Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy 

Introduction

I-SENSE is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following sections carefully, to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

Where you register to our news these Privacy Policy provisions will apply to our processing of your personal information.

Who we are

I-SENSE is one of the Research Groups of the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, founded in February 2002 as continuation of various smaller research groups already active from the early ‘90s. I-SENSE is associated with a number of other Labs of ICCS. ICCS is a non-profit Academic Research Body established in 1989 by the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, it is linked to the National and Technical University of Athens and is the research host of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

Purpose of Data Processing

I-SENSE Group basic scope is to promote Research and Development activities in the following areas:

  • Modern Telemetry;
  • QoS-aware Middleware services;
  • PaaS, SaaS, Cloud Computing;
  • Next generation VoIP;
  • Emergency communications;
  • Design of Radar Systems;
  • Computer Vision and Detection;
  • Sensor-based situational awareness;
  • Machine Learning and recommender systems;
  • Digital Security;
  • IoT and Wearables;
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality;
  • Automated Driving and Automation in Transport;
  • Cooperative ITS;
  • Electromobility and Smart Grid;
  • Human Factors in Connected and Automated Driving.

I-SENSE group participates in National and European research initiatives and projects as well as in industrial projects and has a significant presence in the organisation of international conferences in several areas of research.

Taking into consideration the above, I-SENSE collects information and personal data about you upon registration to our newsletter mailing list in the following ways:

  • To send you newsletter mail outs, invitations to events or to speak at meetings and conferences.
  • To invite you to participate in ongoing surveys, open consultations, technical committees and fora.
  • To send you notifications containing key findings/developments of EU-funded and National R&D projects of which I-SENSE is a partner.

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 I-SENSE Data Warehouse are:

  • your email (mandatory);
  • your full name (mandatory);
  • your affiliation (mandatory);
  • your job title (optional);

I-SENSE 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 are very important for I-SENSE. I-SENSE has undertaken all appropriate organisational 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 last update of your subscription.

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 unauthorised way. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised 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.

How to complain

We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information.

The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you the 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 or to exercise the rights that derive from the legislation in force about personal data protection, please contact us via email at: isense-privacy@iccs.gr

You may withdraw your consent any time (without retroactive effect) by sending an email to isense-privacy@iccs.gr