the Lithuanian Innovation Centre, Mokslininkų g. 6A, LT-08412, Vilnius, Lithuania.

3. Information We Collect

When you register on our Website, we collect the following types of personal information from you:

• Name: Your first and last name.
• Email Address: Your email address.

This information is required to create your account, enable you to participate in online tests, and for us to provide you with relevant notifications.

4. Use of Your Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To provide and manage access to our Website.
• To conduct and manage online tests in which you participate.
• To communicate with you, including sending emails about your account or responses to your inquiries.
• To comply with legal obligations or assert legal rights.

5. Principles of processing personal data

The institution processes personal data in accordance with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as other legal acts governing the processing of personal data.

The institution also follows the following basic principles of data processing:

• the processing of personal data is lawful, fair and transparent (principle of lawfulness, fairness and transparency);
• personal data are collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes (purpose limitation principle);
• the personal data processed must be adequate, relevant and only necessary for the purposes for which they are processed (principle of data minimisation);
• personal data are kept up-to-date (principle of accuracy);
• personal data shall be kept securely and for no longer than required by the stated purposes of the processing or by law (principle of limitation of storage period);
• personal data shall be processed only by those employees of the institution who are authorised to do so by virtue of their job functions, or by data processors who provide services to the institution and process personal data on behalf of the institution and for the benefit of the institution or the data subject (principle of integrity and confidentiality);
• the institution is responsible for ensuring compliance with the principles set out above (principle of accountability).

When processing and storing personal data, the institution implements organisational and technical measures to ensure the protection of personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, alteration, and disclosure, as well as against any other unlawful processing.

6. Legal Basis for Processing

The legal bases for processing your personal information are as follows:

Consent: You have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.

Contract: The processing is necessary for a contract you have with us, or because we have asked you to take specific steps before entering into a contract.

Legal Obligation: The processing is necessary for us to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations).

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to provide the services you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our policies.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data from us.

Right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.

Right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

Right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

Right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

Right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: p.bacevicius@lic.lt .

9. Data Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

10. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over and are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our website and to read the privacy statements of each website that collects personal data.

11. 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.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Address: Mokslininkų g. 6A, LT-08412, Vilnius, Lithuania

Email: p.bacevicius@lic.lt