Important legal notice
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It is covered by a system of personal-data safeguards.
Disclaimer
The Court of Auditors accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for
the material on this site, which is provided for information only. In
particular:
- the documents reproduced online are not official documents. Only the texts
adopted by the Court of Auditors and published in the paper editions of the
Official Journal of the European Communities are authentic;
- the information on this site does not constitute professional or legal
advice;
- although the Court of Auditors tries to ensure that the information
published on this site is up to date and accurate, it cannot guarantee it in any
way. If errors are brought to our attention we will try to correct them;
- the Court of Auditors assumes no responsibility for the use of data or
information available on this website. Users are therefore advised to take all
necessary precautions before using such data, which they use at their own risk;
- the information available on this site may be linked to external sites over
which the Court of Auditors' services have no control and for which the Court of
Auditors assumes no responsibility.
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Personal data protection
The European Union is committed to user privacy.
Policy on "protection of
individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community
institutions" is based on
Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 18 December 2000.
This general policy covers the European
Union's family of institutional Web Sites, within the europa.eu domain.
Although you can browse through most of these Web Sites without giving any
information about yourself, in some cases personal information is required in
order to provide the e-services you request.
Web Sites that require such
information treat it according to the policy described in the Regulation
mentioned above and provide information about the use of your data in their
specific privacy policy statements.
In this respect:
- For each specific e-service, a controller determines the purposes and means
of the processing of personal data and ensures conformity of the specific
e-service with the privacy policy;
- Within each Institution, a Data Protection Officer ensures that the
provisions of the Regulation are applied and advises controllers on fulfilling
their obligations (see Article 24 of the Regulation);
- For all the Institutions, the European Data Protection Supervisor will act as an independent
supervisory authority (see Articles 41 to 45 of the Regulation).
The European Union's family of institutional Web Sites, within the europa.eu
domain, provides links to third-party sites. Since we do not control them, we
encourage you to review their privacy policies.
What is an e-service?
An e-service on a European Union institutional Web Site is a service or
resource made available on the Internet in order to improve communication
between citizens and businesses on the one hand and the European Institutions on
the other hand.
Three types of e-services are or will be offered by a
European Union institutional Web Site:
- Information services that provide citizens, media, business,
administrations and other decision-makers with easy and effective access to
information, thus increasing transparency and understanding of the policies and
activities of the EU;
- Interactive communication services that allow better contacts with
citizens, business, civil society and public actors, thus facilitating policy
consultations and feedback mechanisms in order to contribute to the shaping of
policies and to the activities and the services of the EU;
- Transaction services that allow access to all basic forms of
transaction with the EU, e.g. procurement, financial operations, recruitment,
event enrolment, acquisition or purchase of documents, etc.
Information contained in a specific privacy statement
A specific privacy policy statement will contain the following information
about the use of your data:
- What information is collected, for what purpose and through which technical
means. The EU collects personal information exclusively to the extent necessary
to achieve a specific purpose. The information will not be re-used for an
incompatible purpose;
- To whom your information is disclosed. The EU will only disclose information
to third parties if that is necessary for the fulfilment of the purpose(s)
identified above and to the mentioned (categories of) recipients. The EU will
not divulge your personal data for direct marketing purposes;
- How you can access your information, verify its accuracy and, if necessary,
correct it. As a data subject you also have the right to object to the
processing of your personal data on legitimate compelling grounds except when
they are collected in order to comply with a legal obligation, or are necessary
for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, or are to be used
for a purpose for which you have given your unambiguous consent;
- How long your data are kept. The EU only keeps the data for the time
necessary to fulfil the purpose of collection or further processing;
- What security measures are taken to safeguard your information against
possible misuse or unauthorised access;
- Whom to contact if you have queries or complaints.