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Privacy Policy

Name of the service 
GreenHeritage Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) 

 

Description of the service 
The GreenHeritage Online Course service is both a Content and a Learning Management System, based on the open courseware development platform Open edX (openedx.org), delivered in the context of the European-Commission-funded project GreenHeritage (EC-GRANT AGREEMENT No 101087596, https://greenheritage-project.eu/). It offers free web-based courses to anyone interested in intangible cultural heritage and climate change, especially those in cultural heritage fields. 

 

Data controller 
GreenHeritage consortium 

 

Contact Details 
The coordinator of the project and organization authorized to communicate on behalf of the consortium in matters related to this service is Consiglio Nazionale delleRicerche (CNR), Italy. The relevant Project Manager is Giuseppina Padeletti, who can be reached at giuseppina.padeletti@cnr.it. 

 

Personal data processed 
Specific information is needed to register with this service. The minimum information required is: 

  • Email 

  • Full name 

  • Public username 

  • Password 

  • Country or Region of residence 
    (Personal Information Group A) 

You can also support education research by providing additional information during registration or after creating an account in the system, to enrich your profile with further information: 

  • Gender 

  • Time Zone 

  • Highest level of education completed 

  • Year of Birth 

  • Preferred Language 
    (Personal Information Group B) 

If you want to promote your accomplishments (relating to courses on this platform) you can use the links to social media. To do so, you could insert your social media links: 

  • Twitter Link 

  • Facebook Link 

  • LinkedIn Link 
    (Personal Information Group C) 

When you participate in courses through this platform, information regarding your participation and performance is retained. Such information includes: 

  • Number and name of enrolled courses 

  • Time of enrollment in the courses 

  • Time spent on the courses 

  • Completion time of the courses 

  • Performance on quizzes 

  • Answers to questionnaires 

  • Certificates of completion 

  • Questions and comments posted on the chat function 

  • Questions and feedback received through other communication channels of the platform 

  • Time spent on videos or other course materials 
    (Personal Information Group D) 

 

Why we process this information 
GreenHeritage Partners use information, including Personal Information, for the following purposes based on the Personal Information groups: 

 

Personal Information Group A 

  • Create an account for you to access the platform. The information in this group is mandatory, and without it, no account can be created (Needed to perform the service). 

  • Offer and improve products and services, including enabling you to navigate the GreenHeritage VLE, enroll, and participate in courses, and learn effectively. 

  • Communicate with you, including answering course and platform questions, notifying you of course and platform maintenance, updates, and marketing to you about related subjects. 

 

Personal Information Group B 

  • Comply with the requirements of EC-GRANT AGREEMENT No 101087596. This information supports the measurement of specific Key Performance Indicators [KPIs]. 

 

Personal Information Group C 

  • Facilitate the promotion of your achievements to the public through social media. This information is optional. 

 

Personal Information Group D 

  • Operate and improve the GreenHeritage VLE, including creating and improving features to support the community and scale usage. It also personalizes your learning experience to fit your interests and needs. 

  • Communicate with you about course offerings, updates, and other project-related news and events. 

  • Support scientific research, including research related to cultural heritage and climate change. Personal information is anonymized where necessary. 

  • Develop and maintain the security and performance of the GreenHeritage VLE. 

  • Track platform usage to report aggregate usage information (not Personal Information) to partners and the European Commission. 

  • Exercise, enforce, and comply with legal rights and obligations, including responding to subpoenas or court orders and investigating illegal activities or security issues. 

No automated individual decision-making or profiling occurs regarding your personal information and your experience on this platform. 

 

Third parties to whom personal data is disclosed 
The partners of the GreenHeritage consortium, the European Commission, the host of the platform for facilitating the above-mentioned purposes. 

 

Data retention 
We will retain your personal data for the duration of the project, as mandated by the relevant grant agreement. After this period, your data will be irrevocably deleted. 

 

Data subject rights 
You have the following rights to your data: 

  • Right of access by the data subject 

  • Right to rectification 

  • Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) 

  • Right to restriction of processing 

  • Right to data portability 

 

How to exercise your rights 
You can modify your information, access your data, and remove all your information and profile through the platform. 
(Log in to your account and change any information or remove the account through the Account Setting tab.) 
For additional requests regarding your data, please contact: 
Consiglio Nazionale delleRicerche (CNR), Italy, Project Coordinator: Giuseppina Padeletti, giuseppina.padeletti@cnr.it 

 

Complaint to the relevant authority 
You have the right to complain to the relevant data protection authority.