Legal Notice

1. General Disclaimer

On behalf of the UNITE – European Digital Health Valleys consortium Co-funded by the European Union under the grant agreement No 101161108,  EIT Digital IVZW an international non-profit association under Belgian law, with registered office at Rue Guimard 7, 1040 Brussels, and company number 831.431.639, set up to implement a Knowledge and Innovation Community for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) - maintains this website to enhance public access to information about its activities. Hereinafter refered to as “We”, “Us”, and “Our”.

This version of the Legal notice was last modified on 20 December 2024.

This information is of a general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity. We accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to this site, unless otherwise provided by the applicable law.  

Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, about the comprehensiveness, completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, availability and/or currency with respect to the website or the information available via the website. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them. However, we accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information on this site. We reserves the right to modify these the Legal Notice, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, or any other legal documents governing this website. Updates to the website's legal notices will be published periodically. Users are responsible for regularly reviewing the legal notices page to stay informed of changes. Continued use of the website after modifications signifies acceptance of the updated terms.

It is our goal to minimize disruption caused by technical errors. However some data or information on our site may have been created or structured in files or formats that are not error-free and we cannot guarantee that our service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. We accepts no responsibility with regard to such problems incurred as a result of using this site or any linked external sites.

The information made available on this website is not intended to constitute professional or legal advice. Individuals or entities requiring specific guidance are advised to seek assistance from a suitably qualified professional to address their particular needs and circumstances.

2. Third Party Link Disclaimer

Through this website you are able to link to other websites whose nature, content and availability are not under the control of UNITE and for which we assumes no responsibility. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

3. Limitation of liability

In general we accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the this website and the material provided on or via this website, its content, data errors, or service interruptions. This disclaimer is not intended to limit our liability in contravention of any requirements laid down in applicable national or European Union law, nor to exclude its liability for matters which may not be excluded under that law.

4. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This website is created for the project UNITE and operated by EIT Digital, a legal entity established under Belgian law. The use of this website, including all its content, services, and associated activities, is governed by applicable laws of Belgium and by extent the European Union. Individuals using this platform are subjects tp rights and obligations under the applicable law.

Any disputes arising from or related to the use of this website shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in Belgium. In the event of any dispute related to the use of this website, we encourages amicable resolution through direct communication. Should such resolution not be possible, disputes will be resolved in accordance with Belgian law under the jurisdiction of the courts of Belgium. 

5. Subscription Terms

We offer subscription-based services, including newsletters and memberships.

• Memberships: You can register via UNITE Cloud.
• Newsletters and General Communications: Users may sign up for newsletters and updates through the Newsletter Signup Form[AP1] .

Subscription services may include specific terms, such as payment obligations, duration, and cancellation policies, which users shall review carefully before subscribing.

6. Accessibility Statement 

We are committed to ensuring that its website is accessible to all users, including individuals with disabilities. Efforts are undertaken to comply with the EU Directive 2016/2102 on web accessibility, ensuring compatibility with assistive technologies and providing equitable access to information and services. Users encountering accessibility issues are encouraged to contact us for assistance.

7. Copyright

The copyright of all material, provided on this website is held by our consortium or by the original creator of the material.

Unless otherwise indicated, re-use of general content on the UNITE website for non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is clearly acknowledged. However, for commercial purposes prior permission must be obtained for the reproduction or use of textual, visual and multimedia information (sound, images, software, etc.). Authorization by us shall override the general permission mentioned above and will specify any restrictions on use.

For any query or complaint, please contact us at unitedigihealth(at)eitdigital.eu.

We accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the re-use of content accessible on its website.

8. Privacy Policy

This is the Privacy Policy of the UNITE – European Digital Health Valleys consortium Co-funded by the European Union under the grant agreement No 101161108 website, operated by EIT Digital IVZW.
EIT Digital IVZW is an international non-profit association under Belgian law, whose registered office is located at Rue Guimard 7, 1040 Brussels and which is registered in the Crossroads Bank of Enterprises under number 083.1431.639.

UNITE – European Digital Health Valleys consortium Co-funded by the European Union under the grant agreement No 101161108, herein referred to as "UNITE" or "we".

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you about the processing of personal data that takes place via the UNITE website, UNITE Cloud and/or online or during UNITE events or activities. This Privacy Policy must be read in conjunction with the Cookie Policy.

This Privacy Policy may be modified, for example, in connection with new features on the website or to comply with new legal, contractual or administrative obligations. We therefore recommend that you regularly consult this Privacy Policy. Important changes will be announced on our website. 

8.1 Who is responsible for processing your personal data?

EIT Digital and the UNITE consortium partners are the controller for the processing of your personal data.
The processing of your personal date can be done by either us as controller or by a processor (e.g. third-party companies like IT services providers, hosting providers, etc. to which we outsources some services involving processing operations in their quality of external data processors) engaged to that end.

8.2 What data do we process?

We process personal information submitted by you in the context of your use of the website application and/or attendance of one or more of UNITE events or activities, including alumni events or educational programs, and/or the preparation and performance of the contracts you have with us and/or our projects.

We may collect and use the following non-exhaustive list of personal data about you:

• Your name and contact information, including email address and telephone number, job title and company/organisation details
• Information to enable us to check and verify your identity, e.g. your date of birth
• In relation to specific projects, we may collect information including your nationality, geographical location such as city, region, or country; gender, age, sector of employment.
• Your responses to surveys and competitions
• Any special requirements or points of interest you indicate during your registration to events.

We also process certain non-directly identifying data when you visit our website, such as the type of browser you are using, the operating system you are using, your IP address, technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); products you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our customer service number.

8.3 Why do we process your data?

For the technical and functional management of the website.

We process personal data for the technical and functional management of our website and to make the website easy to use. By using your data, we can check how our website is used and we can improve its content and layout. This data also allows us to adequately secure our website.
For this, we can process data such as your IP address, the pages you visit, the browser you are using, the sites you visited earlier, and the time and duration of your visit. We do this, for example, by using cookies.

We process these data based on our legitimate interest in providing a well-functioning and secure website.

To perform our contracts, to keep you informed of our activities and, to allow you to participate in our activities.

We process your personal data

• to exercise our rights and carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including but not limited to obligations in connection with partnership agreements (FPA), statutes and by-laws of EIT Digital and/or UNITE, open calls applications and so on
• to take the necessary steps to allow you to become our partner, as the case may be
• to allow you as a partner to submit proposals and documents
• to allow you to prepare and execute your participation in the above referred activities
• when you wish to be kept informed of our activities by signing up, for example, to our newsletters,
• to provide you information about events, activities and programs that might be of interest to you.
• to allow you to participate in various opportunities.
• to allow you to post reviews, remarks, comments and other contents
• to allow you to get in contact with us and to answer the questions you have raised

To this end, we can process data such as your name, your job, your company name, your address, your e-mail address, your preferred language, and specific areas in which you are interested or in which you participate, your correspondence with us, and any other personal data you provide that may be relevant to answering your questions.

We process this information based on

• your request to take steps prior to entering into a contract, or
• the necessity to execute a contract with you, or
• the legitimate interest of UNITE or
• your consent, or
• to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations

8.4 Who has access to your personal data?

We make use of third parties to perform certain (processing) activities such as hosting the website, organising mailing campaigns, etc. We conclude a processing agreement with the parties that have access to personal data for the performance of their services.
For some of the processing activities performed, it is possible that your data is processed outside the European Economic Area. We agreed on the necessary contractual safeguards by concluding the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.
We do not provide any personal data to other parties except when required under our contractual obligations, by law or by court order.

8.5 Pictures and movies

With respect to pictures or movies being taken or shot during UNITE events in which you are participating, in which you would be easily recognizable, you shall always remain free not to participate in a photograph or in a movie, on the spot. Should you participate in a photograph or movie in which you are easily recognizable, or provide yourself a photograph or movie to UNITE, you hereby explicitly and unequivocally agree to the royalty free use of your photographs and movie image by UNITE for advertising purposes and, for that purpose, waive the right to invoke any and all intellectual property rights, including but not limited to portrait rights, against UNITE, as regards to any photograph or movie image that was submitted by you to us, and/or made of you by us.

8.6 How do we protect your personal data and how long do we keep your personal data?

We take reasonable security measures to protect your personal data from destruction, loss, modification or any other unauthorised processing. We do not store your personal data for longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is stored.

8.7 How can you exercise your rights?

You have the right to request free access to the personal data stored and processed by us, to request the correction or removal of your data or to request a restriction of the processing. You may also request the portability of your data and you may object to the processing of your personal data, without substantiation in the case of direct marketing, or substantiated in other cases.

When the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you may revoke this at any time. Revocation of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before withdrawal.

You can direct your request based on the above rights to (unitedigihealth(at)eitdigital.eu) or by post to the above address. Please note that the applicable legislation may impose conditions on exercising the above rights.

You also have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority, which is the Commission for the Protection of Privacy. It can be reached by mail at Rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels, and by e-mail at the following address: commission@privacycommission.be.
If you have further questions about this website or about this Privacy Policy, you may also contact (unitedigihealth(at)eitdigital.eu).

8.8 Data Privacy Google Analytics

This website utilizes Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics makes use of what are known as "cookies:" text files that are saved on your computer and make it possible to analyze website usage statistics through your use. The information generated about your use of the website by the cookie is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on this website and you are located within a member state of the European Union or another country that is a signatory to the agreement regarding the European Economic Area, however, your IP address will be abbreviated before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address first be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and then abbreviated. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate the use of the website, to generate reports regarding website activities, and to provide additional services associated with use of the website and the Internet to the website operator. The IP address that your browser transmits in the context of Google Analytics will not be amalgamated with other Google data.

You can prevent cookies from being saved on your computer by altering the appropriate settings in your browser. However, we must inform you that in this case, you will not be able to use the complete range of functions that this website offers. Moreover, you can prevent the data regarding your use of the website generated by the cookie – which includes your IP address – from being recorded or processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

8.9 Data Privacy X

Functions of the online service X are integrated in our website. These functions are provided by X Inc.: X, Inc. 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. When you use X and the “re-tweet” function, the websites you visit will be linked with your X account and made public for other users. Data is also transmitted to X during the process.

We would like to clarify that X does not inform us, the operators of this website, of the content of the data transmitted or how X uses said data. You can find further information on this subject in X's data privacy statement at www.x.com/privacy.

You can change your Twitter data privacy settings under your account settings at https://x.com/account/settings.