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Privacy Policy

Version 1.0 — 21 October 2026

1. About this Notice

This Notice explains how personal data are processed through the REWIRE website, the REWIRE newsletter and its multimedia content.

REWIRE (Reproducibility Enablement for Widespread Implementation, Reuse and Evidence in the European Research Area) is a Horizon Europe project funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101287431, coordinated by Athena Research Center.

2. Who is responsible for your data

The controller is:

OpenAIRE AMKE
Artemidos 6 & Epidavrou, 151 25 Marousi, Athens, Greece
Data Protection Officer: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

OpenAIRE AMKE leads the communication and dissemination of REWIRE and manages the project website, newsletter, social media and multimedia content.

The website is hosted on infrastructure provided by “Athena-Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies” (“ATHENA RC”), the project coordinator, acting as our processor.

3. What we process, why and on what legal basis

Purpose Personal data Legal basis (GDPR)
Sending the REWIRE newsletter Email address and, if provided, name Consent:
Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Art. 11 Greek Law 3471/2006
Replying to your messages and enquiries Name, email address, organisation, content of your message Legitimate interests:
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR: answering enquiries about the project
Publishing multimedia content (videos, interviews, recordings, photos, presentations) Image, voice, name and affiliation of the people featured Consent:
Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, for general event photos

Legitimate interests:
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR: documenting project activities
Operating and securing the website IP address, technical and security logs, strictly necessary cookies Legitimate interests:
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR: security and proper functioning of the website, Art. 4(5) Greek Law 3471/2006 (cookies)

Providing your data is voluntary. Without it, however, we cannot send you the newsletter or reply to you. Please do not include sensitive information (e.g. about your health) in your messages.

Newsletter. Subscriptions are managed through AcyMailing, a tool installed on the REWIRE website. You can unsubscribe at any time through the link in every newsletter. We will not add you to the newsletter just because you contacted us.

Events and training. REWIRE events and training sessions are organised by different project partners. When you register for an event, you will receive specific privacy information in the registration form, including who is responsible for your data.

4. Who receives your data

  • The OpenAIRE AMKE staff working on REWIRE communication.
  • The REWIRE partner concerned, where needed to answer your request.
  • Service providers acting on our behalf, such as ATHENA RC for website hosting.
  • Platforms where multimedia content is published with consent (e.g. YouTube, Zenodo). Once published, this content is publicly available.
  • Public authorities, only where required by law.

We do not sell your personal data.

5. Transfers outside the European Economic Area

If a service provider processes personal data outside the European Economic Area, we ensure that the transfer is covered by a European Commission adequacy decision or by appropriate safeguards such as the Standard Contractual Clauses. You can ask us for more information or a copy of the safeguards.

6. How long we keep your data

  • Newsletter: until you unsubscribe. A record of your consent and unsubscription may be kept for as long as needed to demonstrate compliance.
  • Enquiries: for as long as needed to handle your enquiry and any follow-up, and in any case no longer than one year after the end of the project (31 August 2030).
  • Multimedia content: as long as it is published as project output, or until you withdraw your consent.
  • Technical and security logs: up to 6 months, unless needed to investigate a security incident.

After these periods, data are deleted or anonymised.

7. Cookies

We use strictly necessary cookies to run the website. These do not require consent. Any other cookies, such as analytics cookies, are used only with your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.

8. Security

We apply appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse and unauthorised access.

9. Your rights

You have the right to access your data, have it rectified or erased, restrict its processing, receive it in a portable format where applicable, and withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing carried out before.

Right to object: where we process your data on the basis of legitimate interests, you may object at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.

To exercise your rights, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We reply within one month. This may be extended by two further months for complex requests, in which case we will inform you.

You may also lodge a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (1-3 Kifisias Ave., 115 23 Athens, www.dpa.gr), or with the supervisory authority of the EU/EEA country where you live or work, or where the alleged infringement took place.

10. Changes

We may update this Notice when our activities or the law change. The current version and its date are always published on this page.