Subject: Headstart news

Description: By accepting to receive HEADSTART new updates you declare that:

I consent to the processing of:
• my first name
• my surname
• my email address
and optionally my job title and the organisation with which I am affiliated so that HEADSTART sends me periodic E-Newsletter, invitations for HEADSTART coming events, workshops, pilots and demonstrations, notifications containing key project's findings/developments and lead stories and news related to the project.

I consent to the maintenance of my personal data for five years after the official end of the HEADSTART project:
• my first name
• my surname
• my email address
and optionally my job title and the organisation with which I am affiliated.

Privacy Policy for HEADSTART news updates

The EU project HEADSTART (“we”, “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which your personal data will be processed by us in connection with our communication and dissemination processes. Please read the following document carefully, to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will handle it. When you register to our news and latest research developments, these Privacy Policy provisions will apply to our processing of your personal data.

What is HEADSTART?

HEADSTART (Harmonised European Solutions for Testing Automated Road Transport) is an EU funded project, which will define testing and validation procedures of Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) functions including its key enabling technologies (i.e. communications, cyber-security, positioning) by cross-linking of all test instances such as simulation, proving ground and real world field tests to validate safety and security performance according to the needs of key user groups (technology developers, consumer testing groups and type approval authorities).
HEADSTART consists of 17 partners. IDIADA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY SA is the coordinator of the project and the partners are the following: 4ACTIVESYSTEMS GMBH, BUNDESANSTALT FUER STRASSENWESEN, CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA, EUROPEAN ROAD TRANSPORT TELEMATICS IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATION ORGANISATION - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS & SERVICES EUROPE, INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS, RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN, PILDO CONSULTING SL, HOOFDKANTOOR DIENST WEGVERKEER (RDW), CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AB, NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, VALEO VISION SAS, FONDATION PARTENARIAL MOV'EOTEC, FUNDACION CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIAS DE INTERACCION VISUAL Y COMUNICACIONES VICOMTECH, Kompetenzzentrum - Das Virtuelle Fahrzeug,Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, IVECO S.p.A., TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE NV.
For more information about the project please visit www.headstart-project.eu

Purpose of Data Processing

The periodic newsletters of HEADSTART is a key communication and dissemination mechanism for us and a channel to provide our valuable stories on HEADSTART ‘s developments, key findings, forthcoming events and other important news in the fields related to the project. Taking into consideration the above, the HEADSTART Consortium use information held about you in the following ways:
To send you HEADSTART’s periodic E-Newsletter;
To send you invitations for our upcoming events, workshops, tests and demonstrations;
To send you notifications containing key project's findings/developments and lead stories and news related to the project.

Categories of data that will be stored

If you consent to the processing of your personal data for the above-mentioned purposes, the categories of personal data that will be collected and stored in the HEADSTART project are:

• your first name (optional)
• your surname (optional)
• your email address (mandatory)

The Consortium will process the personal data of subjects according to the present statement and for the purposes declared herein.

Security of Processing

The security and protection of your personal data is very important for the Consortium. The Consortium has undertaken all appropriate organizational and technical measures to secure that the data that are collected in the framework of the present declaration is processed according to the legislation for the protection and storage of your personal data for a period of 5 years after the end of the HEADSTART project for the purposes described above. We take appropriate measures to ensure that all personal data is kept secure including security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost or used or accessed in an unauthorized way. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorized manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

Exercise of your rights

It is noted that according to the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016), you may exercise the following rights that derive from the Regulation:
• Right of access and right to rectification for inaccurate personal data
• Right to erasure of personal data if they are not necessary for service provision
• Right to restrict processing of your data
• Right to object to the processing of your data
• Right to data portability, namely right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable form so that they can be transferred to another data processor.
• Additionally, you have the right to submit a written complaint to the responsible supervisory body for personal data protection in each country.
The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred.

Contact us

For any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact us via email at: privacypolicy@headstart-project.eu

You may withdraw your consent any time (without retroactive effect) by sending an email to privacypolicy@headstart-project.eu